Sizing Questionnaire

Oracle APS Suite

(Version February 2008)
This questionnaire is designed to collect information about your APS sizing project. The information
gathered with this questionnaire is used for HP to propose a hardware configuration for Oracle !
"usiness Suite APS systems based on HP!#$% &inu'% (indows or heterogeneous en)ironments.
#pon completion of the main sections of the questionnaire% and information not a)ailable to
complete appendi'% please submit to the contacts that appear to the right. *f upgrading or if the
information is a)ailable% please complete the appendi' before submitting
Please fill out the questionnaire as co!lete as !ossible an" sen" it to your #P sales or #P
channel !artner re!resentati$e %ho has been assigne" to hel! you&
For Aericas Sizing 'equests Please eail to
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2able of (ontents
Section ,- .eneral *nformation
Section /- Project *nformation
Section 0- #ser!"ased Sizing
Section 1- System *nfrastructure Section ,- .eneral *nformation
HP Sizing Questionnaire for Oracle E-Business Suite APS Modules
Customer Address & Contact Partner
Please fill in the information about the company2customer the sizing is for% and a contact person who
can help if more detailed data about the planned system is required.
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(o!any A""ress
5n"ustry Segent
(ontact Person
Name:
Email:
Phone:
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6 Phone 7
(if no!n"
HP Sales Person or 4epresentati)e-
HP 4eseller2Oracle2Partner-
Section 2: Project Information
Oracle Version
Please specify the )ersion numbers as accurately as possible. Since there might be differences between
system configurations needed to support the )arious )ersions of Oracle Applications.
Pro"uction Oracle 08S9APS Version:
Oracle 3atabase Version-
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Are
a
Module

Logged-
on users
-- Activity Levels of Users
--

Light Mediu
m
Heavy
Suly !hain average mix
Planning Demand Planning
Advanced Supply Chain Planning
Option: Inventory Optimization
Opt: Constraint Based Optimization
Collaborative Planning
Global Order Promising
Supply Chain Intelligence
Other APS modules
User Information
Other Modules
Logged-on
users
-- Activity Levels of Users --
Lo" Medium
[default#
High
1o"ule:
1o"ule:
O;AP 1o"ule 5nforation
A"$ance" Planning an" Sche"uling93ean"
Planner:
;ist any a" hoc users on the !ro"uction syste
3isco$erer (a" hoc re!orting users)
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Aendi$: %etail Si&ing Information
Hel for Providing %etail Si&ing Information
This section is for companies that are +) currently running Oracle applications and are going to upgrade or migrate
platforms to HP Platforms5 or 2) further along in the sizing process or pilot project that want a more detail sizing
estimate based on additional information a)ailable.
*n this section you should enter the number of transactions which are processed by O&TP or in "atch in the different
modules. 6ou should enter estimates for pea7 load% as well as indicating the major 8performance intensi)e9
customizations for your company. Typically this questionnaire should be filled out if the information is a)ailable% if the
acti)ity of the users is significantly different from an a)erage Oracle Applications user% or if there is high load from
batch or :*. The questionnaire requests data required to base a system configuration on anticipated transaction
)olumes during pea7 acti)ity. The ;ield <ompetence <enter will analyze the on!line user data and the transaction
)olume data to generate an appropriate configuration5 also we wor7 with the APS sizing team at Oracle to get the
appropriate resource requirements. APS questions can be sent to apspmo3ww+oracle.com :ifferences are either
)alidated or further analyzed before a recommendation is made.
"efore you can specify the O&TP and batch wor7loads% you must identify the pea7 hour 8busiest hour9 of information
processing. The pea7 hour is when your <P# utilization is the highest. *f you do not 7now the pea7 hour% you may
want to as7 your users of the )arious Oracle Application modules. Please complete Sections , through 1 abo)e also.
Existing Infrastructure
*f you are currently using an older )ersion of Oracle Applications% please pro)ide us with the following
infrastructure information.
2y!e of Syste Pro"uction 2est9QA 3e$elo!ent9
2raining 9 Other
Pea7 number of logged!on users 3333333users 3333333users 3333333users
OS 8(in=T2/>>>% &inu'% #ni'9
Ser)er <onfiguration Type Single =ode
?ulti!=ode
Single =ode
?ulti!=ode
Single =ode
?ulti!=ode
APS Ser$er9s:
@ersion of Operating System
?odel 8i.e. rpA1>>% dlBC>% #1B>9
=umber of <P#s and <loc7 Speed
*nstalled ?emory
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3atabase Ser$er-
?odel 8i.e. rpA1>>% dlBC>% #1B>9
=umber of <P#s and <loc7 speed
*nstalled ?emory
&A= card 8i.e. ,>>?"5 ,."% etc9
:is7 Subsystem
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Failo$er9'e!orting Ser$er:
?odel 8i.e. rpA1>>% dlBC>% #1B>9
=umber of <P#s and <loc7 speed
*nstalled ?emory
&A= card 8i.e. ,>>?"5 ,."% etc9
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?odel333333333333
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?odel333333333333
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Performance during Pea7 #sage
8i.e. poor% o7% good% e'ceptional9
E <P# utilization 8:b tier9
during pea7 usage
E <P# utilization 8Apps Tier9
during pea7 usage
E ?emory utilization 8:b tier9
during pea7 usage
E ?emory utilization 8Apps Tier9
during pea7 usage
E :is7 utilization 8:b tier9
during pea7 usage
Oracle :atabase2s Size 8."9
Total :is7 Space a)ailable 8."9
Total <oncurrent ?anagers
:uring pea7 usage
:oes 2will the <oncurrent ?anager
ser)er run on the database ser)erF
6es =o
Oracle !"usiness Suite @ersion
Oracle :atabase @ersion
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NonProduction !e"uirements
Please pro)ide additional information about your non!production en)ironment. The pea7 number of
users logged during pea7 times% total dis7 space needed or desired% total number of database instances
on each ser)er and do you want separate ser)ers for each en)ironment.
Syste <sage ;ogge" on
<sers
'equire" 3is=
S!ace
4uber of
3atabase
5nstances
Are any of these
en$ironents in a #A
(luster> 5f so? list %hich
ones
:e)elopment
*ntegrated Test2
Duality Acceptance
Training
Sand "o'
O&AP
4eporting
Pro@ecte" Future Aro%th (aBiu of . years)>
How many years do you want to size this en)ironment forF
Percent increase in Pea7 acti)e concurrent users each year
Percent increase in transaction )olumes for each year
The following information is required by Oracle to pro)ide sizing details for APS products.
A"$ance" Su!!ly (hain Planning (2ransactions "uring hea$iest !erio")
G :aily Planning
"uc7ets
G (ee7ly Planning
"uc7ets
G ?onthly
Planning "uc7ets
AS<P Plan Type
8#nconstraint%
<onstraint%
<onstraint with
decision 4ules%
Optimize9
Total plans G ?4P planned
*tems enabled in
each organization
G of Planned
*n)entory
Organizations
A)erage G items per
organization
A)e G wor7
centers per org
Order ?odifiers
8e.g. ?a' Order
Duantity% ;i'ed
Order Duantity9
G independent
demand lines in
entire planning
horizon
A)e quantity per
demand line
A)e G le)els in
"O?
G components needed
at each le)el of "O?
to ma7e the SubAssy
or ;inished Product
A)e G of
operations
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Specify
constrained
resources to be
planned
A)e transportation
resources per org
?anufacturing
orgs per plan
:istribution orgs
per plan
A)e purchase lines
per org per period
Plan periods in
plan horizon
8days H wee7s H
months
3ean" Planning (2ransactions "uring hea$iest !erio")
:emand plans G of ;orecast
scenarios per demand
plan
G of input
parameters per
demand plan
*nitial number of
history months
?a'imum forcast
range 8how many
months9
)entual
8ma'imum9
history months
<alendar-
.regorian or
?anufacturingF
<ompressing each
wee7 into a single
dayF
Total G of data
)alues 8i.e orders9
Total G P4:!
.O!O4.
combinations
with data
;or each parameter%
gi)e the le)els at
which data is loaded
8gi)e a le)el for each
dimension9
Allocation basis
8if rele)ent9
G Products with
data
G Product <ategories
with data
G Product
;amilies with
data
G Ship!to!
&ocations with
data
G <ustomer with data G 4egions with
data
G <ountries with
data
G <ustomer .roups
with data
G <ustomer
classes with data
G Sales 4eps
with data
G Sales ?anagers
with data
G of Sales .roups
with data
G Sales <hannels
with data
G Organizations with
data
G Operating #nits
with data
G &egal ntities
with data
G "usiness .roups
with data
A)erage G
Products Ordered
per <ustomer 8if
rele)ant9
A)erage G
Products sold per
Organization 8if
rele)ant9
A)erage G <ustomers
per Org. 8if rele)ant9
A)erage G
Products sold per
Sales 4ep 8if
rele)ant9
A)erage G
<ustomers per
Sales 4ep 8if
rele)ant9
A)erage G &ocations
per <ustomer 8if
rele)ant9
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