Part 2: Oracle E-Business Suite on Cloud FAQ

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Running Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud is simple, but it doesn‘t take too much effort to come up with several great questions about this new set of options.  We have published a document that answers those questions:

• Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud Frequently Asked Questions

This document is being updated regularly, so it‘s worth checking it periodically.  The latest version covers the following common questions:

What is Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

What capabilities are currently provided?

What are the key benefits to using Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

Is Oracle releasing Oracle E-Business Suite as a SaaS application?

Does Oracle provide managed services for Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

Are there additional fees for using Oracle E-Business Suite with Oracle Cloud?

Do I need to purchase Oracle E-Business Suite product licenses in order to use E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

How do I deploy Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

How do I restrict access to my Oracle E-Business Suite instances on Oracle Cloud?

Can I customize and extend Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

How do I migrate customizations of Oracle E-Business Suite on the cloud to my on-premises production system?

Can we use our own custom data with Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

Can we use the same certified third-party products we currently use on-premises with Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud?

Can I use the Database Cloud Service with Oracle E-Business Suite?

Can I use the Exadata Cloud Service with Oracle E-Business Suite?

What tools are used for managing Oracle E-Business Suite environments on Oracle Cloud?

Does Oracle support deploying production instances of Oracle E-Business Suite on the Oracle Compute Cloud Service?

In addition to the FAQ, I‘ll cover some of these questions in more detail in future articles on this blog.  Stay tuned! 

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01. WHAT IS ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?
甲骨文雲上ORACLE電子商務套件是什麼?

This refers to running Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle‘s Cloud Infrastructure and Platform as a Service offerings,
specifically the Oracle Compute Cloud Service, the Oracle Database Cloud Service, and the Exadata Cloud Service.
這是指運行Oracle電子商務套件對甲骨文的雲基礎設施平台作為一種服務供應項目,特別是Oracle計算雲端服務,Oracle資料庫雲端服務,Exadata雲端服務。

02. WHAT CAPABILITIES ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDED?
目前提供有什麼功能?

With an Oracle Compute Cloud subscription and with the tools provided in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace,
you can quickly provision new instances of Oracle E-Business Suite, deploy development tools on the cloud,
as well as clone your existing Oracle E-Business Suite instances from on-premises to Oracle Cloud. In addition,
your on-premises and cloud instances can be managed simultaneously from the Oracle Application Management Suite.
作為從Oracle計算雲訂閱和甲骨文雲市場中提供的工具,您可以快速提供新執行個體的Oracle電子商務套件,在雲上部署開發工具,
以及複製現有Oracle電子商務套件從本地到甲骨文雲執行個體。此外,你可以通過Oracle應用程式管理套件從本地和雲進行執行個體管理

03. WHAT ARE THE KEY BENEFITS TO USING ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?
在甲骨文雲上使用ORACLE電子商務套件的主要優點是什麼?

Key benefits are support for business growth, greater business agility and lower costs and risks.
Businesses must be agile to respond to changes such as acquisitions, globalization, divestitures,
and regulatory or process changes, with the ability to adopt new technologies or applications functionality.
IT can provision new development and test environments quickly in response to such changes while ensuring continuity of day-to-day operations.
Oracle‘s Infrastructure as a Service is elastic and allows IT to scale up or scale out the infrastructure on demand.
This elasticity and the flexibility to pay-as-you-go reduces the need for upfront capital expenditure,
and decreases wait times for hardware and other resources, lessening overall project risk.
關鍵的好處是支援業務增長,更高的業務敏捷性和更低的成本和風險。
企業必須靈活應對變化如收購、全球化、剝離,
和監管或過程的變化,能夠採用新技術或應用程式的功能。
它可以快速提供新開發與測試環境,以應對這些變化同時確保日常運作的連續性。
甲骨文的基礎設施作為服務是有彈性的,可以擴大或規模的基礎設施需求。
彈性和靈活性,現收現付制減少前期資本支出的必要性,
硬體和其他資源,減少等待時間,減少整個項目的風險。

04. IS ORACLE RELEASING ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE AS A SAAS APPLICATION?
ORACLE發布ORACLE電子商務套件為SAAS應用程式嗎?

No. Oracle has no plans to offer Oracle E-Business Suite as a SaaS solution.
不。Oracle沒有計劃提供Oracle電子商務套件的SaaS解決方案。

05. DOES ORACLE PROVIDE MANAGED SERVICES FOR ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?
ORACLE有沒有提供ORACLE電子商務套件的甲骨文雲託管服務?

Yes. Oracle’s Managed Cloud Services team (OMCS) provides managed services for customers running Oracle E-Business Suite instances on Oracle Cloud or on-premises.
是的。甲骨文雲端服務管理團隊(OMCS)為客戶提供管理服務運行Oracle電子商務套件甲骨文雲或備用執行個體。

06. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL FEES FOR USING ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE WITH ORACLE CLOUD?
使用ORACLE電子商務套件在甲骨文雲上有沒有額外的費用
Oracle Cloud resources and services are available for subscription by Oracle customers.
Customers who already own Oracle E-Business Suite product licenses may use their Oracle Cloud subscription to provision and deploy Oracle E-Business Suite instances on the Oracle Cloud.
The deployed instances may be used for development, testing, training, etc. Once a customer acquires a subscription to Oracle Cloud,
no additional Oracle E-Business Suite license or usage license is required.
甲骨文雲資源和服務可用於Oracle客戶訂閱。客戶已經擁有Oracle電子商務套件產品許可可能會使用他們的甲骨文雲訂閱條款和甲骨文雲上部署甲骨文的電子商務套件執行個體。
部署執行個體可用於開發、測試、培訓、等等。一旦一個客戶獲得訂閱甲骨文雲,沒有額外的Oracle電子商務套件許可或使用許可是必需的。

07. DO I NEED TO PURCHASE ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE PRODUCT LICENSES IN ORDER TO USE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?
我需要購買ORACLE電子商務套件產品許可才能在甲骨文雲商運行?
Oracle customers who already own Oracle E-Business Suite licenses may use the Oracle Cloud to host instances of their applications. Oracle’s Compute Cloud uses a “Bring your Own License” model, so customers who wish to use the Oracle Compute Cloud must already own a valid license to the software deployed on virtual machines in Oracle Compute Cloud.
甲骨文的客戶已經擁有Oracle電子商務套件許可可能會使用甲骨文雲主應用程式的執行個體。甲骨文的計算雲使用“自備許可證”模式,
所以客戶希望使用Oracle計算雲必須擁有一個有效許可證的軟體部署在虛擬機器在Oracle中雲端運算。

08. HOW DO I DEPLOY ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?
我如何在甲骨文雲部署甲骨文的電子商務套件?
Once you have an Oracle Compute Cloud subscription, you can access the Oracle Cloud Marketplace and deploy ready-made machine images for provisioning, cloning, and development using the processes described in our online tutorials.
一旦你有了一個Oracle計算雲訂閱,您可以訪問Oracle雲市場和部署提供現成的機器圖片,複製和開發使用我們的網上教程中描述的過程。

09. HOW DO I RESTRICT ACCESS TO MY ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE INSTANCES ON ORACLE CLOUD?
如何限制訪問我的ORACLE電子商務套件在甲骨文雲執行個體?
By default, your instance is accessible only over a secure shell using an SSH key pair that you create for authentication. Extra steps are required to configure a web URL. You can retain this URL for private use or take further steps to enable access over public internet.
預設情況下,您的執行個體只能通過secure shell使用您建立的SSH金鑰組身分識別驗證。需要額外的步驟來配置web URL。你可以保留這個URL為私人使用或採取進一步措施,使在公用互連網訪問。

10. CAN I CUSTOMIZE AND EXTEND ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?

Yes, the same Oracle tools you use within your on-premises data center are available on the cloud in order for you to customize or extend your Oracle E-Business Suite systems.

11. HOW DO I MIGRATE CUSTOMIZATIONS OF ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON THE CLOUD TO MY ON-PREMISES PRODUCTION SYSTEM?

Application Management Suite provides the capability to migrate changes across your E-Business Suite instances.

12. CAN WE USE OUR OWN CUSTOM DATA WITH ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?

Yes, you can clone your on-premises instances to the cloud in order to create a complete Oracle E-Business Suite development and testing environment that uses your own existing data.

13. CAN WE USE THE SAME CERTIFIED THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS WE CURRENTLY USE ON-PREMISES WITH ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON ORACLE CLOUD?

Yes, the entire Oracle E-Business Suite architecture is the same whether deployed on-premises or on Oracle Cloud. All third party components that comprise an Oracle E-Business Suite application instance will be deployed on the cloud. Oracle Cloud‘s strategy should also allow customers to use Oracle Cloud to host instances of other applications that may be used to integrate with their Oracle E-Business Suite systems. Please refer to published capabilities and guidelines for using Oracle Cloud with your non-Oracle workloads.

14. CAN I USE THE DATABASE CLOUD SERVICE WITH ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE?

Yes, you can, and Oracle E-Business Suite Development is working on additional automation for scenarios with the database hosted on the Oracle Database Cloud Service and the application tier hosted on the Oracle Compute Cloud Service. To meet any immediate requirements, you may wish to engage Oracle Cloud Managed Services or an Oracle partner.

15. CAN I USE THE EXADATA CLOUD SERVICE WITH ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE?

Yes, you can, and Oracle E-Business Suite Development is working on additional automation for scenarios with the database hosted on the Exadata Cloud Service and the application tier hosted on the Oracle Compute Cloud Service. To meet any immediate requirements, you may wish to engage Oracle Cloud Managed Services or an Oracle partner.

16. WHAT TOOLS ARE USED FOR MANAGING ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ENVIRONMENTS ON ORACLE CLOUD?

The Oracle Application Management Suite allows you to monitor and manage Oracle Cloud and on-premises instances with a unified interface.

17. DOES ORACLE SUPPORT DEPLOYING PRODUCTION INSTANCES OF ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE ON THE ORACLE COMPUTE CLOUD SERVICE?

Yes. To facilitate more complex deployments, Oracle E-Business Suite Development is currently testing additional system configurations and developing additional automation options.

 

Part 2: Oracle E-Business Suite on Cloud FAQ