Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM Cluster

Learn to upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or API.

Upgrading enables you to provision Oracle Database Homes and databases that use the most current Oracle Database software.

About Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Upgrading the Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) on a VM cluster involves upgrading all the compute nodes in the instance. The upgrade is performed in a rolling fashion, with only one node being upgraded at a time.

  • Oracle recommends running an upgrade precheck to identify and resolve any issues that would prevent a successful upgrade.
  • You can monitor the progress of the upgrade operation by viewing the associated work requests.
  • If you have an Exadata infrastructure maintenance operation scheduled to start within the next 24 hours, then the GI upgrade feature is not available.
  • During the upgrade, you cannot perform other management operations such as starting, stopping, or rebooting nodes, scaling CPU, provisioning or managing Database Homes or databases, restoring a database, or editing IORM settings. The following Data Guard operations are not allowed on the VM cluster undergoing a GI upgrade:
    • Enable Data Guard
    • Switchover
    • Failover to the database using the VM cluster (a failover operation to standby on another VM cluster is possible)

Using the Console to Manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade

You can use the Console to perform a precheck prior to upgrading your Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) and to perform the GI upgrade operation.

Using the Console to Precheck Your VM Cluster Prior to Upgrading

  1. Open the navigation menu. Under Oracle Database, click Exadata Cloud@Customer.
  2. Choose your Compartment.
    A list of VM Clusters is displayed for the chosen Compartment.
  3. In the list of cloud VM clusters, click the name of the cluster you want to patch to display the cluster details.
  4. Under Version, click the View Updates link beside the Updates Available field.
  5. Click View Updates to view the list of available patches and upgrades.
  6. Click the Actions icon (three dots) at the end of the row listing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) upgrade, then click Run Precheck.
  7. In the Confirm dialog, confirm you want to upgrade to begin the precheck operation.

Using the Console to Upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure of a VM Cluster

  1. Open the navigation menu. Under Oracle Database, click Exadata Cloud@Customer.
  2. Choose your Compartment.
    A list of VM Clusters is displayed for the chosen Compartment.
  3. In the list of cloud VM clusters, click the name of the cluster you want to patch to display the cluster details.
  4. Under Version, click the View Updates link beside the Updates Available field.
  5. Click View Updates to view the list of available patches and upgrades.
  6. Click the Actions icon (three dots) at the end of the row listing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) upgrade, then click Upgrade Grid Infrastructure.
  7. In the Upgrade Grid Infrastructure dialog, confirm you want to upgrade the GI by clicking Upgrade Grid Infrastructure.

    If you haven't run a precheck, you have the option of clicking Run Precheck in this dialog to precheck your cloud VM cluster prior to the upgrade.

Using the API to Manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade

Review the list of API calls to manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure upgrade.

For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST APIs and Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see Software Development Kits and Command Line Interface.

Use these API operations to upgrade the Oracle Grid Infrastructure in a VM cluster and view the cluster's update history:
  • ListVmClusterUpdates
  • GetVmClusterUpdate
  • ListVmClusterUpdateHistoryEntries
  • GetVmClusterUpdateHistoryEntry
  • UpdateVmCluster

For the complete list of APIs, see Database Service API.