Re: Upgrade steps for Exadata

Note 888828.1 has the latest quarterly full stack download patch and the individual patches. Each one of those patches has its own README that has very specific steps for that patch. Is this what your team was referring to?

Seth Miller
On Apr 14, 2016 11:49 AM, "Sandra Becker" <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andy
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sandy B.
>
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