Upgrade Planning for Oracle Application Server 10g - FAQ (Doc ID 1072411.1)

Last updated on JULY 05, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Fusion Middleware - Version 9.0.4.0.0 to 10.1.4.3.0 [Release AS10g to AS10gR3]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

This document provides a list of questions / answers which may arise if you are making plans to upgrade a part or all of an existing OracleAS 10g architecture. The term 'upgrade' in the context of the document is defined as upgrading from one version to another e.g scenarios such as

AS 10.1.2 Identity Management to 10.1.4.x
AS 10.1.2 J2EE and WebCache to AS 10.1.3 J2EE and Web Server

It also will cover 'upgrade' scenarios which involve upgrading a part of the AS 10g technology stack such as

Upgrading the Database hosting the Metadata Repository

While applying patches is part of the 'Upgrade' project, this document is not about 'patching'.

The article is relevant to the following versions

OracleAS 10g Rel 1 (9.0.4)
OracleAS 10g Rel 2 (10.1.2.x)
OracleAS 10g Rel 3 (10.1.3.x)
Oracle Identity Management 10g (10.1.4)
Oracle HTTP Server (from the OracleAS or Oracle Server Companion CD)
Oracle WebCache 10.1.2 (standalone)

If you are looking for information about upgrading to Fusion Middleware 11g, go to

<Note:1073206.1> Upgrade Planning for Fusion Middleware 11g - FAQ

This article is intended for support engineers, consultants, system architects and OracleAS administrators