RAC Rolling is a very important feature for customers who want to patch their Oracle Database with no downtime. Now, with the new AutoUpgrade 26.2, customers can use RAC Rolling mode with AutoUpgrade, having full …

We are happy to announce that starting in AutoUpgrade 26.2, it is possible to use and download Gold Images on the tool, which will speed up your patching process! Let’s get started! How does it …

In this article, I’ll walk through upgrading an entire 19c CDB by relocating it from Server A to Server B and upgrading it to 26ai using AutoUpgrade. Note: this approach is handy when the target …

In this article, I’ll walk through upgrading a single 19c PDB by relocating it from Server A to Server B and upgrading it to 26ai using AutoUpgrade. Note: this approach is handy when the target …

In this article, I’ll walk through upgrading a single 19c PDB by relocating it from Server A to Server B and upgrading it to 26ai using Replay Upgrade. Note: this approach is handy when the …

If you have unplugged your PDB from 19c and plugged it back on 23ai/26ai, and open it, this will automatically trigger the Replay Upgrade. This method of upgrading a database is basically “replaying” all the …

Oracle Database 23ai is introducing many new features over the Release Updates. Most of those changes can be tracked via https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/23/nfcoa/release_updates.html . However, not all of them are documented, and sometimes, I find interesting stuff …

Since October 2024, the Oracle Database Upgrade team has made many improvements in AutoUpgrade Patching. The most expressive one is adding the capability for it to connect on MOS, download patches automatically, create a new …

If you found this blog post, you are probably facing the boring data pump error: “ORA-39405: Oracle Data Pump does not support importing from a source database with TSTZ version X into a target database …