Oracle Fusion Applications: Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux (64bit)to host Oracle Identity Management

In my previous post I described which installation files where needed to install Oracle Fusion Applications. Prior to installing Oracle Fusion Applications you need to install and configure Oracle Identity Management (IDM).

This post will describe the installation of Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 (64 bit) to host Oracle Identity Management.

Installing Oracle Fusion Applications: Where to start

On 22 May 2011 Oracle Fusion Applications (Beta version) was available for download on eDelivery.

What is Oracle Fusion Applications:

'Designed from the ground up using the latest technology advances and incorporating the best practices gathered from Oracle's thousands of customers, Oracle Fusion Applications are 100% open-standards-based business applications that set a new standard for the way we innovate, work, and adopt technology' (www.oracle.com)

To give you an impression of the end product see this demo.

To give an idea of the infrastructure of Oracle Fusion Applications, see the next picture.

This post and all posting still to come, will describe the installation steps to install Oracle Fusion Applications.

PeopleTools 8.52, starting to look like Fusion Applications

The Release Value Proposition for PeopleTools 8.52 has been posted on metalink.

This realese of PeopleTools introduces and extends current PeopleTools technology that look and behave more and more like Fusion Applications. With this version the transition or fusion of PeopleSoft customers to Fusion Applications will be more streamlined.

In this post I will highlight some of the new features of PeopleTools 8.52

Setting up predelivered Related Content services

With the release of PeopleTools 8.50, Related Content was introduced. Related Content Framework enables you to contextually link PeopleSoft pages to other PeopleSoft pages and non-PeopleSoft pages and view all related pages within one frame, without leaving the primary page.

With a PeopleTools 8.50 (or later) license, you are entitled to install and run the following PeopleSoft Applications Portal 9.1 Related Content services

• Related Discussion
• Related Links
• Related Tags

See following datasheet from Oracle describing the license use.

This post describes the steps that need to be taken to enables Portal Related Content Services in PeopleSoft Applications.

PeopleTools 8.51 Advisor Webcast

Listen to Jeff Robbins giving an overview of PeopleTools 8.51 through this recorded Advisor Webcast.

According to Jeff Robbins we can expect release 8.51 in Q3 this year and 8.52 in Q3 next year, keeping in mind the Oracle safe harbor statement.

Click here for the webcast

Creating PeopleSoft CRM Worker using CDM Classes

What is the best way to create and maintain workers to PeopleSoft CRM? The correct way to synchronize workers to PeopleSoft CRM is using the Workforce services. This works fine when using PeopleSoft HCM, but what about when your HCM application is non-PeopleSoft? In our case where are integrating PeopleSoft CRM HR Helpdesk with SAP HCM and P&I HCM.

Release Value Proposition for PeopleTools 8.51

After the long-awaited and quite revolutionarily PeopleTools 8.50, Oracle announced PeopleTools 8.51. With this release Oracle will enhance PeopleTools and add some new features that will be a great markup for PeopleSoft in general.

Here are some snippets from the RVP, which I think will have a great added value to the PeopleSoft application.