Upgrading Jre plugin in Oracle Applications

Upgrading Jre plugin in Oracle Applications

Steps to follow

Step 1. Source the Environment

Source your environment as appropriate to your Oracle E-Business Suite release.

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x Users

On the Application tier as the file system owner source your RUN file system.

Step 2. Download and Apply the Interoperability and Prerequisite Patches (If Required)

Historically, the JRE upgrade scripts (txkSetPlugin.*) worked with JRE plugin two digit point releases

for example, JRE 1.6.0_07 (JRE 6u7) and JRE 1.7.0_85 (JRE 7u85).

Step 2.1. Apply the JRE Interoperability Patch (If Required)

 Note: If you have previously applied the interop patch, skip this step and continue to Section 3: Upgrade and Configuration and run the JRE Upgrade Script.

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x Users

Important patch

Apply interoperability Patch 21624242:R12.TXK.C.

Step 2.2. Download the JRE Plugin

Download the latest "JRE 8 " update (Do not download the "Server JRE" version) from the Java SE Downloads page or as a patch

 from My Oracle Support as listed in the JRE Parameter Settings table. If an earlier version of the JRE Plug-in is required, it can be downloaded as a patch from My Oracle Support as listed in the JRE Parameter Settingstable.

Click the JRE Download button for the appropriate Java version

Click the Accept License Agreement button

Download the Windows x86 Offline (32-bit) or Windows x64 (64-bit) version as required.

Step 2.2.1. Rename the JRE Plugin File

Rename the downloaded JRE Native Plugin file to j2se<jversion>.exe

Step 2.2.2. Place the Renamed JRE Plugin on the Web Application Tier

Place the renamed JRE Plugin file onto the web application tier in the directory as appropriate to your Oracle E-Business Suite release.

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.x Users

Move the j2se<jversion>.exe file to the web application tier and place it in the following directory in the RUN File System:

$[COMMON_TOP]/webapps/oacore/util/javaplugin

[COMMON_TOP] refers to the top level directory where the common utilities are installed. By default, this is the parent directory of $JAVA_TOP.

Step 3. Run the JRE Upgrade Script

Run the $FND_TOP/bin/txkSetPlugin.sh script against the web node of the application tier.

The txkSetPlugin.sh script updates the JRE version information in your AutoConfig context file and runs AutoConfig to incorporate the new values throughout your application. This script must be run using the following command:

$ txkSetPlugin.sh

The standard command using JRE 1.8.0_212 as an example would be:

$ txkSetPlugin.sh 18212

The script will prompt you for the following values if it does not find them automatically. If this is the case ensure you have correctly sourced your environment and run the script again:

Location of APPSORA.env file, if not present in the default location $APPL_TOP

Location of the AutoConfig Context File.

Password for the APPS user in the database (If the correct value is returned by the script you may press the return key at the prompt).

Note: This does not by-pass any of the usual in built security standards. Therefore you may still get warnings about out of date Java versions etc.

It will also not ignore the presence of a later Java family being installed on the same desktop. In this case if JRE 8 is also installed on the desktop, there will still be a preference to run using that version over the Java 7 version.

Step 4. Verify your upgrade

The following steps verify that you have successfully upgraded JRE.

Step 4.1. Enable the Java Console and Check Version

Enable the Java Console on your desktop client through the 'Java Control Panel' by setting:

'Control Panel' -> 'Java' (icon) -> 'Advanced' -> 'Java Console' -> 'Show Console'.

Step 4.2. Close All Browser Windows

Close all browser windows and wait until their processes have completed.

Step 4.3. Logon to Oracle E-Business Suite

Logon to the Oracle E-Business Suite and choose an Oracle Forms-based (professional user interface) responsibility.

For information on requirements and possible issues when trying to connect to a new or freshly upgraded Oracle E-Business Suite environment, please see Accessing Oracle E-Business Suite from a Desktop Client in the Appendices section.

Step 4.4. Check your Java Plug-in Version

The Java Console should appear and display lines describing the JRE version being used.

Note: If a higher version of JRE than the one just installed is shown, it may be because a higher version has previously been installed on the desktop. You can check the versions installed through the 'Java Control Panel':

Control Panel -> Java (icon) -> Java (tab) -> View (button)

Important steps

a)       Backup of APPLICATION TIER

b)      Backup context file

c)       Stop the services

d)      cd $COMMON_TOP/webapps/oacore/util/javaplugin/

e)      cd $FND_TOP/bin

f)        txkSetPlugin.sh 18212

g)       start the services

References:

Deploying JRE (Native Plug-in) for Windows Clients in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Doc ID 393931.1)