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.

Table: Supported upgrade paths on RHEL and OEL lists the supported upgrade paths for upgrades on RHEL and OEL.

Table: Supported upgrade paths on RHEL and OEL

From product version

From OS version

To SF Oracle RAC version

To OS version

Supported upgrade type

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 Patch 3

RHEL 5 Update 3 or OEL 5 Update 3

RHEL 5 Update 4 or OEL 5 Update 4

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 5 Update 5 or OEL 5 Update 5 and later

Full or rolling upgrade

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 Patch 3

RHEL 5 Update 3 or OEL 5 Update 3

RHEL 5 Update 4 or OEL 5 Update 4

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 6 or OEL 6 and later

Full upgrade

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 PR1

RHEL 5 Update 3 or OEL 5 Update 3

RHEL 5 Update 4 or OEL 5 Update 4

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 5 Update 5 or OEL 5 Update 5 and later

Full or rolling upgrade

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 PR1

RHEL 5 Update 3 or OEL 5 Update 3

RHEL 5 Update 4 or OEL 5 Update 4

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 6 or OEL 6 and later

Full upgrade

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1 and later

RHEL 5 Update 3 or OEL 5 Update 3

RHEL 5 Update 4 or OEL 5 Update 4

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 5 Update 5 or OEL 5 Update 5 and later

Full or rolling upgrade

Note:

Perform a full upgrade if you are upgrading from SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1 with fencing configured in dmp mode.

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1 and later

RHEL 5 Update 3 or OEL 5 Update 3

RHEL 5 Update 4 or OEL 5 Update 4

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 6.1 or OEL 6.1 and later

Note:

If you are upgrading from SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1 PR2, upgrade to RHEL 6.1.

Upgrades to RHEL 6.0 and RHEL 6.2 from SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1 PR2 are not supported.

Full upgrade

You can perform a rolling upgrade if you are upgrading from SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1 RP2.

SF Oracle RAC 6.0 and later

RHEL 5 Update 5 or OEL 5 Update 5

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

RHEL 6.1 or OEL 6.1 and later

Full upgrade

Table: Supported upgrade paths on SLES lists the supported upgrade paths for upgrades on SLES.

Table: Supported upgrade paths on SLES

From product version	From OS version	To SF Oracle RAC version	To OS version	Supported upgrade type
SF Oracle RAC 5.1 PR1	SLES 10 SP2 SLES 10 SP3	SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1	SLES 10 SP4 SLES 11 SP1 SLES 11 SP2	Full or phased upgrade If OS is not upgraded: Full or rolling upgrade
SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1	SLES 10 SP2 SLES 10 SP3 SLES 11	SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1	SLES 10 SP4 SLES 11 SP1 SLES 11 SP2	Full or phased upgrade If OS is not upgraded: Full or rolling upgrade
SF Oracle RAC 6.0 and later	SLES 10 SP4 SLES 11 SP1	SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1	SLES 11 SP2	Full or phased upgrade If OS is not upgraded: Full or rolling upgrade

From product version

From OS version

To SF Oracle RAC version

To OS version

Supported upgrade type

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 PR1

SLES 10 SP2

SLES 10 SP3

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

SLES 10 SP4

SLES 11 SP1

SLES 11 SP2

Full or phased upgrade

If OS is not upgraded: Full or rolling upgrade

SF Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1

SLES 10 SP2

SLES 10 SP3

SLES 11

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

SLES 10 SP4

SLES 11 SP1

SLES 11 SP2

Full or phased upgrade

If OS is not upgraded: Full or rolling upgrade

SF Oracle RAC 6.0 and later

SLES 10 SP4

SLES 11 SP1

SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

SLES 11 SP2

Full or phased upgrade

If OS is not upgraded: Full or rolling upgrade

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