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AD UTILITIES ==================================================
AD also called as Application DBA. AD_TOP is product in Application which is under directory APPL_TOP/ad/11.5.0. This top containing Utilities & program code which is very frequently used by DBAs. So where are these utilities or program in file system? (its in AD_TOP/bin ) Lets see one line definition of each AD Utility ? AD Utilities are a group of tools designed to install, upgrade, maintain, and patch applications. ADPATCH? Is a utility that is used to apply individual patches, mini-packs, or maintenance packs to an Oracle Applications instance ADADMIN? AD Administration (adadmin) is used performs maintenance/administration tasks on an Oracle Apps Instance. Task associated with adadmin are divided into two broad categories database and file system task. ADCTRL ? Utility to determine status of worker (started by adpatch , adadmin or other ad utility) and to control ( restart/drop/skip) workers. ADRELINK ? Used to relink apps executables with product libraries , if some library defination is changed or executable is corrupted. ADMRGPCH ? To merge different patches & create single patch . This is helpful when you have too many patches , you can merge them & apply in one shot. ADCLONE ? Utility to clone Insatnce from Test to Prod , Vice Versa ADCONFIG ? To configure different components in Aplications like changing port number or domainname or incresing number of JVM's ADIDENT ? utility to find version of a file in oracle applications (Identification ) ADLICMGR ?
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To license a product in applications , you might have license to use only 10 products initially then later decided to use 5 more so license them first by this utility ADSPLICE ? You add a product in application, by default you might have 90-105 ( may be more ) products like AP, GL, AR and now oracle released one more product so add this product using this utility .

AD Admin Adadmin is a utility that performs a number of tasks required from maintain and administering an Oracle Applications instance. On a broad level the tasks performed by adadmin can be categorized into database activities and Applications file system management tasks. In addition to these, adadmin in 11.5.10 onwards you can use adadmin to put the system in Maintenance Mode also. Maintenance mode is special mode introduced to facilitate maintenance tasks like patch application. Before you run adadmin you must ensure the following. Set your applications environment Ensure that you have sufficient space in tmp disk. For certain adadmin task you may require to shut down your concurrent managers You can run adadmin by typing adadmin at the command prompt after setting the environment. $adadmin At the time of execution adadmin prompts you to verify and enter several information pertaining to your applications installation like APPL_TOP location, ORACLE_HOME.adadmin log file name, batch size etc. The main menu of adadmin presents you with the following six choices AD Administration Main Menu -1. Generate Applications Files menu 2. Maintain Applications Files menu 3. Compile/Reload Applications Database Entities menu 4. Maintain Applications Database Entities menu 5. Change Maintenance Mode 6. Exit AD Administration First two options are related to maintaining applications file system the second two options relate to database activities, the fifth option here is used to put the system in maintenance mode and bring it back from maintenance mode.
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Under the Generate Applications Files Menu you can perform the following tasks Generate Applications Files -1. Generate message files 2. Generate form files 3. Generate report files 4. Generate graphics files 5. Generate product JAR files 6. Return to Main Menu Under the Maintain Applications Files menu you can perform the following tasks Maintain Applications Files -1. Relink Applications programs 2. Create Applications environment file 3. Copy files to destinations 4. Convert character set 5. Maintain snapshot information 6. Check for missing files 7. Return to Main Menu Under the Compile/Reload Applications Database Entities menu you can perform the following tasks Compile/Reload Applications Database Entities -1. Compile APPS schema 2. Compile menu information 3. Compile flexfields 4. Reload JAR files to database 5. Return to Main Menu Under the Maintain Applications Database Entities menu you can perform the following tasks Maintain Applications Database Entities -1. Validate APPS schema 2. Re-create grants and synonyms for APPS schema 3. Maintain multi-lingual tables 4. Check DUAL table 5. Maintain Multiple Reporting Currencies schema 6. Return to Main Menu Under the Change Maintenance Mode you can do the following Change Maintenance Mode -Maintenance Mode is currently: [Disabled]. Maintenance mode should normally be enabled when patching Oracle Applications and disabled when users are logged on to the system. See the Oracle Applications Maintenance Page 3

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Utilities manual for more information about maintenance mode. Please select an option: 1. Enable Maintenance Mode 2. Disable Maintenance Mode 3. Return to Main Menu If you notice the message this menu selection also shows the maintenance status (disabled in our case) of the system. You can also forcefully exit adadmin at any point of time by typing abort, This will however result in a unclean exit of adadmin and the next time when you run adadmin you will be prompted with the option to start fresh or continue with the previous session

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