Oracle Metalink Notes for Oracle Apps DBAs.

Here are the list of Oracle Metalink Notes, I do refer regularly. Moreover, these are very informative. So, I thought of sharing those note ids here with you.

Note: You have to have an account in Oracle Metalink to access notes.

Installation

Note: 452120.1 – How to locate the log files and troubleshoot RapidWiz for R12
Note: 329985.1 – How to locate the Rapid Wizard Installation log files for Oracle Applications 11.5.8 and higher
Note: 362135.1 – Configuring Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle10g Release 2 Real Application Clusters and Automatic Storage Management
Note: 312731.1 – Configuring Oracle Applications Release 11i with 10g RAC and 10g ASM
Note: 216550.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0)
Note: 279956.1 – Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i with 9i RAC: Installation and Configuration using AutoConfig
Note: 294932.1 – Recommendations to Install Oracle Applications 11i
Note: 403339.1 – Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12.0.4 Upgrade
Note: 455398.1 – Using Oracle 11g Release 1 Real Application Clusters and Automatic Storage Management with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i
Note: 402311.1 – Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0.4) for Microsoft Windows
Note: 405565.1 – Oracle Applications Release 12 Installation Guidelines

AD Utilities

Note: 178722.1 – How to Generate a Specific Form Through AD utility ADADMIN
Note: 109667.1 – What is AD Administration on APPS 11.0.x ?
Note: 112327.1 – How Does ADADMIN Know Which Forms Files To Regenerate?
Note: 136342.1 – How To Apply a Patch in a Multi-Server Environment
Note: 109666.1 – Release 10.7 to 11.0.3 : What is adpatch ?
Note: 152306.1 – How to Restart Failed AutoInstall Job
Note: 356878.1 – How to relink an Applications Installation of Release 11i and Release 12
Note: 218089.1 – Autoconfig FAQ
Note: 125922.1 – How To Find Oracle Application File Versions

Cloning

Note: 419475.1 – Removing Credentials from a Cloned EBS Production Database
Note: 398619.1 – Clone Oracle Applications 11i using Oracle Application Manager (OAM Clone)
Note: 230672.1 – Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone
Note: 406982.1 – Cloning Oracle Applications Release 12 with Rapid Clone
Note: 364565.1 – Troubleshooting RapidClone issues with Oracle Applications 11i
Note: 603104.1 – Troubleshooting RapidClone issues with Oracle Applications R12
Note: 435550.1 – R12 Login issue on target after cloning
Note: 559518.1 – Cloning Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 RAC-Enabled Systems with Rapid Clone
Note: 216664.1 – FAQ: Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i

Patching

Note: 225165.1 – Patching Best Practices and Reducing Downtime
Note: 62418.1 – PATCHING/PATCHSET FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Note: 181665.1 – Release 11i Adpatch Basics
Note: 443761.1 – How to check if a certain Patch was applied to Oracle Applications instance?
Note: 231701.1 – How to Find Patching History (10.7, 11.0, 11i)
Note: 60766.1 – 11.0.x : Patch Installation Frequently Asked Questions
Note: 459156.1 – Oracle Applications Patching FAQ for Release 12
Note: 130608.1 – AdPatch Basics
Note::60766.1 – Patch Installation FAQ (Part 1)

Upgrade

Note: 461709.1 – Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade Guide – Plan
Note: 293166.1 – Previous Versions of e-Business 11i Upgrade Assistant FAQ
Note: 224875.1 – Installation, Patching & Upgrade Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)
Note: 224814.1 – Installation, Patching & Upgrade Current Issues
Note: 225088.1 – Installation, Patching & Upgrade Patches Guide
Note: 225813.1 – Installation, Patching & Upgrade Setup and Usage Guide
Note: 224816.1 – Installation, Patching & Upgrade Troubleshooting Guide
Note: 216550.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0)
Note: 362203.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0)
Note: 423056.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.2)
Note: 726982.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.3)
Note: 452783.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11i with Oracle 11g Release 1 (11.1.0)
Note: 406652.1 – Upgrading Oracle Applications 11i DB to DB 10gR2 with Physical Standby in Place
Note: 316365.1 – Oracle Applications Release 11.5.10.2 Maintenance Pack Installation Instructions
Note: 418161.1 – Best Practices for Upgrading Oracle E-Business Suite

Printer

Note: 297522.1 – How to investigate printing issues and work towards its resolution ?
Note: 110406.1 – Check Printing Frequently Asked Questions
Note: 264118.1 – Pasta Pasta Printing Setup Test
Note: 200359.1 – Oracle Application Object Library Printer Setup Test
Note: 234606.1 – Oracle Application Object Library Printer Initialization String Setup Test
Note: 1014599.102 – Subject: How to Test Printer Initialization Strings in Unix

Performance

Note: 390137.1 – FAQ for Collections Performance
Note: 216205.1 – Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 11i
Note: 169935.1 – Troubleshooting Oracle Applications Performance Issues
Note: 171647.1 – Tracing Oracle Applications using Event 10046
Note: 153507.1 – Oracle Applications and StatsPack
Note: 356501.1 – How to Setup Pasta Quickly and Effectively
Note: 333504.1 – How To Print Concurrent Requests in PDF Format
Note: 356972.1 – 11i How to troubleshoot issues with printers

Others

Note: 189367.1 – Best Practices for Securing the E-Business Suite
Note: 403537.1 – Best Practices For Securing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Note: 454616.1 – Export/Import Process for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 using 10gR2
Note: 394692.1 – Oracle Applications Documentation Resources, Release 12
Note: 370274.1 – New Features in Oracle Application 11i
Note: 130183.1 – How to Get Log Files from Various Programs for Oracle Applications
Note: 285267.1 – Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Database FAQ
Note: 453137.1 – Oracle Workflow Best Practices Release 12 and Release 11i
Note: 398942.1 – FNDCPASS Utility New Feature ALLORACLE
Note: 187735.1 – Workflow FAQ – All Versions

Oracle Applications 11i/12 Online Documentation

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html

Note: Above are only the few important notes, there are bunch of notes on many other issues and topics in the metalink. I would suggest one to refer the metalink for more note ids.

Leave your comments if you feel these Oracle Metalink Notes help you in solving your Application issues.