How to Upgrade OPatch to Latest Version

This is a quick article to upgrade OPatch to latest release as its always recommended to use the latest version of OPatch before patching your database or grid. This would also be base reference for future posts on Applying latest Release Updates (RUs) and Release Update Revisions (RURs). Download the latest copy of Opatch from…

Upgrade 12cR2 (Non-CDB) to 19c (PDB) using AutoUpgrade

In this article, we’ll perform an upgrade from 12cR2 Non container database to a 19c pluggable database using autoupgrade. If you are not aware of this autoupgrade utility, I would recommend to read my blog post on this topic Oracle 19c AutoUpgrade Utility which explains the workflow, stages and modes in autoupgrade utility. For 11gR2…

Oracle 19c AutoUpgrade Utility

The AutoUpgrade utility introduced with Oracle 19c identifies issues before upgrades, performs pre- and postupgrade actions, deploys upgrades, performs postupgrade actions, and starts the upgraded Oracle Database. In this article we’ll see how this new autoupgrade utility almost completely automates the database upgrade process including pre & post upgrade tasks. The autoupgrade.jar file is available…