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AutoUpgrade powered easy download and installation of Oracle AI Database 26ai on Linux

With latest versions of AutoUpgrade, downloading and installing Oracle AI Database 26ai on Linux x86 on-premise has become a very simple process. If you want to give a try to Oracle Database 26ai, building a test environment requires minimal effort(…)

Discover refreshable clone PDB with Autoupgrade

AutoUpgrade with a refreshable clone is basically “zero‑panic upgrades with a live copy of your database.”. What problem it solves Traditionally you had to schedule a maintenance window, stop everything, take a backup, upgrade, and hope nothing went(…)

Database upgrade to AI Database 26ai (23.26.1) for Linux x86-64 upgrade from 19C in 3 steps using gold images.

This tutorial showing simple database upgrade to 26ai using traditional method and autoupgrade tool, For operational databases please properly test and plan your upgrade. https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/26/fppad/upgrading-oracle-database-software.html This is one from 3 Articles related to 26.1 upgrade:(…)

Convert Oracle non-CDB database to CDB with AutoUpgrade

Since Oracle 21c, the non-CDB architecture has been deprecated. This means that all Oracle databases must now adopt the multitenant architecture (CDB + PDB). Thankfully, Oracle provides a powerful utility to ease this transition: AutoUpgrade. In this post,(…)

Oracle AutoUpgrade? Easy way to upgrade your Oracle Database! Part I

Introduction The AutoUpgrade utility is designed to automate the upgrade process, both before starting upgrades, during upgrade deployments, and during postupgrade checks and configuration migration The Oracle AutoUpgrade Tool is part of Oracle Home since the version 12.1.0.2.It’s(…)

Auto Upgrade of non CDB to PDB with autoupgrade.jar in Oracle 21c

Since Oracle 21c it is possible to convert the non CDB database into a PDB directly during the upgrade using the Oracle Autoupgrade Tool. This is an important enhancement, because with Oracle 21c the non CDB architecture is desupported,(…)

Oracle autoupgrade on Windows and plugin to a Container DB with virtual accounts

In a project I recently had to upgrade an Oracle 12.2.-DB to 19.9. and at the same time migrate from the non-container architecture to the container architecture. The interesting part here is to do this on Windows. Actually both steps(…)

OBUG 2019 – First event from Oracle Users Group in Belgium!

Introduction It’s the first edition of the Techdays, the Oracle community event in Belgium. This event happened in Antwerp these past 2 days, and a lot of speakers came from around the world to talk about their experience on focused(…)