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Oracle 12c to 19c Database Upgrade

Pre-upgrade tasks

Upgrade using DBUA

Upgrade using Manual Method

You can perform a direct upgrade to 19c from 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2,

Pre-Upgrade Tasks

Make sure you backup your database before performing the upgrade and also check application compatibility with
the new version of the Oracle database.

Direct upgrade to 19c is possible for 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1 and 18c versions. The upgrade steps are all
same for the various supported versions.

Run the 19c pre-install package on Linux to complete all OS level pre-requisites

yum install -y oracle-database-preinstall-19c

yum update -y

Upgrade using DBUA

Install 19cR3 Software on Linux host

unzip LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip

./runinstaller

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Choose to Install the database software only option

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Check for Invalid objects

SQL> select count(*) from dba_objects where status='INVALID';

Run pre-upgrade script

/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/db_home/jdk/bin/java -jar /u
01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/preupgrade.jar FILE
DIR /home/oracle/preupgrade

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View Pre upgrade log

cat /home/oracle/preupgrade/preupgrade.log

Run Oracle Generated FIXUP SCRIPT

@/home/oracle/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

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All looks good in our case, lets move to verify tablespace sizes for upgrade

set line 1000

set pages 5000

col tablespace_name for a30

col file_name for a80

col free_space for 9999999

compute sum of total_space on report

compute sum of free_space on report

compute sum of MAX_SPACE on report

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break on tablespace_name on report nodup

select
c.tablespace_name,a.autoextensible,a.file_name,a.total_space,b.free_spa
ce, round(b.free_space/a.total_space *100,2) "Free%",a.max_space from
(select file_id,file_name,sum(bytes)/1024/1024
total_space,sum(MAXBYTES)/1024/1024/1024 max_space,autoextensible from
dba_data_files group by file_id,file_name,autoextensible) a,(select
file_id,nvl(sum(bytes)/1024/1024,0) free_space from dba_free_space
group by file_id) b, (select tablespace_name,file_id from
dba_data_files) c where a.file_id=b.file_id(+) and a.file_id=c.file_id
order by tablespace_name;

Gather DICTIONARY STATS

SET ECHO ON;

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;

EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

Purge Recycle bin

PURGE DBA_RECYCLEBIN;

Refresh MVs

declare

list_failures integer(3) :=0;

begin

DBMS_MVIEW.REFRESH_ALL_MVIEWS(list_failures,'C','', TRUE, FALSE);

end;

Verify archive log dest size and Create Flashback Guaranteed Restore Point

archive log list

alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size=10G;

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select flashback_on from v$database;

select name,open_mode,log_mode from v$database;

show parameter compatible

show parameter recovery

select * from V$restore_point;

create restore point pre_upgrade guarantee flashback database;

col name for a20

col GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE for a10

col TIME for a60

set lines 190

select NAME,GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE,TIME from V$restore_point;

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Run DBUA

cd /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/bin/

./dbua

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Database upgrade has been completed successfully, and the database is ready for use!

Post Upgrade Tasks

Verify /etc/oratab and check if ORACLE_HOME location has changed to 19c home

cat /etc/oratab | grep -i prod

Verify Timezone version

SQL> SELECT version FROM v$timezone_file;

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Verify INVALID objects

SQL> select count(1) from dba_objects where status='INVALID';

Verify DBA_REGISTRY

col COMP_ID for a10

col COMP_NAME for a40

col VERSION for a15

set lines 180

set pages 999

select COMP_ID,COMP_NAME,VERSION,STATUS from dba_registry;

Run postupgrade_fixups.sql, this script already ran by DBUA under the post-upgrade section. However, we have
executed it again

SQL> @/home/oracle/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sq

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Drop Restore point

col name for a20

col GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE for a10

col TIME for a60

set lines 190

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select NAME,GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE,TIME from V$restore_point;

SQL> drop restore point PRE_UPGRADE;

SQL> select NAME,GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE,TIME from

Update COMPATIBLE parameter

If the value of the COMPATIBLE parameter is changed to 19.0.0 then if for some reasons database needs to be
downgraded to 12.2.0.1 the DBA would not have any option other than export/import to downgrade the database.
But if this parameter is left unchanged for some time to see how the database performs after upgrade then it is
very easy and fast to downgrade the database if for some reason it is required to be downgraded.

Good practice - Change this parameter only after 1 month of

SQL> show parameter COMPATIBLE

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET COMPATIBLE = '19.0.0' SCOPE=SPFILE;

SQL> shut immediate;

SQL> startup;

SQL> show parameter COMPATIBLE

SQL> select name,open_mode,version from v$database,v$instance;

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Upgrade using Manual Method

All the steps will be same until we fire DBUA in our previous upgrade method. Shutdown the database
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SQL> SELECT NAME,OPEN_MODE FROM V$DATABASE;

Copy init and password files from 12c to 19c dbs home

cd $ORACLE_HOME/dbs

ls -ltr

cp orapwprod spfileprod.ora /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/dbs

ls -ltr /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/dbs/

Startup DB in Upgrade mode from 19c home

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home

export ORACLE_SID=prod

sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL> startup upgrade;

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select name,open_mode,cdb,version,status from v$database, v$instance;

Run dbupgrade

cd /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/bin

ls -ltr dbupgrade

nohup ./dbupgrade & --> Press enter 2 times

jobs -l

disown

ps -ef | grep -i catctl.pl

Monitor upgrade log

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cd /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/bin

more nohup.out

cd
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/cfgtoollogs/prod/upgrade20210131
020428/

ls -ltr *.log

tail -f catupgrd0.log

tail -f catupgrd1.log

tail -f catupgrd2.log

tail -f catupgrd3.log

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Summary Report

Startup DB from 19c home

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home

export ORACLE_SID=prod

sqlplus / as sysdba

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startup;

select name,open_mode,cdb,version,status from v$database, v$instance;

col COMP_ID for a10

col COMP_NAME for a40

col VERSION for a15

set lines 180

set pages 999

select COMP_ID,COMP_NAME,VERSION,STATUS from dba_registry;

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Post Upgrade Steps

Run utlrp.sql, run catcon.pl to start utlrp.sql, and to recompile any remaining invalid objects

cd /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/ nohup sqlplus "/

SQL> select count(*) from dba_objects where status='INVALID';

SQL> select count(*) from dba_objects where status='INVALID' and owner

SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql

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Use the following queries to track recompilation progress. Query returning the number of invalid objects
remaining. This number should decrease with time

SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM obj$ WHERE status IN (4, 5, 6)

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Run postupgrade_fixups.sql

@/home/oracle/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql

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Upgrade Timezone file

SQL> SELECT version FROM v$timezone_file;

SQL>
@/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/utltz_upg_check.sql

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SQL>
@/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/utltz_upg_apply.sql

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SQL> SELECT version FROM v$timezone_file;

Run utlusts.sql

SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/utlusts.sql
TEXT

Run catuppst.sql

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Do not run this in UPGRADE mode.

SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/db_home/rdbms/admin/catuppst.sql

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Re-Run postupgrade_fixups.sql

@/home/oracle/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql

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Reverify INVALID OBJECTS

SQL> select count(*) from dba_objects where status='INVALID';

Drop Restore point

SQL> col name for a20

col GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE for a10

col TIME for a60

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set lines 190

select NAME,GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE,TIME from V$restore_point;

SQL> drop restore point PRE_UPGRADE;

SQL> select NAME,GUARANTEE_FLASHBACK_DATABASE,TIME from

Set COMPATIBLE parameter value to 19.0.0

SQL> show parameter COMPATIBLE

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET COMPATIBLE = '19.0.0' SCOPE=SPFILE;

SQL> shut immediate;

SQL> startup;

SQL> show parameter COMPATIBLE

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Verify DBA_REGISTRY

SQL> col COMP_ID for a10

col COMP_NAME for a40

col VERSION for a15

set lines 180

set pages 999

select COMP_ID,COMP_NAME,VERSION,STATUS from dba_registry;

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Edit oratab

cat /etc/oratab | grep -i prod

vi /etc/oratab

Done!

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