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Oracle has announced through Steven Chan blog  the availability of the latest Oracle E-Business Suite startCD, 12.2.0.49. As the fundamental installation medium for EBS, the startCD is what you begin with when installing or upgrading to Release 12.2.

This latest version includes many important fixes, which are described in the readme of the startCD patch (listed below). The new startCD is highly recommended for all customers who will use Rapid Install to perform an installation or upgrade to Release 12.2:

How to Obtain startCD 12.2.0.49
You can download the startCD as Patch 19378467.
Using Rapid Install
Full instructions for Rapid Install can be found in Oracle E-Business Suite Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install (Part No. E22950_18). This book is available in the EBS Web Library in both PDF and HTML formats.
Additonal References
You should also refer to the following My Oracle Support knowledge documents:

• Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes, Release 12.2 (Doc ID 1320300.1)
  
• Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA and Technology Stack Release Notes for R12.AD.C.Delta.5 and R12.TXK.C.Delta.5 (Doc ID 1644660.1)
  
• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2: Consolidated List of Patches and Technology Bug Fixes (Doc ID 1594274.1)
  
• Scenarios for Getting Started With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 (Doc ID 1587195.1)
  

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