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Patching to Oracle 19.19.0 out-of-place with additional patches

From all my quarterly blog posts you know that I patch usually in-place for space and other reasons. And you may have similar reasons when you patch. But it is not ideal – and just speaking about risk and downtime, you should always patch out-of-place. So let me show you how Patching to Oracle 19.19.0 out-of-place with additional patches works.

Patching to Oracle 19.19.0 out-of-place with additional patches

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What do I need?

Actually, this is not complicated at all. And if you never done it this way, give it a try now please.

Base release Oracle Database 19.3.0 image
opatch 37 from

March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 12

It’s download time again. So please refresh the AutoUpgrade release you are using with the new one since the March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available now for download.

March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available

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Where to download?

As usual, please download the newest version of AutoUpgrade via MOS Note:2485457.1 – Download AutoUpgrade.

What does this version improve?

A lot.

Really, a lot of things got improved.

You’ll find the change.log for tracking purposes at the bottom of the note. I’d wish everybody would do such a transparent change tracking as the AutoUpgrade team does. This makes …

A new version of AutoUpgrade has been released

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 27

Yes, we did it again. A new version of AutoUpgrade has been released. With important fixes.

A new version of AutoUpgrade has been released

Download the May 2022 version

So it is time to update your AutoUpgrade and download the most recent version.

MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool

Changes / Fixes / Enhancements

As usual, we document the changes and fixes as well as the enhancements in the change log you’ll find in MOS.

At first, this is the new build:

build.version 22.3.220503
build.date 2022/05/03 11:55:20 -0400
build.hash 9e84e228
build.hash_date 2022/05/03 11:37:00 -0400
build.supported_target_versions 12.2,18,19,21
build.type production
20 bug fixes since v22.2 release
Tag: V22.3
Description:

AutoUpgrade 2.0 has been released – and got reuploaded

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 40

Many of you have used AutoUpgrade for your database upgrades already. Just a few days ago I received some almost enthusiastic comments which made me very very happy. And if you thought it can’t get any better, no worries: AutoUpgrade 2.0 has been released – and got reuploaded.

AutoUpgrade 2.0 has been released - and got reuploaded

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Why AutoUpgrade 2.0?

As you know, we don’t do marketing but just talk tech. But you may have also recognized that we slowed down in our agile release cycle for AutoUpgrade. The simple reason for this long period of silence was that we’ve had a …

New AutoUpgrade version 20211115 (Nov 2021) available for download

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 20

Yesterday at DOAG conference I announced it already in our Upgrade and Migration Round Table – and just a few hours later my team mates made the New AutoUpgrade version 20211115 (Nov 2021) available for download.

New AutoUpgrade version 20211115 (Nov 2021) available for download

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How to download AutoUpgrade?

Always download the most recent version of AutoUpgrade via MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool.

Just click on this link in the MOS Note: AutoUpgrade Nov 2021

Why do you need a new version?

A good number of issues being logged to us via blogs, tweets, SRs and eMails can be solved with the current …

Upgrading a non-CDB to Oracle Database 21c with AutoUpgrade

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 21c Upgrade / Migration 9

Yesterday I wrote about the installation of Oracle Database 21c on Linux. But today it is time for Upgrading to Oracle Database 21c with AutoUpgrade.

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AutoUpgrade

You may have heard it already from us and other colleagues, but we can’t repeat it often enough: There is only one recommended tool to upgrade your databases – and this is AutoUpgrade.

In my 21c home, I’m checking the deployed version of AutoUpgrade at first:

[CDB3] oracle@hol:/u01/app/oracle/product/21/rdbms/admin
$ java -jar autoupgrade.jar -version
build.hash 57ab246
build.version 21.1.3
build.date 2021/04/21 13:32:13
build.max_target_version 21
build.supported_target_versions 12.2,18,19,21
build.type production

Now please …

New version of AutoUpgrade (21.2) is available for download

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 13

As we often tell you, our Upgrade Development team is working hard to ensure an agile release cycle for AutoUpgrade. And the New version of AutoUpgrade (21.2) is available for download.

New version of AutoUpgrade (21.2) is available for download

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How to download?

As usual, you can (and should) always download the most recent version of AutoUpgrade from this MOS Note: 2485457.1. Usually the tool gets refreshed every 6-8 weeks. And the version you will download is guaranteed newer than the one you could get on disk.

New version of AutoUpgrade (21.2) is available for download

The fact the tool has a 21c versioning does not affect 19c upgrades. There …

Where are AutoUpgrade error codes documented?

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 2

I know, I didn’t blog for a while due to seminar preparations and holidays. But as I’m going through the open comments on the blog trying to answer them, I came across a question regarding the strange UPG error codes, AutoUpgrade is printing sometimes. And of course, where are AutoUpgrade error codes documented?

Where are AutoUpgrade error codes documented?

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The UPG errors

Once AutoUpgrade hits an error condition, it prints an error code such as UPG-1400 or UPG-1303. And often, this error code is not very meaningful. In the comments section, somebody asked where to fine more information about these …

Download the newest AutoUpgrade for 19c and 21c upgrades

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 21c 35

It’s out now and available since yesterday: AutoUpgrade 21c. Download the newest AutoUpgrade for 19c and 21c upgrades with many new features and improvements.

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Download it!

This is the current version of AutoUpgrade:

build.hash 8ee6880
build.version 21.1.1
build.date 2020/12/14 14:41:34
build.max_target_version 21
build.supported_target_versions 12.2,18,19,21
build.type production
48 bug fixes since v21.0.0 release
Tag: v21.1.1
Description: This is the release for 21.1.1 MOS only

As usual, download it please from:

MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool

What’s new?

Non-CDB to PDB Upgrades
- AutoUpgrade can upgrade and convert a non-CDB to a PDB in a new

October 2020 Version of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 6

The October 2020 Version of AutoUpgrade is available now for download since Friday last week. As usual, you can access it easily via MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool.

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What’s new in the October 2020 version?

As usual you find the change.log at the end of MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool for the most recent Oracle Database upgrade tool. You will find the following fixes and enhancements:

Enahancements
- BUG_31709141 Allow the job state to be reset when database is restored manually
Fixes
- AUPG-1862 ORA-65173 occurs when running the fix for

When Fixed Object Stats Gathering takes very long during upgrade …

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich Auditing AutoUpgrade Flaws and Pitfalls 6

Over the past days I exchanged several emails with a very important customer regarding Fixed Objects Stats gathering in relation to database upgrade. The customer found out that it takes very long in their environment – over an hour to be precise. Relaxing on the weekend helped me a bit. And this morning, it dawned me that I’ve had two similar cases before already. Plus I didn’t blog about it yet. Now it’s time to tell you a little but about Unified Auditing and the situation when Fixed Object Stats Gathering takes very long during upgrade …

When Fixed Object Stats Gathering takes very long during upgrade ...

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AutoUpgrade and the Partial Offline Backup Strategy

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade Flaws and Pitfalls 3

In our Fallback talk we promote a backup strategy for large DWHs and database which are on purpose in NOARCHIVELOG mode. But last week I learned that there is something important to know about AutoUpgrade and the Partial Offline Backup Strategy. Otherwise you may hit a

AutoUpgrade and the Partial Offline Backup Strategy

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pitfall.

Partial Offline Backup Strategy?

I won’t explain in all details what this is. If you’d like to read more, please find all the necessary information on my blog post from July 17, 2018:

Fallback Strategy: Partial Offline Backup

with graphics included. In brief, you take …

Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers – and Plugin?

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 9

In my previous blog post I demonstrated how you can upgrade with AutoUpgrade between two servers. This a very typical scenario where you get new server, often also with a newer operating system version installed. But I was wondering if you can use Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers – and Plugin?

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AutoUpgrade between two servers

Please see my previous blog post about all the details:

Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers – Aug 3, 2020

Upgrade and Plugin?

At the end of it, I was curious if I couldn’t just plugin afterwards. But I …

Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 39

I try to catch up with missing AutoUpgrade posts. And I should have written this one a while earlier ideally. Just yesterday a colleague asked me about it. So it’s time now to describe how to use Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers.

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Documentation

The Oracle Database 19c Upgrade Guide has this section about the scenario:

AutoUpgrade with Source and Target Database Homes on Different Servers

And you see that it consists of 5 steps:

Run the -mode analyze step on source server
Run the -mode fixups step on source server
Shutdown and

Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 19c Patch Recommendation Upgrade / Migration 16

I encountered this issue now multiple times in my own environment. And I searched MOS and tried different things. But I couldn’t solve it yet. My Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run – and I’d like to show you how to bring the upgrade to an successful end.

Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run

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It all starts with an upgrade

In my lab environment I upgrade two databases often in parallel. An 11.2.0.4 database and a 12.2.0.1. The 11.2.0.4 upgrades always flawless. But the 12.2.0.1 occasionally fails. This is the screen AutoUpgrade is showing me – but this is not …

AutoUpgrade with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade TDE - Transparent Database Encryption 10

I knew, one fine day I will have to dig into TDE. Resistance is futile. There were so many questions regarding AutoUpgrade with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in the past weeks and months. And the team is still working hard on a solution to make the non-CDB to PDB plugin flawless and automated for such cases. But I won’t cover the latter in this post here. I will solely focus on the database upgrade itself.

AutoUpgrade with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

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TDE?

Almost everybody of you reading this blog post may have more knowledge of Transparent Data Encryption than I. …

How to skip a Fixup in AutoUpgrade

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 11

In this blog post I’d like to demonstrate how to skip a fixup in AutoUpgrade. This can be very useful in cases where you know that an issue may happen. Recently we saw several cases with unexpected long runtime for the gathering of fixed objects stats.

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Analyze Mode

During the analyze phase, AutoUpgrade creates a <SID>_checklist.cfg file. You will find it in your job’s prechecks subdirectory, e.g.

/home/oracle/logs/DB12/100/prechecks

My SID is DB12, and 100 is the job number.

This is how the db12_checklist.cfg looks in my example:

[SID]          [DB12]
==========================================
[container]          [DB12]

More information on AutoUpgrade’s TARGET_PDB_COPY_OPTION

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 20

A few weeks ago I blogged about the 3 new parameter options to plugin a non-CDB right after the upgrade and make it a PDB. As I explained, you must create the receiving CDB by yourself. But from your emails and comments, we realized that the examples in the documentation are not sufficient. Hence, today I’d like to give more information on AutoUpgrade’s TARGET_PDB_COPY_OPTION parameter.

More information on AutoUpgrade's TARGET_PDB_COPY_OPTION

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What does this parameter do?

At first, this AutoUpgrade parameter (not an init.ora parameter!) is optional. If you don’t set it, the NOCOPY option will be used. Your …

AutoUpgrade: Refresh Status Information automatically

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 5

I have heard and received this question several times. And I always pointed people to the status logs in AutoUpgrade’s logging directory. But I wasn’t aware how simple the monitoring can be. Kudos to my colleague Meir Burmanov from Oracle Israel for explaining me today how you can simply monitor AutoUpgrade: Refresh Status Information automatically. And as things progress quickly, and we have smart developers in the upgrade team, I had to refresh this blog post soon after. See below …

AutoUpgrade: Refresh Status Information automatically

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Like it – and it’s very simple

This won’t be a long …

AutoUpgrade in trouble when you are short on RAM

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 5

Actually I blog about this topic for the simple reason that currently you won’t find helpful information in MyOracle Support. And I’ve seen this issue now twice in a row at Enterprise customers. You may see AutoUpgrade in trouble when you are short on RAM. During one of the restarts AutoUpgrade initiates you may get an ORA-600.

AutoUpgrade in trouble when you are short on RAM

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What you may see

At first, the alert.log – and this is the strange pattern here – does not give you any indication about this ORA-600. You will find it only in the logs written by autoupgrade.jar:…

AutoUpgrade and Plug In to a CDB – with a single command (and video)

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade Single-/Multitenant 71

I have to confess, this feature is out and available for quite a while. But only unofficially. AutoUpgrade can upgrade and plug in a non-CDB into a CDB. But it lacked flexibility. And we didn’t test it a lot. Hence, you could find it documented in our Hands-On Lab instructions. And we did this exercise with you already in our sold-out labs at OOW 2019 as well. But since a week and a bit, it is officially supported: AutoUpgrade and Plug In to a CDB – with a single command (and video).

AutoUpgrade and Plug In to a CDB - with a single command (and video)

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Create

Troubleshooting, Restoring and Restarting AutoUpgrade

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 71

What if … something goes wrong during your database upgrade with AutoUpgrade? Of course, this never happens. But just in case, no worries – one of the really big advantages of AutoUpgrade (and the command line upgrade with “dbupgrade” as well) is its resumability and restartablity. But in this blog post I would like to cover a bit more. I will show you more details on Troubleshooting, Restoring and Restarting AutoUpgrade.

Troubleshooting, Restoring and Restarting AutoUpgrade

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And as often, the cause for this blog post is an email from Hervé Schweitzer, the CTO of dbi-services. Hervé told …

AutoUpgrade – New Version with RAC Database Upgrade Support

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich ASM / RAC / GI AutoUpgrade 25

Thanks to all our customers who participated in our evaluation test for RAC upgrade support with the AutoUpgrade Tool. And my colleagues worked hard to deliver the new version as quickly as possible. Just to make sure: This is not an April’s fools blog post. Since 2 days, you can download AutoUpgrade – New Version with RAC Database Upgrade Support.

AutoUpgrade - New Version with RAC Database Upgrade Support

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Where to download it?

As usual, you can download the newest version – in this case 19.8 aka 20200327 from MOS Note: 2485457.1:

You simply copy the new version into your 19c (or …

AutoUpgrade and the COMPATIBLE parameter

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 2

Several times I’ve got asked by customers if AutoUpgrade does change the COMPATIBLE parameter. So let me explain what happens to COMPATIBLE when you upgrade. And give you also some hints about AutoUpgrade and the COMPATIBLE parameter.

AutoUpgrade and the COMPATIBLE parameter

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Does AutoUpgrade change COMPATIBLE?

No. Clearly, AutoUpgrade does not change the COMPATIBLE parameter for several reasons. At first, we recommend to not change the COMPATIBLE parameter right after the upgrade if you can afford another downtime soon after. By keeping COMPATIBLE on the previous (before upgrade) value, you have the choice to revert back to the previous …

Do you need to license Java for AutoUpgrade?

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 0

Actually this question came up internally. I did have no doubt that you don’t have to license Java in order to use AutoUpgrade. But a colleague had such doubts. So let’s clarify: Do you need to license Java for AutoUpgrade?

Do you need to license Java for AutoUpgrade?

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Or phrased in a different way: “Since Java 8 requires a Java subscription now. Does autoupgrade come with a license?”

Do you?

Of course, No!

But where do the doubts come from? Actually this link here does not list the “Oracle Database” as a product. But there is this MOS Note …

AutoUpgrade

What do I need?

Where to download?

What does this version improve?

Download the May 2022 version

Changes / Fixes / Enhancements

Why AutoUpgrade 2.0?

How to download AutoUpgrade?

Why do you need a new version?

AutoUpgrade

How to download?

The UPG errors

Download it!

What’s new?

What’s new in the October 2020 version?

Partial Offline Backup Strategy?

AutoUpgrade between two servers

Upgrade and Plugin?

Documentation

It all starts with an upgrade

TDE?

Analyze Mode

What does this parameter do?

Like it – and it’s very simple

What you may see

Create

Where to download it?

Does AutoUpgrade change COMPATIBLE?

Do you?

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