什么是Oracle BRM? BRM 指的是Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) ，是一套专门针对通信行业设计的集成的终端到终端的企业软件套件。 Oracle 公司在2006年收购了Portal Software软件公司后，成为了Portal BRM产品的拥有者。 BRM最早被叫做Infranet(版本6.5, 6.7和更早)，之后被称作Portal(在版本7.0, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4时代)， 官方第一次使用BRM这一代号是从版本7.3.1开始。 客户有一套BRM系统运行在4节点的Exadata X2-8 Half Rack上，数据库版本是11.2.0.1 。 但是这套系统使用了Exadata默认的配置参数，而没有使用BRM系统专用的初始化参数。 这里我有必要提一下，一般来说大型的应用程序(Application)特别是Oracle自身的产品都会有经过Oracle公司自身验证过的一套推荐参数，譬如说Oracle Ebs Suite 11i 最早是在Oracle database 8i/9i 上设计的，一般来说在安装介质上就会附带有11i 在databse 8i/9i上的推荐配置参数，而如果你要将11i 迁移到10g上那么就需要到MOS上找出是否这一软件组合已经经过Oracle公司的认证，如果认证了那么一般都会有推荐参数。 假设计划在Oracle Database 11gR2上部署Oracle EBS R12的应用，那么可以从MOS上找到
<Interoperability Notes EBS R12 with Database 11gR2 [ID 1058763.1]> 这个指南。 其他一些非Oracle的应用程序产品，如Sap这类流行的大型应用，Oracle也会进行一系列的认证，但是未必就有非常完整的Recommended Parameter列表了，当然如果您是SAP的用户的话，也可以从Sap哪里获得必要的支持。
<Questions About BRM Support For Oracle DB 11GR2 And Exadata [ID 1319678.1]>介绍了BRM应用程序在11GR2+Exadata上的一些常见问题和推荐的参数设置，这里引用一下：
Applies to:
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management - Version: 7.3.1.0.0 to 7.4.0.0.0 - Release: 7.3.1 to 7.4.0
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
The purpose is to address some common queries around the supportability of BRM with respect to 11gR2 plus Exadata.
Questions and Answers
1) About 10G client support: BRM(731 and 74) is certified against 11G R2 DB environment using the provided 10G R2 client software. We would like to know about the support for the client itself; because the 10G server environment is out of support end of this year(2011), so does this out of support phrase also apply to the client software.
From BRM point of view , YES , we will support customers using BRM 731 + 11gR2(server) + 10gR2(client)
2) We would like to know of any pre-requisite patches of the BRM application to support the 11G database.
On BRM, there is no specific patches needed for 11G support. You would still continue to use the dm_oracle10g.solibrary (using the 10gR2 DB client).
3) Is it correct that a base installation of oracle 11G Release 2 is needed, and no additional patches are needed on the DB ( to successfully support pipeline batch processing on the BRM side) ?
Yes, 11gR2 is enough for BRM. Please check with the database group if they would advice any later patches for performance improvements.
4) This question is more on the relationship between the Application (BRM) connecting with ExaData ; are there are no specific patches on Exadata with respect to BRM?
BRM is certified on Exadata . It is certified against 11gR2 only and with BRM 7.3.1 onwards. No DB patches are required from a BRM perspective. You would need to check with the Exadata team/documentation to see if that particular product has any pre-requisites.
5) The certification overview does not specially mention RAC support on 11G, can you confirm if RAC is supported on the 11G database environment?
Yes, we do support RAC also on 11G database.
6) Can you elaborate on the AQ consequences in running them on the 11G environment?
There is nothing about consequences that we can tell. However we do support it ( AQ ) even in 11g.
7) As per the recent press release at : http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/364536 ; about the BRM certification and benchmarking against Exadata; this is referring to BRM 7.4 and not to 7.3.1 .
本文转自maclean_007 51CTO博客，原文链接:http://blog.51cto.com/maclean/1278026
