preupgrade.jar January 2018 (Build 11) is available now

A new version of the preupgrade.jar January 2018 (Build 11) is available now.

Please download it from MOS Note:884522.1.:

MOS Note: 884522.1 – How to Download and Run Oracle’s Database Pre-Upgrade Utility

Please always download the most recent version as this one is much newer with a lot of improvements compared to the version you get with the default installation. Major changes since the first drop are:

• Added load only capabilities.
• Improved the interaction with OS
• Added more obsolete/deprecated parameters
• Improved IPC calls on Windows
• Added functionality for aud$unified table partitions.
• Added preupgrade and postupgrade automatic fixups
• Check for JAVAVM mitigation patch
• Added parameters checking when a dynamic parameter has been changed at spfile only
• Update parameter such as memory limits.
• Adds UTF-8 characterset capabilities.
• Adds a check to see if CONCURRENT STATISTICS are set when RESOURCE MANAGER IS OFF.
• Adds a block of code which will be run if the DEPEND_USR_TABLES check is run after the database has been upgraded.
• A new autofixup function is also added, which will automatically be run by the postupgrade_fixups.sql script.
• Adds a check to validate APEX version.
• Modifies check tempts_notempfile, it should also consider tablespace groups
• Changes severity of new_time_zones_exist to warning
• Adds pga_aggregate_limit check
• Adds support for very large temporary tablespace groups (new in Build 11)

–Mike