Upgrade JRE in Oracle apps 11i

1.  JRE plug-in Oracle E-Business Suite interoperability patch 6863618.

Note: This patch has been applied on HEMC instance, hence ignore this step.

2.  Download the JRE 6 (JRE 1.6.0_X) Plug-in

Note: The file has been downloaded and renamed and placed under proper directory as seen below:

$ pwd

/d01/orahemc/hemccomn/util/jinitiator

$ ls -ltr j2se*

-rwxr-xr-x  1 applhemc dba 20271039 Aug 21 10:18 j2se16016.exe

3.  Apply Prerequisite Patches (Conditional)

If you are using Developer 6i Patchset 17 (6.0.8.26.x) or earlier, you must upgrade to Developer 6i Patchset 18 (6.0.8.27.x) or later.
(For information on upgrading the 6i Developer patchset, please see note 125767.1 titled, 'Upgrading Developer 6i with Oracle Applications 11i').

Developer 6i Patchset 19 Users

Developer 6i Patchset 19 (6.0.8.28.x) users must apply the forms focus fix patch 8717874.
  Note: The patch analysis for 6i patchset 19 upgrade is attached along with my mail.

 We are currently on 6i patchset 16.

4. Run the txkSetPlugin.sh Script :

cd  /oracle_applications/patch11i/GENERIC/6863618/fnd/bin

txkSetPlugin.sh  16016

Note: all required config files have been backed up under: /home/applhemc/backups

5. : Known Issues

Developer 6i Patchset 19 Users

Developer 6i Patchset 19 (6.0.8.28.x) users should apply forms focus fix patch 8402746.
Reference: Metalink note: 290807.1