Supported upgrade paths


Supported upgrade paths
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SF Oracle RAC software must be at the same version across all nodes in an SF Oracle RAC cluster after the upgrade, that is 6.0.1.

Review the following information before you upgrade:

If you are running an Oracle RAC version that is not supported in this release, first upgrade Oracle RAC to the supported version before upgrading SF Oracle RAC. For instructions, see the product documentation of the version in use.
If you are running SF Oracle RAC version 5.0 MP1 or earlier, first upgrade to version 5.0 MP3 RP1, then upgrade to version 6.0.1.

For instructions, see the Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Read This First document of the corresponding version.

Table: Supported upgrade paths lists the supported upgrade paths.

Table: Supported upgrade paths

From SF Oracle RAC version	To SF Oracle RAC version	Supported upgrade type
5.0 MP3 and later (including maintenance packs and rolling patches on 5.0 MP3)	6.0.1	Full or phased upgrade
5.1 and later (including maintenance packs and rolling patches on 5.1)	6.0.1	Full or rolling upgrade Alternate Disk Installation (ADI)
6.0 and later (including rolling patches on 6.0)	6.0.1	Full or rolling upgrade Alternate Disk Installation (ADI)

From SF Oracle RAC version

To SF Oracle RAC version

Supported upgrade type

5.0 MP3 and later (including maintenance packs and rolling patches on 5.0 MP3)

6.0.1

Full or phased upgrade

5.1 and later (including maintenance packs and rolling patches on 5.1)

6.0.1

Full or rolling upgrade

Alternate Disk Installation (ADI)

6.0 and later (including rolling patches on 6.0)

6.0.1

Full or rolling upgrade

Alternate Disk Installation (ADI)

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