Thursday, 3 June 2010

R12 - How is the Consolidated Upgrade Patch (CUP) different from other release vehicles?

With the introduction of this patchset, there are now five types of release vehicles for the E-Business Suite:
  •       Rapid Install
  •       Maintenance Pack
  •       Product Family Release Update Pack
  •       E-Business Suite Release Update Pack
  •       Consolidated Upgrade Patch
Rapid Install
With Rapid Install (RI), you can install a fully configured Oracle E-Business suite system, lay down the file system and configure server processes for an upgraded system, or install a new database tier or application tier technology stack.

Release 12 Rapid Install versions are
  •   Release 12.0.0
  •   Release 12.0.4
  •   Release 12.1.1
Maintenance Pack 
A Maintenance Pack (MP) is an aggregation of patches for all products in Oracle E-Business Suite. It is a feature-rich release which combines new functionalities along with error corrections, statutory/regulatory updates, and functionality enhancements, etc.

The Release 12.1.1 Maintenance Pack can be used to upgrade an existing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.x environment to Release 12.1.1

Product Family Release Update Pack
Product Family Release Update Pack (RUP) is an aggregation of patches on a given codeline created for all products in a specific product family for a specific point release. RUPs are generally cumulative in nature.

Examples of Product Family Release Update Packs released in Release 12.0:
1.     R12.ATG_PF.A.Delta.4
2.     R12.FIN_PF.A.Delta.5
3.     R12.ATG_PF.A.Delta.6
4.     R12.HR_PF.A.Delta.7

Examples of Product Family Release Update Packs released in Release 12.1:
1.     R12.AD_PF.B.Delta.2
2.     R12.ATG_PF.B.Delta.2
3.     R12.CC_PF.B.Delta.2
4.     R12.SCM_PF.B.Delta.2 

E-Business Suite Release Update Pack 
An E-Business Suite Release Update Pack (RUP) is an aggregation of product or product family RUPs on a given codeline created across Oracle E-Business Suite after the initial release. Like product family Release Update Pack, E-Business suite Release Update Pack is cumulative in nature.

Examples of E-Business Suite Release Update Packs
1.     Release 12.0.4
2.     Release 12.0.6
3.     Release 12.1.2

Consolidated Upgrade Patch
A Consolidated Upgrade Patch is a collection of critical fixes that improve the performance and stability of the upgrade process from Release 11i to Release 12.1.1.

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