Re: Upgrade steps for Exadata
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:48:52 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJzM94CcLPdqi1UqQHUZ+CKTf2qX0UmEe=AmW-j01aRaFrOqOg_at_mail.gmail.com>
We do not need to *upgrade* the OS. It's my understanding we need to *upgrade* GRID, the databases, and the storage. We're going from 11.2.0.4 to 12.1.0.2 for both the X3 and the X4. We are familiar with upgrading non-Exadata GRID and RAC databases to 12c, but the part that seems to be confusing is where/how does the storage software upgrade fit in. We were told we do not need a firmware upgrade by Platinum support.
Sandy
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Andy Wattenhofer <watt0012_at_umn.edu> wrote:
> What exactly is to be updated? OS? DBMS? Grid software? Storage software?
> All of the above? "Update" is an ambiguous term here.
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Exadata x3 and x4
>>
>> We need to upgrade our Exadata x3 and x4 databases and cell storage to be
>> in compliance with our SLAs. These are two-node RAC databases with ASM.
>> The two gentlemen on the team who are doing the work say the oracle
>> documentation is inadequate. We also talked to Oracle about them doing the
>> upgrade, but apparently, it isn't a viable option for us right now. Does
>> anyone have or know where we can find step-by-step upgrade instructions
>> both the cell storage and the databases? The guys tell me their searches
>> haven't resulted in finding a good document.
>>
>> --
>> Sandy B.
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> --
> Andy
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-- Sandy B. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Thu Apr 14 2016 - 20:48:52 CEST