884522.1

Improved preupgrade.jar for Oracle 12.2 and 18c

My team mates are really quick. We received an information early this week about a missing or wrong DV check in the preupgrade – and they implemented it within a day or so. The September 2018 version of the improved preupgrade.jar for Oracle 12.2 and 18c is available for download.

Improved preupgrade.jar for Oracle 12.2 and 18c

What’s new in this version:

  • It adds a recycle bin check when the autofixup for dictionary statistics is run
  • And it updates DV_AUDIT_CLEANUP  to 11.2.0.4

Improved preupgrade.jar for Oracle 12.2 and 18c

Please find the new September versions of:

  • Oracle 12.2.0.1 preupgrade.jar – build 17
    • There’s issue with “creating directories”
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New August 2018 preupgrade.jar for upgrades to 18c and 12.2.0.1

My team mates worked hard to improve release the new August 2018 preupgrade.jar for upgrades to 18c and 12.2.0.1. You can download both from myOracle Support.

New August 2018 preupgrade.jar for upgrades to 18c and 12.2.0.1

As usual, MOS Note: 884522.1 gives you access to the most recent versions of the preupgrade.jar tools (and of course the previous preupgrd.sql and utlu112i.sql scripts). One of the major changes is the inclusion for a check for the XMLCONCAT synonym.

Please find the most recent versions here and exchange your current version of preupgrade.jar with the newer ones.

New August 2018 preupgrade.jar for upgrades to 18c and 12.2.0.1

MOS Note: 884522.1 –

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New preupgrade.jar and changes in MOS Note:884522.1

We read and listen to your comments. And that’s why my team mate Byron has added a new preupgrade.jar and changes to MOS Note:884522.1. One reader commented that MOS Note:884522.1 (How to Download and Run Oracle’s Database Pre-Upgrade Utility) does not explain how to “run” the preupgrade tool even though it mentions this in the note’s title.

New preupgrade.jar and changes in MOS Note:884522.1

New preupgrade.jar and changes in MOS Note:884522.1

With MOS Note:884522.1 you can download always the most recent versions of the Oracle 18c and 12.2 preupgrade.jar tools, of the Oracle 12.1.0.2 preupgrd.sql and utluppkg.sql. And you’ll even find the last utlu112i.sql for upgrades …

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September 2017 releases of preupgrade.jar and preupgrd.sql are available

On a regular basis the Database Upgrade Team releases new and improved versions of the preupgrade tools via a MyOracle Support note. And it’s time again: the September 2017 releases of preupgrade.jar and preupgrd.sql are available for download.

September 2017 releases of preupgrade.jar and preupgrd.sql are available

Please ALWAYS download the most recent versions of preupgrade.jar for upgrades to Oracle Database 12.2 and preupgrd.sql (including utluppkg.sql) for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 upgrade from MOS Note: 884522.1. The version you’ll download is way newer than the version you’ll get with the base installation.

preupgrade.jar – Rel.7 – September 2017

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