Upgrade JDK to 1.6.0_017 in EBS 11i (11.5.10.2)

1. upgrade client plug-in to Jinitiator 1.3.1.x or JRE 1.5.0.x (native plug-in) before upgrading java to JDK 6.
2. down jdk 6.0 from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and run chmod
chmod +x $PATCH_TOP/jdk-6u17-linux-i586.bin
3. install jdk 6
mkdir $COMMON_TOP/util/java/1.6
cd $COMMON_TOP/util/java/1.6
$PATCH_TOP/jdk-6u17-linux-i586.bin
The installer will create a directory: jdk1.6.0_17 under $COMMON_TOP/util/java/1.6
4. apply ATG_PF.H.RUP5 5473858.
5. apply JDK 6 consolidated patch and other EBS interoperability patches
for 11.5.10.2: jdk 6 consolidated patch for 11.5.10CU2, patch 5622511 and contract core patch 5977502.
6. run the JDK 6 upgrade script to update configuration file
txkrun.pl –script=SetJDKCfg –contextfile=$CONTEXT_FILE –runautoconfig=Yes –appspass=appspwd –jdktop=$COMMON_TOP/util/java/1.6/jdk1.6.0_17
7. source env and check JRE related env variables are point to jdk1.6.0_17
8. replace $iAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/jdk to link to new jdk.
9. run adadmin to regenerate appsborg2.zip and product JAR files.

Reference:
Metalink Note 401561.1: Using J2SE version 6 with oracle e-business suite 11i