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
I already did the OEM Installation and another post about How to add Targets in OEM but since I needed to have at least Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Release 4 Update 7 for a new project (coming soon™), I decided to create this post about Updating OEM 13R4. In order to do the OEM update... » read more
I already mentioned that Autoupgrade allows now to be used in RAC Databases, but something that was also added recently (Autoupgrade 19.9.0 if I’m not mistaken) is the capacity to upgrade a Non-CDB database and plug-in it into a higher version Multitenant Database you already have in the system. You can see the needed configuration... » read more
I have to recognise I’m a bit of old fashion guy when it comes to get updates about new things, I still use RSS and even though twitter can replace it in some cases, I still like to do things at my own pace… What I didn’t expect to receive a notification from Mike Dietrich’s... » read more
As with anything remotely related to upgrade or patching, is always good to visit Mike Dietrich blog and make sure we have few concepts clear before we start. The first one I needed to clarify, is this "new term" (that shows you the lack of Upgrade I face daily…) called "Release Update" Of course I... » read more