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Autoupgrade.jar -mode analyze Fails If $ORACLE_HOME Is Read-only (Doc ID 3046408.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 28, 2025

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 

Announcement
DBUA is officially desupported in Oracle 23ai. This is reflected in the Oracle documentation and AutoUpgrade MOS Note 2485457.1 along with a warning message to alert customers who execute DBUA or manual upgrade methods. AutoUpgrade is the official and only supported method of upgrade.
Note: DBUA for "RAC on Windows" is supported only for the short term until this functionality is available in AutoUpgrade.

Further information on how to use this Tool is documented in Note 2485457.1,  Oracle 19c documentation and Oracle 23ai documentation.

To get latest version of AutoUpgrade Tool refer Note 2485457.1

Reference : AutoUprade Blog

 

 

NOTE:This document does not apply to "Read-Only Oracle Homes" in Oracle Database 18c and later. About "Read-Only Oracle Homes", please see:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/ladbi/about-read-only-oracle-home.html
Database Installation Guide for Linux
About Read-Only Oracle Homes

autoupgrade.jar -mode analyze fails if $ORACLE_HOME manually changed to read-only:

 

Changes

Trying to upgrade from 12c to 19c.

 

Cause

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