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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

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