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Upgradation – Patch set apply

Upgradation will change the database minor release from one version to another.

Ex: major.minor.build.revision.release

10.2.0.1.0 — 10.2.0.5.0

11.2.0.1.0 — 10.2.0.4.0

Go to oracle website — Choose type as patchset  — Search and download.

Ex: p120205_linux_x86.zip ~1000 MB

Why do we need to do an upgrade?

When there is a product bug, we need to do an upgrade, since there is no proper solution, there may be a workaround.

Ex: ORA-006000 – internal error

ORA – 7445

Pre-upgrade checks and tasks

  1. Stop listener
  2. Down the database
  3. $ echo $ORACLE_HOME – Note down it
  4. Shared_pool, Large_pool & jave_pool – should be > 128 MB
  5. System, sysAux, Undo, Temporary tablespace – Should be “Auto extent ON”

 

$ cd /opt

$ unzip p120205_linux_x86.zip

$ ls

Disk1

$cd disk1

It should be applied in both places

  1. Oracle binaries
  2. Database

 

$./ runinstaller

Next –Enter oracle home path

— Next –next — Finish.

(It will take 45 minutes)

Verification:

$ sqlplus –v

10.2.0.5.0

Database upgrade

It has two methods 1. DBUA  2. Manual

Mostly, we will go for manual, since it will run quickly.

 

GUI

$ dbua

— Next — select Dbname –Next — Next — finish.

(It will take 3 to 5 hours)

Manual

$ export ORACLE_SID = Muthu

Sql> startup upgrade

Sql> @?/rdbms/admin/catupgrade.sql

(It will take 45 minutes)

Internally it will drop all system objects and recreate with the newer version.

Sql> shutdown immediate

Sql> startup

Sql> @?/rdmbs/admin/utlrp.sql

This script will change and recompile all the invalid objects to valid.

(5 to 10 minutes)

 

Validate

Sql> select comp_id,version,status from dba_registory;

Results:

Catalog 10.2.0.5.0 valid

Catapro 10.2.0.5.0 valid … etc

 

Note: The Above method is upto 11.1.0.7.0

 

From 11g r2 – 11.2.0.1.0 onwards

 

No oracle software upgrade

Database upgrade only

Then, How to upgrade without binary update.

We need to create one more new Oracle home

Ex:

11g R2: 11.2.0.1.0 – /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0.1.0/dbhome

11g R2: 11.2.0.4.0 – /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0.4.0/dbhome_1

So we cannot upgrade the oracle binary, but we can create and upgrade as a fresh installation.

Manual

Copy the S/W into new OH.

$ export ORACLE_HOME =/opt/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/db_home_1

$ export PATH = $ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

$ export ORACLE_SID = Muthu

To make this permeant and best practice, Change this into  bash_profile.

Remaining all are same as prior to 11g R2.

Sql> startup upgrade

Sql> @?/rdbms/admin/catupgrade.sql

(It will take 45 minutes)

Internally it will drop all system objects and recreate with the newer version.

Sql> shutdown immediate

Sql> startup

Sql> @?/rdmbs/admin/utlrp.sql

This script will change and recompile all the invalid objects to valid.

(5 to 10 minutes)

 

Validate

Sql> select comp_id,version,status from dba_registory;

Results:

Catalog 10.2.0.5.0 valid

Catapro 10.2.0.5.0 valid … etc

 

GUI

$ dbua

Next — Next — Finish

Note: Only minor changes can be done in upgradation. Major changes can only be done in migration.

 

http://www.oracleflash.com/33/Oracle-11g-Release-2-Pre-Upgrade-tool-utlu112i-sql.html#runpreupgrade

http://www.dbas-oracle.com/2011/06/step-by-step-manual-database-upgrade-to.html

https://dbaprakash.wordpress.com/category/patching-and-upgradation/

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