Oracle 12c to 19c Database Upgrade

ORACLE DATABASE UPGRADE FROM 12C TO 19C DATABASE USING MANUAL UPGRADE:

Step-1:
Set the oracle 19c home & base locations

Install the 19c binaries

Backup the 12c database & Home

Step-2:
create a new directory for backup and upgrade.

[oracle@oracle12c u01]$ mkdir backup

[oracle@oracle12c u01]$ mkdir preupgrade

[oracle@oracle12c u01]$ ls

app backup oradata preupgrade

Step 3:
Take backup of listener.ora, tnsnames.ora, sqlnet.ora, spfile & pfile, password file.

[oracle@oracle12c ~]$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/

[oracle@oracle12c admin]$ cp -p listener.ora sqlnet.ora tnsnames.ora /u01/backup

[oracle@oracle12c admin]$ ls -ltr /u01/backup/*.ora

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 743 Feb 15 12:58 /u01/backup/listener.ora

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 202 Feb 15 12:59 /u01/backup/sqlnet.ora

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 816 Feb 15 13:02 /u01/backup/tnsnames.ora

[oracle@oracle12c dbs]$ pwd

/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/dbs

[oracle@oracle12c dbs]$ cp -p spfileoracle12c.ora orapworacle12c /u01/backup/

Step 4: Run preupgrade tool.

SQL>SET ECHO ON;

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;

EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

Step-6:
Purge Recyclebin

SQL> PURGE DBA_RECYCLEBIN;

Step-7:
Refresh materialized views

SQL> declare

list_failures integer(3) :=0;

begin

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

end;

Step-9:
Run preupgrade_fixups.sql

SQL> @/u01/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

Step-10:
Verify archive log dest.

SQL> archive log list

Step-11:
Stop LISTENER

[oracle@oracle12c ~]$cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin

[oracle@oracle19c admin]$ lsnrctl status

[oracle@oracle19c admin]$ lsnrctl stop

SQL> select flashback_on from v$database;

FLASHBACK_ON

------------------

NO

SQL> select name,open_mode,log_mode from v$database;

NAME OPEN_MODE LOG_MODE

--------- ----------------- ------------

ORCL MOUNTED ARCHIVELOG

SQL> show parameter db_recovery_file_dest_size

NAME TYPE VALUE

-------------------------- ----------- ---------

db_recovery_file_dest_size big integer 8016M

SQL> alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size=11g;

System altered.

SQL> create restore point pre_upgrade guarantee flashback database;

Restore point created.

Step-13:
Shutdown Database

SQL> shutdown immediate

Step-14:
Copy init and password files from 12c to 19c dbs home

[oracle@oracle19c dbs]$ ls

hc_oracle12c.dat init.ora orapworacle12c spfileoracle12c.ora

[oracle@oracle19c dbs]$ cp spfileoracle12c.ora init.ora orapworacle12c Oracle19c home/dbs/

Step-15:
Startup DB in Upgrade mode from 19c home

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ export ORACLE_SID=19c

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ export PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/bin:$PATH

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ which sqlplus

/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/bin/sqlplus

SQL> startup upgrade;

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

Step-16:
Run dbupgrade.

All things will be done automatically no manual intervention needed after running ./dbupgrade

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ nohup $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbupgrade &

Monitor upgrade log

LOG FILES:

(oracle19c home/cfgtoollogs/ <SID> /upgrade20210216080457/catupgrd*.log)

Upgrade Summary Report Located in:

(oracle19c home/cfgtoollogs/ <SID> /upgrade20210216080457/upg_summary.log)

Step-17:
Startup DB from 19c home.

Once Upgrade completes,Verify the Component,version and status from DBA_REGISTRY.

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL> startup

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

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;

Step-18:
Run utlrp.sql

SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/db_1/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql

Session altered.

TIMESTAMP

------------------------------------------------------

COMP_TIMESTAMP UTLRP_BGN 2021-02-16 08:47:13

TIMESTAMP

----------------------------------------------------------

COMP_TIMESTAMP UTLRP_END 2021-02-16 08:52:01

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

COUNT(*)

----------

SQL> @/u01/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql

Step-19:
Upgrade Timezone

[oracle@oracle19c ~]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/db_1/rdbms/admin/

[oracle@oracle19c admin]$ ls -ltr utltz_countstats.sql utltz_countstar.sql utltz_upg_check.sql

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 8317 Feb 25 2017 utltz_countstats.sql

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 7423 Feb 25 2017 utltz_countstar.sql

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 33684 Sep 9 2017 utltz_upg_check.sql

-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 21526 Sep 9 2017 utltz_upg_apply.sql

[oracle@oracle19c admin]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL> SELECT version FROM v$timezone_file;

VERSION
----------

26

SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/db_1/rdbms/admin/utltz_upg_check.sql

Session altered.

A prepare window has been successfully ended.

Session altered.

SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/db_1/rdbms/admin/utltz_upg_apply.sql

Session altered.

SQL> SELECT version FROM v$timezone_file;

VERSION
----------
32

Step-20:
Run utlusts.sql
SQL> @/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/db_1/rdbms/admin/utlusts.sql TEXT

Step-21:
Once you have confirmed that upgrade is successful and there is no rollback, you can drop the restore
point
SQL> 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;SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>
NAME GUARANTEE_ TIME
------------- ---------- -----------------------
PRE_UPGRADE YES 16-FEB-21 07.47.48.000000000 AM
SQL> drop restore point PRE_UPGRADE;
Restore point dropped.

Step-22:
Update Compatible parameter value to 19.0.0
SQL> show parameter COMPATIBLE
NAME TYPE VALUE
----------------------------- ----------- ---------
compatible string 12.2.0
noncdb_compatible boolean FALSE
SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET COMPATIBLE = '19.0.0' SCOPE=SPFILE;
System altered.
SQL> shut immediate;
SQL> startup;
SQL> show parameter COMPATIBLE
NAME TYPE VALUE
--------------------------- ----------- -----------
compatible string 19.0.0
noncdb_compatible boolean FALSE

Step-22:
• Verify Component name and status from DBA_REGISTRY.
• Check Listener status.
• Verify PasswordFile.
[oracle@oracle19c dbs]$ ls -ltr
total 18332
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 3079 May 14 2015 init.ora
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 24 Feb 8 12:49 lkORACLE19C
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 24 Feb 8 12:52 lkORACLE19
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 2048 Feb 8 12:58 orapworacle19c
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 18726912 Feb 9 09:09 snapcf_oracle19c.f
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 24 Feb 11 07:39 lkORACLE12C
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 799 Feb 11 08:40 initoracle12c.ora
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 3584 Feb 12 07:12 spfileoracle19c.ora
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 1544 Feb 12 15:59 hc_oracle19c.dat
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 3584 Feb 16 08:43 orapworacle12c
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 1544 Feb 16 09:20 hc_oracle12c.dat
-rw-r-----. 1 oracle oinstall 3584 Feb 16 09:20 spfileoracle12c.ora

Step-23:
Edit oratab to change the new version for Database.
[oracle@oracle19c dbs]$ vi /etc/oratab
[oracle@oracle19c dbs]$ cat /etc/oratab | grep -i oracle*
oracle19c:/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/db_1:N
oracle12c:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/db_1:N