preupgrade

Upgrade: What if your time zone in source is newer than in target?

Sometimes there is just a simple question at the beginning. Like Daniel and I discussed this morning. Does AutoUpgrade check if the time zone file in source is higher than in target? While we discussed this, I downloaded the patches already to try it out. And in addition, I could double-check whether the time zone patches for 19c are now RU-independent finally. But the question remains for Upgrade: What if your time zone in source is newer than in target?

Upgrade: What if your time zone in source is newer than in target?

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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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New version of preupgrade.jar (build 5) is available

There’s a new and improved version of the preupgrade.jar (build 5 – May 2017) available for download from MyOracle Support:

The same note will get you access also to the most recent builds of preupgrd.sql for upgrades to Oracle Database 12.1 and utlu112i.sql for the unlikely event you’ll have to upgrade a database to Oracle 11.2.0.4.

Please always exchange the version getting installed by default with the version we offer via MOS Note:884522.1 as the downloadable version is usually much newer and improved over the one getting deployed …

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February 2017 version of PREUPGRD.SQL is available

The new version of the preupgrd.sql (including the utluppkg.sql package) in its February 2017 version is available for download from MOS Note:884522.1.

New Preupgrd.sql - MOS Note 884522.1

If you are going to upgrade to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 please exchange your current preupgrd.sql/utluppkg.sql either in ?/rdbms/admin or in the location of the source system you’ve copied it to with the new version.

–Mike…

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New PREUPGRADE.JAR is available – MOS 884522.1

As promised – and thanks to everybody from the Database Upgrade Development Team – the new preupgrade.jar for Oracle Database 12.2 is available:

And of course the previous preupgrd.sql with the package utlupkkg.sql and the old utlu112i.sql for upgrade to Oracle 11.2.0.4 (which I wouldn’t do anymore) are available as well.

New Preupgrd.sql - MOS Note 884522.1

Please ALWAYS use the version downloaded from this MOS note as this version is much newer and better than the version getting shipped due to code freeze dates. And you will recognize that the new preupgrade.jar is now identical …

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New preupgrd.sql is available – MOS 884522.1

A new preupgrd.sql got released this week via MOS Note:884522.1.

Plus use this one for upgrades to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 instead of the deployed (or any other earlier version).

New Preupgrd.sql - MOS Note 884522.1

Changes since initial release of 12.1.0.2

  • Do not recommend pga_aggregate_limit for 12.1 databases
  • Fix miscalculation of upgrade parallel pdb count
  • Updates to the memory sizing uploaded in build #12
  • Removed the 32-bit and 64-bit values in the manual display.
  • Added a pga_aggregate_limit.
  • Shared_pool_size has gone from 472M to 660M for non-CDB.
  • Memory_target algorithm is more robust now that we’ve added a pga_aggregate_target to its sizing.
  • CDB sizing also in  (And
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New PREUPGRD.SQL is available – Upgrade 12c – Apr16

It’s time for a new and improved version of our team’s preupgrd.sql (comes with the preupgrade package utluppkg.sql).

The April 2016 preupgrd.sql 

Please always download and use the most recent version from:

as this version is 3 years newer than the one you’ll get with a fresh install of Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

preupgrd.sql - April 2016 - MOS Note:884522.1
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Included in the April 2016 PSU and BP as well

Great news – and very important. Once you apply the most recent April 2016 PSU or BP (recommended – please see here: April 2016 PSU/BP

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New PREUPGRD.SQL is available for Upgrades to 12c

üreupgrd.sql

As of today a new version of our upgrade tool preupgrd.sql (including the package utluppkg.sql) for upgrades to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 is available as download from MOS:

Download it and exchange the existing preupgrd.sql and utluppkg.sql in your current Oracle 12.1.0.2 ?/rdbms/admin directory.

–Mike

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MOS Note:884522.1 – New preupgrd.sql available

Whenever you attempt to upgrade an Oracle database to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 please get the most recent version of preupgrd.sql, the preupgrade check script, (including the utluppkg.sql package) from MOS Note:884522.1 first.

MOS Note 884522.1
How to Download and Run Oracle’s Database Pre-Upgrade Utility

preupgrd.sql

The new version has many improvements over the previous one – and it is more than 2 years “younger” then the one you’ll get with a standard installation of Oracle Database 12.1.0.2. It will give you also good advice when you are planning a migration.

–Mike…

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Oracle Database 12c pre-upgrade scripts and JAVAVM

This is a great example of why you should always review the README file when upgrading to a new release. Here is an issue that we found during customer beta testing, and that you will want to be aware of if you are upgrading to Oracle Database 12c and do not have the JAVAVM component in your database. The following text has been added to the 12.1 Readme under Section 1.1:

TITLE: Pre-Upgrade Tool Does Not Generate Output Logs 

The pre-upgrade tool, preupgrd.sql, is not able to create a directory to
store the output files if the JAVAVM component
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11.2.0.3 Pre-Upgrade Script Now Available!

It took a little while because of upgrades to My Oracle Support, but the pre-upgrade script for Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 is now available for download. If you want the latest pre-upgrade script for any supported version of the database, simply go to MOS Note 884522.1 and download the script that corresponds to your destination release. This is a lot easier than downloading the entire kit in order to obtain the script!…

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