Installation Roadmap

This roadmap contains general technical information and guidelines on how to make an installation of IFS Applications as well as component specific installations (gathered from component release notes).

Note: IFS Applications 9 only supports direct upgrades from IFS Applications 7 or later. Upgrades from earlier versions must be done in two steps.

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Important Installation Project Information

This section describes important information that the installation project should be aware of before the installation starts. It is recommended to follow the links in order to get more information regarding each specific issue.

Software Requirements   

Make sure you only use software certificated by the Product Certification team. Certified Oracle version, Client Operations Systems etc can be found on the Supported Platforms (IFS internal) pages. 

Hardware Requirements

Depending on products to be installed, existing data volumes and number of licensed users, it is important size the hardware correctly. Read more on the Benchmarking pages, where sizing guides and other useful information is provided.

Functional News

Regarding functional news and other useful information, please refer to the Product Release Notes in each Product. They are also posted here

Obsolete Components

A number of Components have been made obsolete in IFS Applications 9.

Split components

Removed Objects and Methods

A number of Database Objects and table columns have been made obsolete in IFS Applications 9. The following pages provide more detailed information,

Invalid Objects

How to handle invalid database objects after upgrade or patching.

Deprecated Objects

Some objects and methods are marked as deprecated during IFS Applications 9 Support phase, i.e. usage of these methods should be replaced by valid replacement method. These deprecated methods will be made obsolete in next core version of IFS Applications. More information can be found in the following document,

Upgrading IFS Applications and Oracle

Upgrade from Upgrade to
IFS Applications version Certified Oracle version(s) IFS Applications 9 Certified Oracle version Upgrade Steps
IFS Applications 7 10.2.0.x 12.1.0.1.7 (or higher) 1. Install Oracle 12c in a new Oracle home.
2. Migrate current IFS Applications to use Oracle 12c using either Oracle database Upgrade Assistant DBUA or Oracle Data Pump (export/import)
3. Run IFS upgrade.
IFS Applications 7.5 10.2.0.x 12.1.0.1.7 (or higher)

1. Install Oracle 12c in a new Oracle home.
2. Migrate current IFS Applications to use Oracle 12c using either DBUA or Oracle Data Pump (export/import)
3. Run IFS upgrade.

11.1.0.7
11.2.0.x
IFS Applications 8 11.2.0.x 12.1.0.1.7 (or higher)

1. Install Oracle 12c in a new Oracle home.
2. Migrate current IFS Applications to use Oracle 12c using either DBUA or Oracle Data Pump (export/import)
3. Run IFS upgrade.

12.1.0.1.x

Note:
a. If you are running a byte database (non-Unicode) today, you need to convert to Unicode database before you run the IFS upgrade.
b. If you are upgrading to Oracle 12.1.0.2 version, as a solution for the Oracle limitation 'Dynamic Sampling used even with 100% table statistics available', it is recommended to apply the solution 1 (only the Oracle system parameter configuration) in Oracle Document 2237208.1 after you run the upgrade.

Product Specific Information

There are a lot of product specific considerations.