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. - 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 API to Manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade
Review the list of API calls to manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure upgrade.
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)
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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 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.
ListVmClusterUpdates
GetVmClusterUpdate
ListVmClusterUpdateHistoryEntries
GetVmClusterUpdateHistoryEntry
UpdateVmCluster
For the complete list of APIs, see Database Service API.
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