{"id":242778,"date":"2025-04-03T15:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T22:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtual-dba.com\/?p=242778"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:56:01","slug":"how-to-upgrade-oracle-database-to-19c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtual-dba.com\/blog\/how-to-upgrade-oracle-database-to-19c\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade Oracle Database to 19c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below is a step-by-step guide to walk you through how to upgrade oracle database to 19c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-1\">Step 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the Oracle 19c binaries, the latest version of OPatch, How To Download And Install The Latest OPatch (6880880) Version (Doc ID 274526.1) and the AutoupGrade Tool (Doc ID 2485457.1) from Oracle support. For this example, the zip files were downloaded to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\/misc\/stage\/oracle\/database\/19c<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-2\">Step 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have your system administrator install the Oracle 19c rpm. This will create the required users and groups and install the necessary packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-3\">Step 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check to see if it has been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>rpm -qa | grep oracle<br>It should return<br>oracle-database-preinstall-19c-1.0-3.el7.x86_64<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-4\">Step 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Create the new ORACLE_HOME directory. This step may vary depending on what directories are already created on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>cd \/u01\/app\/oracle<br>mkdir -p product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-5\">Step 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Move the Oracle binary and OPatch zip files downloaded in step 1 to the ORACLE_HOME directory and unzip the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>cd \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>cp \/misc\/stage\/oracle\/database\/19c\/LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip .<br>unzip LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>mv OPatch OPatch_old<br>cp \/misc\/stage\/oracle\/database\/19c\/p6880880_230000_Linux-x86-64.zip .<br>unzip p6880880_230000_Linux-x86-64.zip<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-6\">Step 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Remove the zip files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>rm p6880880_230000_Linux-x86-64.zip<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>rm LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-7\">Step 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Install the Oracle 19c binaries doing a software only install.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>cd \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1<br>.\/runInstaller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-8\">Step 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Replace the existing autoupgrade tool jar file with the one downloaded in step 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>mv \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/rdbms\/admin\/autoupgrade.jar \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/rdbms\/admin\/autoupgrade.jar_old<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>cp \/misc\/stage\/oracle\/database\/19c\/autoupgrade.jar&nbsp; \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/rdbms\/admin\/.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-9\">Step 9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a directory to hold the config file for the autoupgrade tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>cd \/u01\/home\/oracle<br>mkdir autoupgrade<br>cd autoupgrade<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-10\">Step 10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Create config file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>vi 19c.cfg<\/em><br>19c.cfg config file<br><em>#<br>global.autoupg_log_dir=\/u01\/home\/oracle\/autoupgrade<br>upg1.source_home=\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/18.0.0\/dbhome_1<br>upg1.target_home=\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_2<br>upg1.sid=orcl<br>upg1.start_time=now<br>upg1.log_dir=\/u01\/home\/oracle\/autoupgrade\/orcl<br>upg1.upgrade_node=localhost<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-11\">Step 11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Analyze the database for any errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/jdk\/bin\/java -jar \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/rdbms\/admin\/autoupgrade.jar -config 19c.cfg -mode analyze<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-12\">Step 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the log for any errors and correct them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-13\">Step 13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are no errors you can now upgrade the database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/jdk\/bin\/java -jar \/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.3.0\/dbhome_1\/rdbms\/admin\/autoupgrade.jar -config 19c.cfg -mode deploy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-14\">Step 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the compatible parameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>alter system set compatible=&#8217;19.0.0&#8242; scope=spfile;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bounce your database for the parameter to take effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-15\">Step 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time you may want to apply the latest patchset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-16\">Step 16<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using an RMAN catalog you will have to upgrade the catalog by signing into rman and connecting to the catalog. Then, from the rman prompt, run the upgrade catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact us for questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a step-by-step guide to walk you through how to upgrade oracle database to 19c. Step 1 Download the Oracle 19c binaries, the latest version of OPatch, How To Download And Install The Latest OPatch (6880880) Version (Doc ID 274526.1) and the AutoupGrade Tool (Doc ID 2485457.1) from Oracle support. 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