About types of upgrade


About types of upgrade
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SF Oracle RAC supports various ways of upgrading your cluster to the latest version. Choose a method that best suits your environment and supports your planned upgrade path.

Table: Types of upgrade lists the supported types of upgrade.

Table: Types of upgrade

Type of upgrade

Method of upgrade

Procedures

Full upgrade

Veritas script-based installation programs

Interactive mode
Non-interactive mode using response files

Veritas Web-based installation program

Complete the following steps:

Preparing to upgrade

See Preparing to perform a full upgrade to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1.
Upgrading to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

See the chapter Performing a full upgrade to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1.
Completing post-upgrade tasks

See the chapter Performing post-upgrade tasks.

Phased upgrade

Combination of manual steps and the Veritas script-based installation programs

Note:

SF Oracle RAC does not support phased upgrades using the Web installer.

Complete the steps in the chapter Performing a phased upgrade to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1.

Rolling upgrade

Veritas script-based installation programs

Veritas Web-based installation program

Complete the steps in the chapter Performing a rolling upgrade to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1.