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Virtual Classroom Seminar 21: One-Button Patching

Posted on October 9, 2024 by AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 21c Oracle Database 23ai Patch Recommendation 10

It’s time for our next Virtual Classroom Seminar 21: One-Button Patching – and how it will make the life easier for every DBA with AutoUpgrade. So, this seminar is clearly for you. And we plan to constrain it this time to only 60 minutes with a heavy focus on demos.

Date, Time and Registration

Episode 21 of our Virtual Classroom Series will happen on:

  • October 24, 2024 – 14:00h CET (5:30pm IST – 1:00pm BST – 8am EDT)
    Registration Link

 

Why do YOU have to attend?

Oracle AutoUpgrade has been patching databases for …

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New AutoUpgrade Tool is available in March 2024

Posted on March 19, 2024 by AutoUpgrade 58

It has been a longer while – but the Upgrade Dev team worked very hard. And finally, the new AutoUpgrade Tool is available in March 2024. And it brings a ton of new enhancements and features. Some of them, for instance the windows services support, were awaited by you for a long time. Still, there’s much more to talk about.

 

Download the newest version of AutoUpgrade

As usual, you can download it from MOS Note:2485457.1 – Download AutoUpgrade. And when you check the version, you already find some of the new …

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September 2023 version of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on September 29, 2023 by AutoUpgrade 13

It’s time again – and the new September 2023 version of AutoUpgrade is available for download to you.

Where to download it?

As usual, the MOS Note: 2485457.1 offers you access to the new release, and to the previous versions of the tool as well. This new version will show the following version information:

java -jar autoupgrade.jar -version

build.version 23.4.230921
build.date 2023/09/21 14:43:05 -0400
build.hash 165be072
build.hash_date 2023/09/21 13:05:52 -0400
build.supported_target_versions 12.2,18,19,21
build.type production
build.label (HEAD, tag: v23.4, origin/stable_devel, stable_devel)

This version will be also included in the Jan 2024 RU, 19.22.0, but not …

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June 2023 version of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on July 3, 2023 by AutoUpgrade 2

It’s time to exchange your AutoUpgrade tools with the most recent one when you plan to do upgrades or use it for patching already. The June 2023 version of AutoUpgrade is available for download from MOS Note:2485457.1. And in case you are still using DBUA for unknown reasons, please read this blog post, too.

Where to download?

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

June 2023 version of AutoUpgrade is available

What does this version improve?

New Features

  • BUG-34010941 – Incorparated the Health check package to identify database dictionary inconsistencies
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DBUA Deprecation and future Desupport in Oracle Database 23c

Posted on June 21, 2023 by AutoUpgrade DBUA Deprecated / Desupported 16

Daniel pointed me to Tim Hall’s blog post about deprecated and desupported features in Oracle Database 23c. And his first bullet point mentioned is the DBUA Deprecation and future Desupport in Oracle Database 23c. Since Daniel and I agree that this needs a bit more explanation, we would like to share more background information with you.

Deprecated vs Desupport?

At first, let me refresh an old topic. What does deprecated mean, and what is the difference to desupport? A long while ago I wrote this blog post about it, and nothing …

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

Posted on May 23, 2023 by AutoUpgrade Patch Recommendation 94

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.

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
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March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on March 1, 2023 by AutoUpgrade 17

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.

Where to download?

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

March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available

 

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 …

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A new version of AutoUpgrade has been released

Posted on May 16, 2022 by 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.

A new version of AutoUpgrade has been released

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:
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AutoUpgrade 2.0 has been released – and got reuploaded

Posted on March 25, 2022 by AutoUpgrade 42

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.

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 …

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New AutoUpgrade version 20211115 (Nov 2021) available for download

Posted on November 17, 2021 by 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.

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 …

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

Posted on August 24, 2021 by AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 21c Upgrade / Migration 27

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.

Upgrading a non-CDB 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

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New version of AutoUpgrade (21.2) is available for download

Posted on July 22, 2021 by 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.

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 …

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Where are AutoUpgrade error codes documented?

Posted on April 12, 2021 by 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?

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 …

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Download the newest AutoUpgrade for 19c and 21c upgrades

Posted on December 16, 2020 by AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 21c 37

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.

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:

What’s new?

  • Non-CDB to PDB Upgrades
    • AutoUpgrade can upgrade and convert a non-CDB to a PDB in a new
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October 2020 Version of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on October 27, 2020 by 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.

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
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When Fixed Object Stats Gathering takes very long during upgrade …

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Auditing AutoUpgrade Flaws and Pitfalls 12

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 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:

with graphics included. In brief, you take …

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Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers – and Plugin?

Posted on August 4, 2020 by AutoUpgrade 21

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?

AutoUpgrade between two servers

Please see my previous blog post about all the details:

Upgrade and Plugin?

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

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Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers

Posted on August 3, 2020 by AutoUpgrade 43

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.

Oracle AutoUpgrade between two servers

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Documentation

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

And you see that it consists of 5 steps:

  1. Run the -mode analyze step on source server
  2. Run the -mode fixups step on source server
  3. Shutdown and
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Upgrade fails with ORA-20001 during datapatch run

Posted on July 31, 2020 by AutoUpgrade Oracle Database 19c Patch Recommendation Upgrade / Migration 23

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 …

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AutoUpgrade with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Posted on July 30, 2020 by AutoUpgrade TDE - Transparent Database Encryption 34

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)

Photo by Jason Dent on Unsplash

 

This blog post may not be up to date anymore since we introduced lots of automation to it …

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How to skip a Fixup in AutoUpgrade

Posted on July 22, 2020 by 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.

How to skip a Fixup in AutoUpgrade

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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]
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More information on AutoUpgrade’s TARGET_PDB_COPY_OPTION

Posted on July 21, 2020 by AutoUpgrade 28

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.

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 …

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AutoUpgrade: Refresh Status Information automatically

Posted on July 16, 2020 by 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 …

Like it – and it’s very simple

This won’t be a long …

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AutoUpgrade in trouble when you are short on RAM

Posted on June 5, 2020 by 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:…

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