Oracle 19c - Complete Checklist for Manual Upgrades to Non-CDB Oracle Database 19c
(Doc ID 2539778.1)
Last updated on DECEMBER 09, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.1.0.0.0 and laterOracle Database Cloud Exadata Service
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine)
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
This document is created for use as a guideline and checklist when manually upgrading from Oracle 11gR2 (11.2) or Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1) or Oracle 12c Release 2 (12.2) to Oracle 19c Release
Scope
Database Administrators, Support
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In this Document
Purpose |
Scope |
Details |
About New Autoupgrade utility |
Step 1: Upgrade Path for 19c Oracle database |
Minimum version of the database that can be directly upgraded to Oracle 19c |
Intermediate upgrades needs to be carried for following releases |
Changes in 19c release |
Step 2: Requirements and recommendations for source database |
Step3: Requirements and recommendations for target ORACLE_HOME |
Step 4: Pre-upgrade checks |
Clean up database |
Check materialized views |
Schema-Only Accounts and Upgrading EXPIRED Password Accounts |
Copying Transparent Encryption Oracle Wallets |
Understanding Password Case Sensitivity |
Checking for Accounts Using Case-Insensitive Password Version |
Running Upgrades with Read-Only Tablespaces |
Preparing the New Oracle Home for Upgrading |
Prerequisites for Preparing Oracle Home on Windows |
Databases That Use Oracle Label Security and Oracle Database Vault |
Manually remove DB control with emremove.sql |
Ensure no files are in Back up mode before starting the upgrade |
Purge Recycle bin |
Performance |
Checking Time zone settings |
About Upgrading Oracle OLAP Data Security Policies |
Block Change Tracking |
PUBLIC Synonym AREA |
Step 5: Preupgrade step |
Preupgrade fixup script |
Dependencies on Network Utility Packages |
Check Time zone version |
Backing Up Oracle Database for Upgrading |
Back Up Files to Preserve Downgrade and Recovery Options |
Step 6: Upgrade Database to 19c |
Start the upgrade |
Check upgrade status |
Recompile INVALID Objects |
Step 7: Post-upgrade |
Setting Environment variables on Linux and Unix |
Update oratab entries |
Post-upgrade fixup script |
Create or Migrate Your Password File with ORAPWD |
Recovery Catalog Upgrade |
Upgrade the Time Zone File Version After Upgrading Oracle Database |
Upgrading Statistics Tables |
References |