Deployment Options for EBS on Cloud

Option One: Single Node on Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS)

The single node on IaaS option consists of an all-in-one Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.* machine image that includes both the application tier and the database tier. This image is available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace, and is updated as new features become available, so you can quickly provision the latest image to explore new features. With this option, you can:

» Use a Vision (demo) installation of Oracle E-Business Suite to evaluate standard functionality, compare it with your own business process flows, and identify any gaps. A Vision installation can also be used as a sandbox environment to try out setups and process flows.

» Configure a fresh installation of Oracle E-Business Suite with functional setups that are specific to your business, enabling you to test processes that are tailored to your needs.

Option Two: Multiple Nodes on Oracle Compute Cloud Service (IaaS)

With the multiple nodes on IaaS option, you can provision one or more application tiers, plus a separate database tier, on the Oracle Compute Cloud Service. You can scale up the application tier as needed, and an automated provisioning tool enables you to create a new installation of Oracle E-Business Suite across Oracle Compute Cloud Service instances.

The flexibility of this option makes it ideal for supporting production workloads, as well as development, testing and training environments, in all types of Oracle E-Business Suite installations, including:

» Vision (demo) installations of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 images from the Oracle Cloud Marketplace

» Fresh installations of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 images from the Oracle Cloud Marketplace

» Clones of your Release 12.2 or Release 12.1.3 instances from on-premises to Oracle Compute Cloud Service instances

Option Three: Compute Cloud Service + Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS)

The third option is a variant of the multiple nodes option offered by option two. It comprises the same components, but does not deploy the Oracle Database within a virtual machine on the Oracle Compute Cloud Service. Instead, it uses a subscription to Oracle’s Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Exadata Cloud Service to provide the Oracle EBusiness Suite database.

As with option two, you can choose to provision these multi-tier instances either from the Oracle Cloud Marketplace (for demos and fresh installs) or from on-premises instances (for cloning of existing Release 12.2 or 12.1.3 instances).

Offerings Available

The features that currently enable one to start using Oracle E-Business Suite in the Cloud are as given below. These offerings cater to a variety of common scenarios, including deployment, migration, development, and management.

» Quick Provisioning

» Lift and Shift

» Development Tools

» Hybrid Environment Management

Quick Provisioning:

In the cloud world, the term provisioning refers to the allocation of cloud resources, including CPU, storage, and networking, to meet a specific need. For Oracle E-Business Suite, provisioning means the allocation of Oracle Compute Cloud Service resources to deploy a new Oracle E-Business Suite environment. As the name indicates, Quick Provisioning is the fastest way to provision a new Oracle E-Business Suite instance on Oracle Cloud—by leveraging the various machine images available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace to serve the appropriate roles:

» Single-Node Provisioning – for Release 12.2

» Automated Multi-Node Provisioning – for Release 12.2

» Automated Scale-Out – for Release 12.2

» Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery V6 – for Releases 12.2 and 12.1.3

Lift and Shift:

Lift and Shift is a common term in the cloud industry. While exact definitions vary, for Oracle E-Business Suite it means to copy (or clone) an on-premises environment to Oracle Cloud. The cloud copy can be used for testing or development, and—when when you are ready—as part of a permanent migration of your production environment to the cloud. This is an efficient and automated cloning method. Oracle has created a clone utility which makes it easy for users to backup the on-premise EBS setup and restore it on the Oracle Cloud servers.

The Lift and Shift process is supported for:

» Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.3 and higher

» Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3

For further details, refer to the section "Migrating an Oracle E-Business Suite Installation to Oracle Cloud" in My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2066260.1

Development Tools:

There are two main technologies available for customizing or extending the Oracle E-Business Suite user interface: Oracle Application Framework (OA Framework) and Oracle Forms. OA Framework is the preferred technology, and continues to be refined and enhanced. We therefore recommend that you develop all new customization in OA Framework. Oracle Forms is still available and is intended primarily for maintenance of existing forms.

If desired, you can use Oracle Application Management Suite for Oracle E-Business Suite (a plug-in to Oracle Enterprise Manager, discussed further in the next section) to migrate these customization to either other on-premises environments or to Oracle Cloud environments.

Hybrid Environment Management :

Hybrid cloud management refers to the process of managing all your cloud and on-premises environments from a central location. Application Management Suite for Oracle E-Business Suite (AMS) leverages Enterprise Manager to provide a central console (a “single pane of glass”) that you can use to manage and monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite environments.

AMS allows you to:

» Automate the following functions using the Enterprise Manager command line interface):

o Provisioning o Lift & shift

o Backup, restore, and refresh

o Patch deployment

o Customization deployment

o Option to clone file system only

» Enable your choice of predefined Oracle E-Business Suite monitoring metrics.

» Set thresholds and alerts for concurrent program activity.

» Manage and monitor compliance standards within and across environments.

» Compare technical configurations across environments.

» Package, deploy and migrate customization to and from Oracle Cloud.