Migrating to 11g – Step Ordered Approach

April Sims OCP 8i 9i 10gSouthern Utah University

The “Lone” DBA

April Sims, Editor

Step Ordered Approach

• Narrows the amount/time of outage needed • Interim steps • Oracle is backwards compatible – generally• What is compatible?• Patching, upgrades and migrations – Tips and

Techniques.

Compatible Components – Higher version than database

• Oracle Net Services• Clients • RMAN binary, Virtual/Catalog and Database• Grid Control Repository Database• Grid Control Intelligent Agents• ASM

**EXPORT/IMPORT and DATAPUMP will have issues

Oracle Application Server Cross Compatibility

• Deploy Ear files from 10.1.3.x 10.1.2.x • Utilize latest OC4J enhancements without starting

another HTTP Server.• Using static ports – Note 184826.1

Deploy the ear file, default-web-site.html to find the port number, add lines to 10.1.2 mod_oc4j.conf

Oc4jMount /instance ajp13://localhost:12507

Oc4jMount /instance/* ajp13://localhost:12507

Recommended Order of Implementation

• Listener• Rman• Rman Catalog• GC database• Clients• ASM• Database and Optimizer

Planning for Change – Keeping things clean!

• Maximum Availability Architecture – OTN • Multiple Oracle Homes• Multiple Operating System Accounts• Environmental Variables – SID.cnf for

variables not in .profile which is executed using oraenv

• Scripting

Why Clean Things Up?• It is enough work to install, maintain and upgrade

multiple instances with multiple ORACLE_HOMES (OH)….

• Less need to modify scripts after an upgrade• Less errors and/or problems when the environment

becomes “cloudy” with more than one OH. • Less core dumps.• Less off-hours work due to

installs/patches/upgrades/testing

Multiple $ORACLE_HOMES

Core dumps, fatal tns errors or hanging if exp, imp, expdp, impdp, sqlplus from one OH to a database in a different OH (on the same node)

Different OH’s different versions or patches. Recommended by Oracle Support.

Multiple listeners running in different OH’s can also cause problems as well as multiple OMS Intelligent Agents

It is normal to have several OH’s at any point in time. Now what is the best way to do this safely?

It can be done by the same “oracle” unix account or by using two different “oracle” unix accounts (multiple is safer) REALITY CHECK!

Multiple OraInventory’s

Contents of /etc/oraInst.loc

inst_group=oinstall

#inventory_loc=/u01/10.2/oraInventory

inventory_loc=/u01/11.1/oraInventory

*This is for those who survived an oraInventory corruption and lived to tell about it. Comment or uncomment as needed for each install. Not recommended by Oracle.

I don’t need no stinking patches……

Patch Set Number of bugs

8.1.7.4 1757

9.0.1.5 1000

9.2.0.7 2000

10.1.0.5 2500

10.2.0.2 1173

10.2.0.3 2007

10.2.0.4 4326

Upgrades and PatchesHave at least 2 $ORACLE_HOMES one for production,

one for testing patches – ALWAYS!!!!

Find the most stable, what is the terminal release? Put in the latest CPU or PSU patch.

Bad version that is x.0.0.0 (unpatched) because it is rare that you can truly simulate production load….Bugs come out under pressure.

Cancel out of the install when it starts to configure Net Manager and the Intelligent Agent (configure later).

Switch to new listener during off peak hours.

Tactics in applying Patches

How often is the OS patched?

Probably more often than Oracle!!!!

Check out the new Patch Plan functionality in My Oracle Support…and integration with Grid Control.

Oracle Target Configurations

• Generic• Real Application Clusters and CRS• DataGuard (and/or Streams)• Exadata • Ebusiness Suite Certification

Oracle Recommended Patches

• Common issues in targeted configurations. • Stabilize production environments. • Save time and cost with known issues. • Tested as a single combined unit, reducing risk.• Easier to identify applicable patches.

https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/docs/10g_Upgrade_Companion.htm

PSU – Patch Set Update

1st Digit - Major release number

2nd Digit - Maintenance release

3rd Digit - Application server release

4th Digit - Release component specific

5th Digit - Platform specific release

First PSU – 10.2.0.4.1

Second PSU – 10.2.0.4.2

MetaLink Doc ID 850471.1

**Includes latest CPU at release time

PSUs vs. CPUs Information

• PSUs available since DB Version 10.2.0.4• Both CPU & PSU Released Quarterly• PSUs include CPUs• PSUs are a Superset of CPUs• Might need merge patch if migrating from a

CPU • Don’t revert back to CPU once on PSU

http://blogs.oracle.com/gridautomation/

Issues with Conflicts and Rollbacks

• Download patch then…• Install….if conflict then• Check if any key patches

rolled back• Merge request…..then• Wait….might be too late for

this CPU, narrow window….maybe next quarter!

• Patch Plan

• Auto checks prerequisites

• Checks Conflicts before downloading

• Request Merge before downloading

• Check Recommendations

• Deployment Plan Available

Without My Oracle Support My Oracle Support

Net Services – Listener Pre-Spin

• Give each database a different listener port, use naming convention

• I don’t use port 1521 for any listener (because of autoregister feature)

• Put ORACLE_HOME of database if using Listener in a different ORACLE_HOME

• Define local_listener in init.ora• TCP, BEQ

Listener.ora

LISTENER_TEST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = FQ.NODENAME)(PORT = 1540))

SID_LIST_LISTENER_TEST =(SID_LIST =

(SID_DESC = (SID_NAME = TEST)

(ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10gR2) ) )

ADMIN_RESTRICTIONS_LISTENER_TEST=ON

LOG_FILE_LISTENER_TEST=listener_test.log

Rotate Listener Log

export dat="`date '+%y%m%d'`"

lsnrctl << EOF

set current_listener listener_test

set log_file listener_tmp.log

exit

EOF

mv listener_test.log listener_test.${dat}

cat listener_temp.log >> listener_test.${dat}

Clients • ODBC,SQLPLUS, Instant Client ****• Database Links ****• 32/bit to 64/bit ****• JDBC, JDK **• Precompilers **• Features Availability **• Exp/Imp or Datapump *• BEQUEATH not supported b/t diff releases****Highly recommended, usually minor issues

** Needs testing, maybe application specific

* Definitely has issues

RMAN

• Migrating the catalog database• Multiple schemas- One for each release

and/or database• Upgrading the rman catalog• Differences in 11g

RMAN Duplicate – Upgrading

• RMAN is configured so that a higher release is able to restore a lower release

SQL>  alter database open resetlogs upgrade;

SQL>  alter database open resetlogs downgrade;

Then run CATUPGRD.SQL or CATDWGRD.SQL• Can’t use duplicate command • Different OS levels• Switch between word sizes (32 vs 64)• Use Transportable Tablespace Conversion

between different OS’s

Grid Control

• Migrating Repository Database to 11g – if uncoupled install – Use GC 10.2.0.5+

• Co-locate RMAN Catalog (s) - much easier to move, migrate or drag along with GC.

ASM/CRS/RDBMS

• CRS must have its own $ORACLE_HOME• ASM can be separate as of 10gR2• Push to move ASM, CRS and RDBMS to

three different operating accounts • One-off patches - separate ASM and RDBMS• Rolling Upgrades

11g Diagnosability Framework

• Environmental Variable – ORACLE_BASE• adrci command-line utility • Scripting changes• Rotating, purging logs, trace files, core

dumps and incidents• Can disable ADR, especially for

troubleshooting

11gR1 Surprises

• SYSTEM password expires with default profile

• Case sensitivity issue between primary and physical standby – new security feature

Characterset Selection – UTF8

Any implications for migration? options are usually some sort of csalter and/or exp/imp, datapump.

Transitional Steps – convert to a superset to remove some types of lossy data. See blog also NLS by Gary Gordhammer articles in IOUG “SELECT”

Grid Control and RMAN catalog can be UTF8

Database Upgrade Methods

• EXP/IMP or DataPump -• Transportable Tablespaces - same or

different node • DBUA• Manual Upgrade • Transient Logical Standby • Physical Standby• Snapshot Standby

Optimizer Upgrade

• SQL Plan Management

• Bulk Load

• SQL Tuning Set (STS)

• Stored Outlines

• Cursor Cache

• Use a staging table

http://optimizermagic.blogspot.com

PreUpgrade Optimizer

• Source database – instance-wide stats at peak load, 7 days

• Statspack – Level 7• AWR – Diagnostics, Tuning Pack • OS stats - CPU, memory and IO (such as sar,

vmstat, iostat)

Migration – Step Ordered Approach

• Narrows the amount/time of outage needed • Interim steps • Oracle is backwards compatible – generally• What is compatible?• Patching, upgrades and migrations

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