Upgrading to 19c Oracle Grid Infrastructure on Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer
(Doc ID 2709296.1)
Last updated on JUNE 13, 2023
Applies to:
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A to N/AInformation in this document applies to any platform.
Goal
This document provides step-by-step instructions for upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure from version 12.2.0.1 or 18c, to version 19c on Exadata Cloud at Customer Gen 1.
Solution
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In this Document
| Goal |
| Solution |
| Upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure on Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer |
| Grid Infrastructure 19c Upgrade Prerequisites |
| Step 1.1 - Validate Minimum Software Requirements |
| Step 1.1.1 - Required Exadata Database Server Software |
| Step 1.1.2 - Required Grid Infrastructure Software |
| Step 1.1.3 - Required Database Software |
| Step 1.1.4 - List of One-off patches |
| Step 1.2 - Update and run Exachk |
| Step 1.3 - Validate HugePages Memory Allocation |
| Step 1.4 - Install the latest Cloud Tooling |
| Step 1.5 - Check for the availability of the upgrade patch |
| Step 1.6 - Run the prerequisite check |
| Step 1.7 - Configure the Administrative Interface Inactivity Timeout |
| Step 1.8 - Evaluate checklist for continuous application service during maintenance window |
| Upgrade Grid Infrastructure to 19c |
| Step 2.1 - Perform the upgrade |
| Step 2.2 - Verify the upgrade |
| Step 2.3 - Apply 19c OneOff Patches to the Grid Infrastructure Home |
| Step 2.4 - Perform DBFS Required Updates (DBFS only) |
| Post Upgrade |
| Step 3.1 - Manual post-upgrade tasks |
| Step 3.2 – Synchronize Grid Infrastructure Version in Database Cloud Service Console using REST API |
| Step 3.3 - Run Exachk |
| Step 3.4 - Remove Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software if no fallback required |
| Step 3.5 - Advance ASM Compatible Diskgroup Attribute |
| Troubleshooting a Failed Grid Infrastructure Upgrade |
| References |