Using SUN JRE 1.6.0_017 with EBS 11i (11.5.10.2)

1.download the JRE plug-in Oracle E-Business Suite interoperability patch 6861618.

2. download the JRE 6 (JRE 1.6.0_X) plug-in from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.

3. download prerequisite patches (conditional)
For Developer 6i Patchset 19 users: patch 8717874.
For Developer 6i Patchset 18 users: patches 8753046 and 5884875.

4. rename jre-6uX-windows-i586 to j2se160X.exe. For example: rename jre-6u17-windows-i586 to j2se16017.exe

5. put j2se16017.exe in $COMMON_TOP/util/jinitiator on web tier and rename the old jinitiator or previous versions of jre.

6. apply prerequisite patches based on Developer 6i patchset level

7. apply interoperability patch 6861618 (need this patch when upgrade from jinitiator)

8. run txkSetPlugin.sh which in $PATCH_TOP/6861618/fnd/bin against the web nodes. It will update contextfile, update the version used by Workflow and run AutoConfig to incorporate the new values throughout your application. (need to run it when upgrade from jinitiator or upgrade from previous versions of jre on all web nodes)

txkSetPlugin.sh jversion

example: txkSetPlugin.sh 16017



Reference:
Deploying Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) for Windows clients in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i [ID 290807.1]