
Identify Oracle versions by major release, maintenance release, and numbers, and use the upgrade matrix to plan upgrades from 11g to 12c, including critical patch updates and patch set updates.
Learn how Oracle upgrades affect base and dictionary tables while preserving user data, plan pre, during, and post upgrade steps, coordinate with application teams, and perform PoC and backups.
master the manual upgrade from 11g to 12c, including pre-upgrade backups, os-level copies of the Oracle home, and utlu112i validation, then install 12c in a new home.
Prepare for the 11g to 12c upgrade by backing up the database, verifying space and Oracle home details, and performing pre-upgrade validation before running required scripts in parallel.
Copy the 11.2 and 11.4 binaries from Windows to Linux, install 11.2.0.4 in /u02, run the pre-upgrade utility, disable flashback, and purge the recycle bin in preparation for upgrade.
Begin the upgrade by copying the DBS and network folder from the old Oracle home to the new. Set Oracle_home to the new location, then start sqlplus and run cat_upgrade.sql.
Upgrade Oracle from 11g to 11.2.0.4 and master the post-upgrade phase: start the database normally from the correct Oracle home, run the post-upgrade script, and verify with the status tool.
Upgrade 11g to 12c in a new Oracle home, migrating spfile entries. Back up, verify disk space, and run three scripts for statistics, dictionary, and fixed objects.
Install and configure a 12c normal database. Explain CDB and PDB concepts, run the pre-upgrade utility from the new Oracle home, and purge the recycle bin before upgrading.
Copy the spfile and network admin from 11g to 12c home, set Oracle home and path, start sqlplus from 12c, and run the upgrade script to complete 56 phases.
Complete post-upgrade steps by starting the database in normal mode on 12.1 home and running utlu 12 one dot SQL to validate components, then update oratab to 12c home.
Master Oracle Database Upgrade course is designed to give knowledge and skills needed to upgrade Oracle databases. As a DBA, its your primary job to upgrade Oracle databases as and when Oracle releases new versions. This course starts with Oracle 11g upgrade and further talks about 11g to 12c upgrade.
The course is mainly designed for working DBAs who are responsible to upgrade databases from 11g to 12c. Right now, as Oracle has released 12c database version, all the companies are moving to 12c Database version. This directly impacts DBAs where they have to showcase skills and upgrade the environment.