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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 …

AutoUpgrade Tips: Running two (or more) sessions in parallel

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 4

Our intention with the AutoUpgrade as the single tool to upgrade your databases was initially: You have one big config file for your databases. And you will use this file to upgrade your databases unattended. Ideally you run an “analyze” at first, then you schedule a “deploy” for overnight or the next weekend or whenever it is convenient for you. But sometimes people have different needs. In this particular case several people asked whether you can run multiple AutoUpgrade tools in parallel on the same server. Hence, I’d like to explain the first of more AutoUpgrade …

The September 2019 AutoUpgrade – and the AutoUpgrade Video

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 20

My team mates work really hard. And I’m really proud on all of them. We try to fix upcoming issues or requirements with the new AutoUpgrade tool as quickly as possible and still maintain very high quality standards. And here it is, the September 2019 AutoUpgrade – and the AutoUpgrade video as a bonus in addition. Just in case you haven’t seen it in action and can’t join us at OOW 2019.

The September 2019 AutoUpgrade - and the AutoUpgrade Video

Download the September 2019 AutoUpgrade Tool

You can simply download the tool from MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool.

Watch the AutoUpgrade Video

I just uploaded …

AutoUpgrade and Data Guard, RAC, Restart and non-CDB to PDB

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 51

I need to bring this blog post forward about AutoUpgrade and Data Guard, RAC, Restart and non-CDB to PDB. Initially I planned to write this a bit later. But some of you had questions or were wondering why AutoUpgrade hasn’t done certain tasks. Hence, I’d like to clarify what AutoUpgrade can do, what it can’t and what you’ll have to do at the moment.

I refer to the AutoUpgrade tool as of July 2019. In later versions, one or the other restriction may be lifted. I will blog about it then as well.

AutoUpgrade and Data Guard, RAC, Restart and non-CDB to PDB

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

The new AutoUpgrade

Please download the new July 2019 (20190715) AutoUpgrade

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 7

Since last night, the new version of the AutoUpgrade utility is available. Please download the new July 2019 (20190715) AutoUpgrade and exchange your previous version in your destination $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin with this one.

Download

Please download the tool from: MOS Note: 2485457.1 – AutoUpgrade Tool

When you copied the new tool, call it for a version check to make sure you are using the most recent one:

$ java -jar $OH19/rdbms/admin/autoupgrade.jar -version
build.version 20190715
build.date 2019/07/15 12:45:48

Please notice that the tool allows you to upgrade to Oracle 12.2.0.1 and Oracle 18c as well:

Please download the new July 2019 (20190715) AutoUpgrade

The listed releases are the minimum …

AutoUpgrade: Where do you find all the logfiles?

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 16

AutoUpgrade: Where do you find all the logfiles? In the previous blog posts you could read about how to create the configuration file, adjust it and tweak the init parameters for the AutoUpgrade tool. And then I described the different modes of it. In this blog post I’d like to give you some insights into AutoUpgrade: Where do you find all the logfiles?

AutoUpgrade: Where do you find all the logfiles?

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

AutoUpgrade: ANALYZE, FIXUPS, UPGRADE and DEPLOY modes

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 51

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In the previous blog posts I explained mainly how to create, alter and tweak the configuration file for the AutoUpgrade tool. By now you should have your config file set up and adjusted for your environment(s). Let me go a step further and explain the different processing modes of AutoUpgrade: ANALYZE, FIXUPS, UPGRADE and DEPLOY modes. Then you’ll have a precise idea what the tool is actually doing, and how it operates.

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

Config file for AutoUpgrade – Tweaking init parameters

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 2

In the previous blog posts I explained how to generate a sample config file for the AutoUpgrade tool and how to adjust it. Then I gave you an overview about the most important Advanced Options you may want or need to deal with when using the utility. And in the below blog post I would like to show you have you need to edit the Config file for AutoUpgrade – Tweaking init parameters is an important topic.

This is the forth post of a series of blog posts regarding the new AutoUpgrade tool. Please find all the other available …

Create and adjust the config file for AutoUpgrade 19c

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich AutoUpgrade 40

Create and adjust the config file for AutoUpgrade 19c This is the first of a series of blog post explaining the new AutoUpgrade utility step-by-step. You’ll find the tool and overview information in The New AutoUpgrade Utility in Oracle 19c

In this blog post here I will explain and demonstrate how you can create a sample config file and adjust it for a standard database upgrade.

You will see how to add additional options and change default settings. Furthermore, I will showcase how to change, adjust and tweak init.ora parameters during or after upgrade in the upcoming blog posts.

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

The new AutoUpgrade Utility – Download,

Collaborate 2019 – San Antonio, TX – Upgrade Talks and Labs

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Mike.Dietrich Uncategorized 0

Collaborate 2019 - San Antonio, TX - Upgrade Talks and Labs

I have to be careful when posting something today. But this is actually not an April’s fool joke. Collaborate Conference is less than a week away. And for me this means: I’m going to Texas for the first time ever. And I hope to see you at Collaborate 2019 – San Antonio, TX – Upgrade Talks and Labs.

Texas?

Collaborate 2019 - San Antonio, TX - Upgrade Talks and Labs Well, stereotypes are great. I live in Bavaria but I’m actually from its Northern part called Franconia. Which belongs geographically to Bavaria but is different. But when you look from any other part of Germany towards its South, …

AutoUpgrade Tool

AutoUpgrade Tips: Running two (or more) sessions in parallel

The September 2019 AutoUpgrade – and the AutoUpgrade Video

Download the September 2019 AutoUpgrade Tool

Watch the AutoUpgrade Video

AutoUpgrade and Data Guard, RAC, Restart and non-CDB to PDB

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

Please download the new July 2019 (20190715) AutoUpgrade

Download

AutoUpgrade: Where do you find all the logfiles?

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

AutoUpgrade: ANALYZE, FIXUPS, UPGRADE and DEPLOY modes

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

Config file for AutoUpgrade – Tweaking init parameters

Create and adjust the config file for AutoUpgrade 19c

AutoUpgrade – Step-by-step

Collaborate 2019 – San Antonio, TX – Upgrade Talks and Labs

Texas?

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