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Plan for adapter implementation

Before using WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite, make sure that you understand the experience you need and the server environment in which it runs. Learn the considerations for deploying the adapter in your server environment, and find out how to improve the performance and availability of the adapter by using a clustered server environment.

• Before you begin
  Before you begin to configure and deploy the module, you must possess a thorough understanding of the business integration concepts, Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC), the Oracle database knowledge, the Oracle E-Business Suite products in your environment, and the features and capabilities of IBM Integration Designer and IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.
• Security
  The adapter uses the J2C authentication data entry, or the authentication alias feature of Java EE security to provide secure user name and password authentication. For more information about security features, see the documentation for IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.
• Support for protecting sensitive user data in log and trace files
  

  You can configure the adapter to prevent sensitive or confidential data, in the log and trace files, from being viewed by users without authorization.

• User authentication
  The adapter supports several methods for supplying the user name and password that are needed to connect to the Oracle database. By understanding the features and limitations of each method, you can pick a method that provides the appropriate level of security and convenience for your application.
• Deployment options
  There are two ways to deploy the adapter. You can either embed it as part of the deployed application, or you can deploy it as a stand-alone RAR file. The requirements of your environment affect the type of deployment option you choose.
• WebSphere Adapters in clustered environments
  

  You can improve adapter performance and availability by deploying a module on a clustered server environment. Clusters are groups of servers that are managed together to balance workloads and to provide high availability and scalability.

• Support for prepared statement caching
  WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite supports prepared statement caching by the server, which can reduce the time required to perform an outbound or inbound operation or a batch of operations.
• Migrating to version 7.5.0.3 of WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite
  When you migrate to WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite version 7.5.0.3, you automatically upgrade from the previous version of the adapter. WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite version 6.0.2.x and version 6.1.x do not have its own adapter but use the WebSphere Adapter for JDBC as the base. From version 6.2, WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite is an independent adapter and has no dependency on WebSphere Adapter for JDBC. If you migrate the adapter from version 6.0.2.x or version 6.1.x, the underlying JDBC adapter is upgraded to WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite version 7.5.0.3. The project artifacts are also migrated to version 7.5.0.3 appropriately. Migrating the embedded applications belonging to an earlier version of the adapter, enables the applications to use the latest features and capabilities available in version 7.5.0.3.
• Migrating WebSphere Business Integration applications
  

  You need to migrate the WebSphere Business Integration applications so that they become compatible with Version 7.5.0.3 of your adapter.

WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite documentation

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