1. Schneider SOA upgrade experience11/7/2014

2. About Schneider Schneider is the premier provider of truckload, logisticsand intermodal services. Offering the broadestportfolio of services in the industry. Schneider solutions include Van Truckload, Dedicated,Regional, Bulk, Intermodal, Brokerage, Supply ChainManagement, and Port Logistics services. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Schneider hasprovided expert transportation and logistics solutionsfor almost 80 years. A $3.6 billion company, Schneider provides servicesthroughout North America and ChinaProprietary 2 and confidential 3. About Schneider- by the NumbersYear Founded 1935Associates Worldwide 17,000Company Truck Drivers 11,100Company Drivers with military experience 20%Owner-Operator Truck Drivers 2,200Facilities Worldwide 169Driver operating locations 8Company trucks on the road 9,700Trailers on the road 31,500Intermodal containers in the fleet 16,850Loads hauled per day 10,500Miles driven per day 7.8 millionIntermodal rail miles per day 2.7 millionThird-party carrier/brokerage relationship 13,300Third-party transportation dollars managed (STM) $990 millionNumber of border crossings per day 520Square feet of warehouse space operated 8.5 millionDrivers with a million or more consecutive miles without an accident 4,808 (1,570 current)Proprietary 3 and confidential 4. Oracle Technologies Used Fusion: Oracle SOA Suite WebCenter Portal WebCenter Content Business Intelligence Identity Management, Access Management WebLogic Server ADF Others: Oracle Database Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Oracle Transportation Management Seibel B2B Oracle Linux Operational ReportingProprietary 4 and confidential 5. SOA EnvironmentSOA 11g: 6 SOA Weblogic Domains 3 B2B Weblogic Domains 2 JMS Weblogic Domains 1 BAM Weblogic Domain Total ~450 Composites 50 million+ instances per day 12 different environmentsProprietary 5 and confidentialSOA 10g:3 SOA clusters3 B2B clustersTotal ~300 BPELS, 120 ESB3 million+ instances per day11 different environmentsThis volume represents very unique challenges !! 6. SOA Upgrade 2011 - 10.1.3.2 to 10.1.3.5 2012 10.13.5 to 11.1.1.2 (Not Production) 2012 11.1.1.2 to 11.1.1.4 2013 11.1.1.4 to 11.1.1.6 (Non Production) 2014 11.1.1.4 to 11.1.1.7.2Proprietary 6 and confidential 7. Upgrade Challenges Upgrading SOA Schemas RCU Fails for index differences Documentation Not all the changes aredocumented. Testing all 450+ composites/services Performance Issues Impact to receiving systems No Back out optionProprietary 7 and confidential 8. Upgrade Effort Last Effort deployed to Production in August Total Hours: 3227 Total Duration: 8 Months. Issues Optional Reference elements were not getting generated after Upgrade Diagnostic Framework changes to generate more incidence Composite startup validations: Processes started failing after upgradewhich was working before. Default date format changes in xpath functions. Not all the patches received on existing version are making into upgradeversion.Proprietary 8 and confidential 9. SOA upgrade What we would like to have Validation scripts for Schema and Middle Tier. Ability to verify if upgrade is going to fail and for whatreason. Back out option Better RCU scripts Release notes should contain all details evenminor changes.Proprietary 9 and confidential 10. TIPS Test the schema upgrade on recovery server for each environment Purge and re-org database tables before the upgrade. Check release notes of all the versions available if you are skipping fewversions. Verify all the patches received in your current version are made it tonew version. Plan system backups and restore strategies Dont forget to test your Monitoring piece (OEM), Worklist app,Business Rules UI etc. Make sure purge is working after upgrade. Monitor database bad performing queries, waits etc after upgradeProprietary 10 and confidential