Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2.6 New and Changed Features

Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Stack and Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA contain the following new or changed features in Release 12.2.6.

Reorganized Patch Log File Directory Structure

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	The adop log files, located on the non-editioned file system (fs_ne), are now organized in a logical hierarchical structure, where you drill down to the subdirectory that corresponds to the the action for which you wish to see the activities.	Not applicable.

Enhanced Seed Data Management

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	A new architecture greatly increases the speed and efficiency with which seed data is synchronized as part of an online patching cycle. No additional storage is required, and seed data tables are upgraded on demand to the new architecture.	Not applicable.

Longer Custom Application Short Names

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	If you deploy custom applications in Release 12.2, you must run AD Splicer to ensure they are registered correctly. This utility now supports application short names of up to sixteen (16) characters. For more information, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1577707.1, Creating a Custom Application in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.	Not applicable.

Warning for Missing Application Tier Patches

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	The adop utility now displays a warning message when a required application tier patch is identified as not having been applied. As this is a warning rather than an error, the utility does not exit as a result.	Not applicable.

Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder can be now enabled for use with many Oracle E-Business Suite processes. For more information, refer to Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder in Chapter 13, Running Diagnostics, of Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Guide.	Not applicable.

Support for Platform Migration

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	Platform migration is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2. For more information, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2048954.1, Application Tier Platform Migration with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.	Not applicable.

Enhanced Pairsfile Support

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	Pairsfile support has been now extended to include the Windows platform as well as UNIX platforms. In addition, the pairsfile for the 'dualfs' option of adcfgclone.pl has been enhanced to support entries for the patch file system context variables. The context variable names for the patch file system should be prefixed with 'patch_'. For example, to customize the value of the context variable s_wls_oacoreport for the patch file system to 7235, the entry patch_s_wls_oacoreport=7235 should be used.	Not applicable.

Support for Longer Node Names in Rapid Clone

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	The Rapid Clone utility now supports node names of up to sixty-three (63) characters. For more information about Rapid Clone, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1383621.1, Cloning Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 with Rapid Clone.	Not applicable.

Delta Synchronization of File Systems

Category	Description	Parameters
New feature	The fastest way to synchronize the two application tier file systems, the new option of delta synchronization uses your choice of third-party utility to synchronize the file systems by copying files as applicable from the source directory to the destination directory, optionally ignoring any files and directories you may decide to specify in an exclusion file.	$ adop phase=prepare sync_mode=delta