Upgrade to 18c is Failing With ORA-29521: referenced name oracle/xdb/XMLType could not be found (Doc ID 2531320.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 15, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 18.5.0.0.0 [Release 12.1 to 18]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Errors during upgrade to 18c:
- ORA-29521: referenced name oracle/xdb/XMLType could not be found
- You may also see errors similar to ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception: oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.ToolsError:Error during loadjava: Failures occurred during processing.
XDK is not installed prior to the upgrade

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