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March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Mike.Dietrich 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.

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 …

Patching my environments with the January 2023 Bundle Patches

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Mike.Dietrich Patch Recommendation 30

Mid-of January. It’s patching time again. So let me show you the quarterly exercise of Patching my environments with the January 2023 Bundle Patches. Let’s see this time if I will have to remove my Data Pump Bundle Patch and the 19.17.0 MRP2 at first when I patch in-place.

Patching my environments with the January 2023 Bundle Patches

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As usual, an important annotation upfront: I patch in-place due to space issues. But in reality, you please patch always out-of-place with a separate home. Please see this blog post about how to apply the RU directly when you provision a new home with OUI…

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:

Should you enable _fix_controls with DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE?

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich Optimizer Patch Recommendation 15

Today, Paul mailed me asking a question we internally discussed many times in the past weeks: Should you enable _fix_controls with DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE? And there is no easy simple answer. But I can give a recommendation based on my experience from many projects.

Should you enable _fix_controls with DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE?

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DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE – a quick recap

Just in case you haven’t dealt with DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE recently, here is a quick recap.

With below procedure, you can list the available potentially behavior changing optimizer fixes in the current patch bundle – and you can turn them on or off at will:

SQL> set serveroutput on;

Some very important MOS Notes when you upgrade and patch

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Mike.Dietrich Patch Recommendation 16

Today, I would like to publish only a short blog post with some hints to MyOracle Support (MOS) notes we find quite helpful. The idea of all these notes I will list below is to help you finding the right patches before you upgrade or patch to Oracle 19c. So see our collection of Some very important MOS Notes when you upgrade and patch below.

Some very important MOS Note when you upgrade and patch

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Why do you need patch bundles?

At first, it is always our recommendation to upgrade to the most recent Release Update (RU). This is currently Oracle 19.11.0 while I’m …

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

DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE – only available in Oracle 12.1.0.2 – or not?

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Mike.Dietrich Optimizer Patch Recommendation 2

DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE - only available in Oracle 12.1.0.2 The DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE package got introduced with the April 2014 Exadata 11.2.0.4 Bundle Patch. And it got introduced for all Oracle 12.1.0.2 databases with the April 2017 Bundle Patch (BP). DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE is only available in Oracle 12.1.0.2.

Addition March 6, 2018:
See the updated blog post about DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE available in Oracle 12.2 and 18c onwards.
https://mikedietrichde.com/2018/03/08/dbms_optim_bundle-package-oracle-12-2-18c/

For more information on this package on Exadata in Oracle 11.2.0.4 you may look at:

Purpose of DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE package in Oracle 12.1.0.2

The package got introduced to enable module bug fixes which …

Things to consider BEFORE upgrading to Oracle 12.1.0.2 to AVOID poor performance and wrong results

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Mike.Dietrich Flaws and Pitfalls Optimizer 8

Finally it got published on MyOracle Support (MOS) portal – one of the most helpful notes when we prep for an upgrade or a migration – and potentially the one with the longest title in MOS:

MOS Note: 2034610.1
Things to consider BEFORE upgrading to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 to AVOID poor performance and wrong results

Avoid Poor Performance and Wrong Results when upgrading to 12.1.0.2

One important note regarding these “Things to Consider” notes:
They will only list issues where either a fix or a proven workaround is available. They don’t list all open issues nor do they recommend every given underscore which may cure one or the other misbehavior.…

Fixes

March 2023 release of AutoUpgrade is available

Where to download?

What does this version improve?

Patching my environments with the January 2023 Bundle Patches

A new version of AutoUpgrade has been released

Download the May 2022 version

Changes / Fixes / Enhancements

Should you enable _fix_controls with DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE?

DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE – a quick recap

Some very important MOS Notes when you upgrade and patch

Why do you need patch bundles?

Download the newest AutoUpgrade for 19c and 21c upgrades

Download it!

What’s new?

October 2020 Version of AutoUpgrade is available

What’s new in the October 2020 version?

DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE – only available in Oracle 12.1.0.2 – or not?

Purpose of DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE package in Oracle 12.1.0.2

Things to consider BEFORE upgrading to Oracle 12.1.0.2 to AVOID poor performance and wrong results

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