Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide for HP-UX
Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide for HP-UX
Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide for HP-UX
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Verify System Readiness <strong>for</strong> Patchset and Release Upgrades<br />
Table B–1 Minimum <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> Patch Levels Required <strong>for</strong> Rolling Upgrades to<br />
11g<br />
<strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> Release Minimum Patch Level Required<br />
10g Release 2 10.2.0.3, or 10.2.0.2 with CRS bundle # 2 (Patch<br />
526865)<br />
10g Release 1 10.1.0.3<br />
To upgrade your <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> installation to the minimum patch level using a<br />
rolling upgrade, follow the directions in the Patch Readme file.<br />
B.3 Verify System Readiness <strong>for</strong> Patchset and Release Upgrades<br />
If you are completing a patchset update of your database or clusterware, then after<br />
you download the patch software, and be<strong>for</strong>e you start to patch or upgrade your<br />
database, review the Patch Set Release Notes that accompany the patch to determine if<br />
your system meets the system requirements <strong>for</strong> the operating system and the<br />
hardware plat<strong>for</strong>m.<br />
Use the following Cluster Verification Utility (CVU) command to assist you with<br />
system checks in preparation <strong>for</strong> starting a database patch or upgrade, where node is<br />
the node, or comma-delimited subset of nodes, that you want to check, and inventory_<br />
group is the name of the <strong>Oracle</strong> Inventory group:<br />
cluvfy stage -pre crsinst -n node -orainv inventory_group<br />
For example, to per<strong>for</strong>m a system check on nodes node1, node2 and node3, and where<br />
the <strong>Oracle</strong> Inventory group is oinstall, enter the following command:<br />
$ cluvfy stage -pre crsinst -n node1,node2,node3 -orainv oinstall<br />
B-2 <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> <strong>Installation</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
Note: You can use the procedures in this chapter to prepare to<br />
per<strong>for</strong>m rolling upgrades of <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> from any <strong>Oracle</strong><br />
<strong>Clusterware</strong> 10g release 10.2 or <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> 11g installation to<br />
the latest patchset update. For example, you can use these procedures<br />
to prepare to upgrade from <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Clusterware</strong> 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.3.<br />
See Also: <strong>Oracle</strong> <strong>Database</strong> Upgrade <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>for</strong> additional in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
about upgrades, and check the following site on the <strong>Oracle</strong><br />
Technology Network <strong>for</strong> relevant in<strong>for</strong>mation about rolling upgrades:<br />
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability<br />
My <strong>Oracle</strong> Support also has an Upgrade Companion <strong>for</strong> each release<br />
that provide additional upgrade in<strong>for</strong>mation. It is available at the<br />
following URL:<br />
https://metalink.oracle.com/<br />
Note: Be<strong>for</strong>e you start an upgrade, <strong>Oracle</strong> recommends that you<br />
download the latest Cluster Verification Utility version from <strong>Oracle</strong><br />
Technology Network at the following URL:<br />
http://otn.oracle.com