Upgrading to Oracle Database 12c

Tim Warner
timwarnertech.com
@TechTrainerTim
Overview: Upgrading to Oracle Database 12c
Comparing upgrade to migration
Upgrading Grid Infrastructure is it possible?
Running the pre-upgrade information tool
Understanding impacts on multi-tenancy
Performing a direct upgrade using the
Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA)
Upgrade vs. Migration
According to Oracle, upgrade refers to modifying the data dictionary
to be compatible with a newer version of Oracle
Direct upgrade (new instance, overwrite existing DB)
Indirect upgrade (stepwise upgrade)
Migration involves copying or moving the user data from the source
database into another database with a higher version number
Supported Upgrade Paths to Oracle Database 12c
Performing a Direct Upgrade
Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c has an upgrade option
You have the opportunity to upgrade an existing database during
Oracle Database 12c instance creation
Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA)
Manually run upgrade scripts
The Pre-Upgrade Information Tool
A .sql script that analyzes your source database prior to your actually
performing the direct upgrade
Creates a fixup script depending upon the results of the scan
Run the following two files on the target system:
preupgrd.sql
utluppkg.sql
SQL> @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/preupgrd.sql
The fixup scripts and log file are created in the /preupgrade directory
of the source database
Performing a Data Migration
Export and import tablespaces using the transportable tablespace
feature
Oracle Data Pump Export and Import using dump files or network
mode
Well cover these methods in another Pluralsight course
What About Multi-Tenancy?
Caveat: The CDB must
be a separate
instance
Caveat: The databases
must have
compatible features,
settings, character
sets, etc.
After you upgrade
your database to 12c,
you can simply plug it
into a CDB
Summary
Undo data is crucial for
rollback, read consistency and
Flashback operations
Oracle manages most Undo
settings by default
We can also let Oracle make
space
management
suggestions