Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: GI version 18 or 19c?

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:27:13 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJvnOJaDNnEJ3DTD4j4uo1hKWySi5OgKHsbjhRwsQ2FO6fO3dw_at_mail.gmail.com>



I havent noticed a huge difference in stability between 18c and 19c GI. I would go with 19c just because you can stay on it a little longer. However, my experience is Linux. I havent done GI on AIX since 10gR2.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 2:19 PM Khan, Muhammad <MKhan16_at_northwell.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Alfredo. I should have mentioned its AIX 7.2 and a two-node cluster
> on each pre-prod and prod.
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> *From:* Alfredo Abate [mailto:alfredo.abate_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 29, 2020 3:15 PM
> *To:* Khan, Muhammad <MKhan16_at_northwell.edu>
> *Cc:* ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: GI version 18 or 19c?
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> We went through a similar upgrade. 19c is the way to go as it's the
> long-term supported version (think 11.2.0.4). If you are using Linux,
> you'll need version 7 or higher to use 19c.
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> See the My Oracle Support document, Release Schedule of Current Database
> Releases (Doc ID 742060.1)
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> Alfredo
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> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 1:58 PM Khan, Muhammad <MKhan16_at_northwell.edu>
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> Hi all,
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> So we are heading towards migrating our current environment which is on
> the primitive version of 11.2.0.3. My personal idea is to upgrade to one of
> the latest versions of Grid Infrastructure. Either 18c or 19c.
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> As per your knowledge, experience and observation, which GI version is
> more stable?
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> One thing to keep in mind (a possible complication) is that the app vendor
> is not ready for database higher than ver 12.1.0.2. Which means whatever GI
> version we proceed with, the DB will still be 12.1
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> Suggestions please!
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> Thanks.
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> -Saad
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