Can Oracle Restart (Standalone Grid Infrastructure) manage databases/resources from lower versions? (Doc ID 2435534.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

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Goal

This document clarifies whether or not Oracle Restart can manage lower version of databases/resources.

As per the documentation (link below), Oracle Restart cannot manage a lower version database.

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6.5.2 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server for an Existing Database
Follow the high-level instructions in this section to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server and configure it for an existing Oracle database. Oracle Restart can only manage existing release 12.1 resources and hence you can install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server only for an existing release 12.1 database. However, Oracle database releases before 12.1 can coexist on the same server without being managed by Oracle Restart.
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https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/LADBI/oraclerestart.htm#LADBI7723

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