When I created my RAC lab, I decided to create my 19c Databases ORACLE_HOME using the name "../19.3.0/dbhome_1" since it was 19.3 version, but of course, after last patching when I updated the system to 19.7, that didn’t make much sense. I tried to follow the document How to move RAC Database ORACLE_HOME from one... » read more
Is always nice to have some test systems where you can do testing and even find some inconsistencies between system versions behaviour, specially when we talk about new features. I recently watched a video from the fantastic channel Oracle Database Upgrades and Migrations related to Online Datafile movement which started in 12c For some reason... » read more
Since 11g is not longer supported, there are high chances people are looking for different and easy ways to upgrade their old Databases to a supported version. If that is the case, there is no easiest method than Autoupgrade. Now, with the latest version (at the time of writing this is version 21.1.2 / date... » read more