ANNOUNCEMENT: Upcoming new EBS R12 Tools Requirements for IBM AIX on Power Systems
What are we announcing?
Beginning on May 3rd 2019, Oracle E-Business Suite patches for Release 12 (12.0, 12.1, 12.2) on the IBM AIX on Power Systems platform will be built with a newer version of the IBM XL C/C++ compiler (version 12.1). Customers who plan to patch or upgrade their E-Business Suite environments after May 3rd 2019 must meet all the new requirements prior to applying new patches generated after this date.
IBM has published an end of Support date for the compiler version (XL 11) that is currently used for Release 12 builds and patching.
We are announcing this to give time for our customers to prepare and to be compliant with all require