Preparing for 10g and Banner 7
2005
Charles Ash
Practice Director
Infrastructure and Operations Services
SunGard SCT
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Topics of Discussion/Agenda
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Overview
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10g and Banner
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Checklist for Moving to 10g
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Q&A
Overview
Definition of Terms
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Oracle 10g means both RDBMS and Application
Server running on 10g.
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Application Server = 10g - AS
Database Management System = RDBMS in
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Differences Between 9i And 10g
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Robust database management tools
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Improved manageability
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Tuning
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Monitoring
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Changes to installations and upgrades
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System management
What to Expect
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Toolset change (moving from Forms and Reports 6i to Forms
and Reports 10g
Significant UI changes
No client server deployment with Forms 10g. Additional
training may be required for end users.
Transparent effect concerning the API effort
All product upgrades will be BIG since all forms are getting
redelivered. The upgrades will be comparable to Banner 5 for
forms + extra APIs being delivered.
Forms 6i
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When is Oracle Forms 6i desupported by
Oracle?
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Oracle forms 6i is desupported by Oracle in
January 31, 2005
There is extended support (meaning no bug fixes
and patches, no certification of new operating
systems, but they will provide answers and
workarounds) through January 31, 2008
10g and Banner
Banner 6 to 7
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Toolset change. Moving from Forms and Reports 6i  Forms
and Reports 10g
Going from Banner 6 to 7 is more complex because every form
gets redelivered since we are moving to the oracle forms 10g
toolset.
Huge UI changes across forms in banner 7.
No more client server deployment with Forms 10G. You may
need to get trained on application server and trained on INB
With the API effort, the effect is more or less transparent to the
end user. The system will behave like banner 6
All product upgrades will be BIG since all forms are getting
redelivered. The upgrades will be comparable to Banner 4 for
forms + extra APIs being delivered.
Infrastructure
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What do you have to change and plan for (mandatory) in order
to move to Banner 7.0?
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Oracle 10G toolset – Application Server 10G for forms and reports
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No client server option in Application Server 10G
If you have the concurrent user model for your Oracle
licensing, you should revisit your Oracle licensing based upon
a variety of new solutions regarding Banner 7.0, Workflow,
ODS / EDW, etc.
Infrastructure
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Hardware and software considerations - Banner 7 Oracle
Versions
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INB
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Oracle Forms and Reports 10g
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Can only be deployed on the web.
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Oracle Application Server 10g, required for Banner 7
Database
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With Oracle de-supporting client/server, SCT has no choice
but to follow suit.
SSB
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No client/server since Oracle does not support it
Will require a minimum of Oracle 9i, Release 2. Looking to
support Oracle 10g, currently testing in development, but will
not require it.
Database Changes
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Database Changes in Banner 7
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Database changes are not extensive through out Banner
Database changes are mostly in Banner Student for Concurrent
Curricula
Database changes are there for the New VBS. No conversion
scripts for VBS but seed data is delivered modeled on existing
VBS in Student and Financial Aid
Database changes for Multiple Pidm Prevention
Tables for which APIs are being created have extra columns added
for Data Origin ( new column ) and Userid (if it did not exist
before)
Each API comprises 3 packages. So there will be a lot of new
database packages delivered.
Documentation Of Database Changes
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When will we know what database changes have been made in
Banner 7.0?
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We will be publishing an early version of delta reports soon This
will be a report by product that lists all the database changes
since the last release (banner 6.x).
Will be posted to ActionWeb
What Is The Upgrade Process?
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Given that you have no modifications, are there are any
differences in upgrading to Banner 7.0, compared to prior
upgrades?
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Banner upgrade process similar to Banner 6.X
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New toolset – Oracle application server 10g
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Internet Native Banner required – infrastructure change if client is
on client/server Banner
If the you elect to use the new VBS with FGAC, PII, Online multiple
PIDM prevention – additional setup required.
What Is The Upgrade Process?
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If you have modifications, what is the effort required
to upgrade to Banner 7.0?
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Analyze mods to forms and convert to new version and new
look and feel
If you intend to implement integration strategy, analyze
impact of new APIs on all modified objects
Banner upgrade process similar to Banner 6.X
Internet Native Banner required – infrastructure change if
client is on client/server Banner
If elect to use the new VBS with FGAC, PII, Online multiple PIDM
prevention – additional setup required
What About In-House Code?
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Will existing application code need to be re-written? Examples
are Plus interfaces or other third party interfaces?
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All interfaces have to be retested when Banner 7.0 is released
Very few database table changes to core tables in Banner 7.0 so
majority of existing interfaces “should work”
You may want to consider use of APIs in your existing application
interfaces
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Migration Options
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What are the options of moving to Banner 7.0?
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You will need to apply the Banner 6 upgrades (if you are on 5.x).
Then you will have to apply Banner 7.
When moving from 5 to 6 you will be using the Oracle Forms 6i
toolkits
When moving from 6 to 7 you will have to plan on revalidating the
environment or providing a second environment to support the
Application Server 10g toolkit
SCT Banner 7
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As we speak SunGard SCT is about to enter Beta testing for
Banner 7.
SCT Banner 7.0 will require a minimum of Oracle 9i, Release 2
database with JVM (Version 9.2.0.3, Enterprise Edition).
We will not require Oracle 10g database for SCT Banner 7.0.
How do we get to 10g ?
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Internet Native Banner 6.x IS NOT and WILL NOT be certified to
run on Oracle 10g – not the RDBMS, not the Application
Server .
The reason for this is that Banner 6.x INB uses forms that are
designed to run on forms 6i not forms 10g. Therefore it is
incompatible with the Oracle 10g Application Server.
Self-Service Banner 6.5 is already certified for Oracle 9.0.4.x
(10g - AS)
This is what SunGard SCT installs on new sites.
If you are running on a Banner 6 version certified to run SSB
on 9.0.4.x then upgrade your SSB iAS server to a 10g - AS
server. That will be one less thing to deal with when you move
to Banner 7.
Checklist for Moving to 10g
Checklist For Moving To 10g
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Are you already running Banner 6 ?
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If not, you need to get there first.
Are you running client-server?
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If you are, then you need to move to the web.
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Look into possible licensing issues.
If you are running on a Banner 6 version certified to run SSB
on 9.0.4.x then upgrade your SSB iAS server to a 10g - AS
server. That will be one less thing to deal with when you move
to Banner 7.
Checklist For Moving To 10g
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If both INB and SSB are running under the same Oracle Home
then consider splitting them.
INB and SSB should really be on two different servers.
Is your Banner 6.x database running on at least 9.2.0.3 ?
(Because of Patch 68, you should really be at 9.2.0.5.)
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If not, then upgrade to the latest RDBMS version available on your
platform.
Oracle 10g database is not required or Banner 7. Once SunGard
SCT announces support for it, you can focus on upgrading to it.
Checklist For Moving To 10g
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Have you remained a vanilla site?
Any form that has been locally modified will have to be at the
very least converted and recompiled under 10 AS and tested to
verify that it is compatible with SCT Banner 7.0.
Most likely, it will not be compatible because of the extensive
changes made to forms.
Have you remained a vanilla site?
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Customized programs will have to be retested as well. You may
decide to use the opportunity to rewrite them to take advantage of
the APIs.
Checklist For Moving To 10g
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Is your database clean?
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Conversion programs tend to work better when they have less
data to deal with and when the database is internally healthy (no
excess fragmentation, etc…)
Goremal ( Email) table has a primary key added in Banner 7. (
Infomration announced multiple times on boracle ). Please clean
up the data in this table and eliminate duplicates. There is a script
available on ACtionWeb that locates possible duplicates
Questions and Answers