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Multitenant : Upgrading to Oracle Database 19c

This article provides an overview of upgrading an existing multitenant database to Oracle 19c. Upgrades can be very complicated, so you must always read the upgrade manual, and test thoroughly before considering an upgrade of a production environment.

Remember, 19c is essentially 12.2.0.3, so the possible upgrade options will be similar to those described in upgrading to Oracle Database 12c.

Related articles.

Assumptions

This article is focused on upgrading a multitenant database. If your starting point is a non-CDB database, you should be reading the following article.

This article assumes your source database is of a version supported for direct upgrade to 19c. This is the whole list, but remember multitenant database have only existed from 12.1.0.1 onward.

11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18

In this example we are doing an upgrade from 12.2 to 19c. The process is very similar for version 12.1, but the pre-upgrade and post-upgrade fixup actions may vary a little.

It's important to have backups of everything before you start! Some of these steps are destructive, and if something goes wrong you have no alternative but to restore from backups and start again.

Remember, this article is not a replacement for reading the upgrade documentation. Each upgrade has the potential to be different, depending on what options are installed.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have all the OS prerequisites in place by running the 19c preinstall package. On Oracle Linux you can do this by installing the preinstall package. It probably makes sense to update the remaining packages also.

yum install -y oracle-database-preinstall-19c
yum update -y

Install 19c Software

You can read about the installation process in more detail here, but for this example I'll keep it brief. The following commands will perform a silent installation of the 19c software.

export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1
export SOFTWARE_DIR=/u01/software
export ORA_INVENTORY=/u01/app/oraInventory

mkdir -p ${ORACLE_HOME}
cd $ORACLE_HOME

/bin/unzip -oq ${SOFTWARE_DIR}/LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip

./runInstaller -ignorePrereq -waitforcompletion -silent                        \
    -responseFile ${ORACLE_HOME}/install/response/db_install.rsp               \
    oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY                                    \
    ORACLE_HOSTNAME=${ORACLE_HOSTNAME}                                         \
    UNIX_GROUP_NAME=oinstall                                                   \
    INVENTORY_LOCATION=${ORA_INVENTORY}                                        \
    SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en,en_GB                                                \
    ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_HOME}                                                 \
    ORACLE_BASE=${ORACLE_BASE}                                                 \
    oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE                                        \
    oracle.install.db.OSDBA_GROUP=dba                                          \
    oracle.install.db.OSBACKUPDBA_GROUP=dba                                    \
    oracle.install.db.OSDGDBA_GROUP=dba                                        \
    oracle.install.db.OSKMDBA_GROUP=dba                                        \
    oracle.install.db.OSRACDBA_GROUP=dba                                       \
    SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false                                 \
    DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true

Run the root scripts when prompted.

As a root user, execute the following script(s):
        1. /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/root.sh

At this point you should also patch the new Oracle home, but in this case we will forgo that step to keep things simple.

Run preupgrade.jar

Download the latest "preupgrade.jar" file from MOS 884522.1. If you don't have MOS access you can miss out the next step.

At the time of writing, the latest preupgrade.jar is the one shipped with 19c, so there is no need to download a newer one. It's worth checking to see if this situation has changed when you do your upgrade.

Put the latest "preupgrade.jar" into the 19c Oracle home.

export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1
cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
unzip -o /u01/software/preupgrade_19_cbuild_??_lf.zip

Make sure you are using the original Oracle home and run the "preupgrade.jar".

export ORACLE_SID=cdb1
export ORAENV_ASK=NO
. oraenv
export ORAENV_ASK=YES

export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/12.2.0.1/db_1

$ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/jdk/bin/java -jar $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/preupgrade.jar TERMINAL TEXT

Here is the output from an example run against a 12.2 database. There is output for the root container, seed and any user-defined pluggable databases.

$ $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/jdk/bin/java -jar $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/preupgrade.jar TERMINAL TEXT
Report generated by Oracle Database Pre-Upgrade Information Tool Version
19.0.0.0.0 Build: 1 on 2019-02-27T18:57:00

Upgrade-To version: 19.0.0.0.0

=======================================
Status of the database prior to upgrade
=======================================
      Database Name:  CDB1
     Container Name:  CDB$ROOT
       Container ID:  1
            Version:  12.2.0.1.0
     DB Patch Level:  No Patch Bundle applied
         Compatible:  12.2.0
          Blocksize:  8192
           Platform:  Linux x86 64-bit
      Timezone File:  26
  Database log mode:  NOARCHIVELOG
           Readonly:  FALSE
            Edition:  EE

  Oracle Component                       Upgrade Action    Current Status
  ----------------                       --------------    --------------
  Oracle Server                          [to be upgraded]  VALID
  JServer JAVA Virtual Machine           [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle XDK for Java                    [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Real Application Clusters              [to be upgraded]  OPTION OFF
  Oracle Workspace Manager               [to be upgraded]  VALID
  OLAP Analytic Workspace                [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Label Security                  [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Database Vault                  [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Text                            [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle XML Database                    [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Java Packages                   [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Multimedia                      [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Spatial                         [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle OLAP API                        [to be upgraded]  VALID

==============
BEFORE UPGRADE
==============

  REQUIRED ACTIONS
  ================
  None

  RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
  ===================
  1.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather stale data dictionary statistics prior to database
      upgrade in off-peak time using:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

      Dictionary statistics do not exist or are stale (not up-to-date).

      Dictionary statistics help the Oracle optimizer find efficient SQL
      execution plans and are essential for proper upgrade timing. Oracle
      recommends gathering dictionary statistics in the last 24 hours before
      database upgrade.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  2.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather statistics on fixed objects prior the upgrade.

      None of the fixed object tables have had stats collected.

      Gathering statistics on fixed objects, if none have been gathered yet, is
      recommended prior to upgrading.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  INFORMATION ONLY
  ================
  3.  To help you keep track of your tablespace allocations, the following
      AUTOEXTEND tablespaces are expected to successfully EXTEND during the
      upgrade process.

                                                 Min Size
      Tablespace                        Size     For Upgrade
      ----------                     ----------  -----------
      SYSAUX                             460 MB       500 MB
      SYSTEM                             800 MB       912 MB
      TEMP                                33 MB       150 MB
      UNDOTBS1                            65 MB       439 MB

      Minimum tablespace sizes for upgrade are estimates.

  4.  No action needed.

      Using default parallel upgrade options, this CDB with 2 PDBs will first
      upgrade the CDB$ROOT, and then upgrade at most 1 PDBs at a time using 2
      parallel processes per PDB.

      The number of PDBs upgraded in parallel and the number of parallel
      processes per PDB can be adjusted as described in Database Upgrade Guide.

  5.  Check the Oracle Backup and Recovery User's Guide for information on how
      to manage an RMAN recovery catalog schema.

      If you are using a version of the recovery catalog schema that is older
      than that required by the RMAN client version, then you must upgrade the
      catalog schema.

      It is good practice to have the catalog schema the same or higher version
      than the RMAN client version you are using.

  ORACLE GENERATED FIXUP SCRIPT
  =============================
  All of the issues in database CDB1 container CDB$ROOT
  which are identified above as BEFORE UPGRADE "(AUTOFIXUP)" can be resolved by
  executing the following from within the container

    SQL>@/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

=============
AFTER UPGRADE
=============

  REQUIRED ACTIONS
  ================
  None

  RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
  ===================
  6.  Upgrade the database time zone file using the DBMS_DST package.

      The database is using time zone file version 26 and the target 19 release
      ships with time zone file version 32.

      Oracle recommends upgrading to the desired (latest) version of the time
      zone file.  For more information, refer to "Upgrading the Time Zone File
      and Timestamp with Time Zone Data" in the 19 Oracle Database
      Globalization Support Guide.

  7.  To identify directory objects with symbolic links in the path name, run
      $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utldirsymlink.sql AS SYSDBA after upgrade.
      Recreate any directory objects listed, using path names that contain no
      symbolic links.

      Some directory object path names may currently contain symbolic links.

      Starting in Release 18c, symbolic links are not allowed in directory
      object path names used with BFILE data types, the UTL_FILE package, or
      external tables.

  8.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather dictionary statistics after the upgrade using the
      command:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

      Oracle recommends gathering dictionary statistics after upgrade.

      Dictionary statistics provide essential information to the Oracle
      optimizer to help it find efficient SQL execution plans. After a database
      upgrade, statistics need to be re-gathered as there can now be tables
      that have significantly changed during the upgrade or new tables that do
      not have statistics gathered yet.

  9.  Gather statistics on fixed objects after the upgrade and when there is a
      representative workload on the system using the command:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS;

      This recommendation is given for all preupgrade runs.

      Fixed object statistics provide essential information to the Oracle
      optimizer to help it find efficient SQL execution plans.  Those
      statistics are specific to the Oracle Database release that generates
      them, and can be stale upon database upgrade.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  ORACLE GENERATED FIXUP SCRIPT
  =============================
  All of the issues in database CDB1 container CDB$ROOT
  which are identified above as AFTER UPGRADE "(AUTOFIXUP)" can be resolved by
  executing the following from within the container

    SQL>@/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql


Report generated by Oracle Database Pre-Upgrade Information Tool Version
19.0.0.0.0 Build: 1 on 2019-02-27T18:57:16

Upgrade-To version: 19.0.0.0.0

=======================================
Status of the database prior to upgrade
=======================================
      Database Name:  CDB1
     Container Name:  PDB$SEED
       Container ID:  2
            Version:  12.2.0.1.0
     DB Patch Level:  No Patch Bundle applied
         Compatible:  12.2.0
          Blocksize:  8192
           Platform:  Linux x86 64-bit
      Timezone File:  26
  Database log mode:  NOARCHIVELOG
           Readonly:  TRUE
            Edition:  EE

  Oracle Component                       Upgrade Action    Current Status
  ----------------                       --------------    --------------
  Oracle Server                          [to be upgraded]  VALID
  JServer JAVA Virtual Machine           [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle XDK for Java                    [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Real Application Clusters              [to be upgraded]  OPTION OFF
  Oracle Workspace Manager               [to be upgraded]  VALID
  OLAP Analytic Workspace                [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Label Security                  [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Database Vault                  [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Text                            [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle XML Database                    [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Java Packages                   [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Multimedia                      [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Spatial                         [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle OLAP API                        [to be upgraded]  VALID

==============
BEFORE UPGRADE
==============

  REQUIRED ACTIONS
  ================
  None

  RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
  ===================
  1.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather stale data dictionary statistics prior to database
      upgrade in off-peak time using:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

      Dictionary statistics do not exist or are stale (not up-to-date).

      Dictionary statistics help the Oracle optimizer find efficient SQL
      execution plans and are essential for proper upgrade timing. Oracle
      recommends gathering dictionary statistics in the last 24 hours before
      database upgrade.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  2.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather statistics on fixed objects prior the upgrade.

      None of the fixed object tables have had stats collected.

      Gathering statistics on fixed objects, if none have been gathered yet, is
      recommended prior to upgrading.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  INFORMATION ONLY
  ================
  3.  To help you keep track of your tablespace allocations, the following
      AUTOEXTEND tablespaces are expected to successfully EXTEND during the
      upgrade process.

                                                 Min Size
      Tablespace                        Size     For Upgrade
      ----------                     ----------  -----------
      SYSAUX                             330 MB       500 MB
      SYSTEM                             250 MB       360 MB
      TEMP                                64 MB       150 MB
      UNDOTBS1                           100 MB       439 MB

      Minimum tablespace sizes for upgrade are estimates.

  4.  No action needed.

      Using default parallel upgrade options, this CDB with 1 PDBs will first
      upgrade the CDB$ROOT, and then upgrade at most 1 PDBs at a time using 2
      parallel processes per PDB.

      The number of PDBs upgraded in parallel and the number of parallel
      processes per PDB can be adjusted as described in Database Upgrade Guide.

  5.  Check the Oracle Backup and Recovery User's Guide for information on how
      to manage an RMAN recovery catalog schema.

      If you are using a version of the recovery catalog schema that is older
      than that required by the RMAN client version, then you must upgrade the
      catalog schema.

      It is good practice to have the catalog schema the same or higher version
      than the RMAN client version you are using.

  ORACLE GENERATED FIXUP SCRIPT
  =============================
  All of the issues in database CDB1 container PDB$SEED
  which are identified above as BEFORE UPGRADE "(AUTOFIXUP)" can be resolved by
  executing the following from within the container

    SQL>@/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

=============
AFTER UPGRADE
=============

  REQUIRED ACTIONS
  ================
  None

  RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
  ===================
  6.  Upgrade the database time zone file using the DBMS_DST package.

      The database is using time zone file version 26 and the target 19 release
      ships with time zone file version 32.

      Oracle recommends upgrading to the desired (latest) version of the time
      zone file.  For more information, refer to "Upgrading the Time Zone File
      and Timestamp with Time Zone Data" in the 19 Oracle Database
      Globalization Support Guide.

  7.  To identify directory objects with symbolic links in the path name, run
      $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utldirsymlink.sql AS SYSDBA after upgrade.
      Recreate any directory objects listed, using path names that contain no
      symbolic links.

      Some directory object path names may currently contain symbolic links.

      Starting in Release 18c, symbolic links are not allowed in directory
      object path names used with BFILE data types, the UTL_FILE package, or
      external tables.

  8.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather dictionary statistics after the upgrade using the
      command:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

      Oracle recommends gathering dictionary statistics after upgrade.

      Dictionary statistics provide essential information to the Oracle
      optimizer to help it find efficient SQL execution plans. After a database
      upgrade, statistics need to be re-gathered as there can now be tables
      that have significantly changed during the upgrade or new tables that do
      not have statistics gathered yet.

  9.  Gather statistics on fixed objects after the upgrade and when there is a
      representative workload on the system using the command:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS;

      This recommendation is given for all preupgrade runs.

      Fixed object statistics provide essential information to the Oracle
      optimizer to help it find efficient SQL execution plans.  Those
      statistics are specific to the Oracle Database release that generates
      them, and can be stale upon database upgrade.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  ORACLE GENERATED FIXUP SCRIPT
  =============================
  All of the issues in database CDB1 container PDB$SEED
  which are identified above as AFTER UPGRADE "(AUTOFIXUP)" can be resolved by
  executing the following from within the container

    SQL>@/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql


Report generated by Oracle Database Pre-Upgrade Information Tool Version
19.0.0.0.0 Build: 1 on 2019-02-27T18:57:29

Upgrade-To version: 19.0.0.0.0

=======================================
Status of the database prior to upgrade
=======================================
      Database Name:  CDB1
     Container Name:  PDB1
       Container ID:  3
            Version:  12.2.0.1.0
     DB Patch Level:  No Patch Bundle applied
         Compatible:  12.2.0
          Blocksize:  8192
           Platform:  Linux x86 64-bit
      Timezone File:  26
  Database log mode:  NOARCHIVELOG
           Readonly:  FALSE
            Edition:  EE

  Oracle Component                       Upgrade Action    Current Status
  ----------------                       --------------    --------------
  Oracle Server                          [to be upgraded]  VALID
  JServer JAVA Virtual Machine           [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle XDK for Java                    [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Real Application Clusters              [to be upgraded]  OPTION OFF
  Oracle Workspace Manager               [to be upgraded]  VALID
  OLAP Analytic Workspace                [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Label Security                  [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Database Vault                  [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Text                            [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle XML Database                    [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Java Packages                   [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Multimedia                      [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle Spatial                         [to be upgraded]  VALID
  Oracle OLAP API                        [to be upgraded]  VALID

==============
BEFORE UPGRADE
==============

  REQUIRED ACTIONS
  ================
  None

  RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
  ===================
  1.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather stale data dictionary statistics prior to database
      upgrade in off-peak time using:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

      Dictionary statistics do not exist or are stale (not up-to-date).

      Dictionary statistics help the Oracle optimizer find efficient SQL
      execution plans and are essential for proper upgrade timing. Oracle
      recommends gathering dictionary statistics in the last 24 hours before
      database upgrade.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  2.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather statistics on fixed objects prior the upgrade.

      None of the fixed object tables have had stats collected.

      Gathering statistics on fixed objects, if none have been gathered yet, is
      recommended prior to upgrading.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  INFORMATION ONLY
  ================
  3.  To help you keep track of your tablespace allocations, the following
      AUTOEXTEND tablespaces are expected to successfully EXTEND during the
      upgrade process.

                                                 Min Size
      Tablespace                        Size     For Upgrade
      ----------                     ----------  -----------
      SYSAUX                             680 MB       709 MB
      SYSTEM                             350 MB       464 MB
      TEMP                                64 MB       150 MB
      UNDOTBS1                           390 MB       441 MB

      Minimum tablespace sizes for upgrade are estimates.

  4.  No action needed.

      Using default parallel upgrade options, this CDB with 1 PDBs will first
      upgrade the CDB$ROOT, and then upgrade at most 1 PDBs at a time using 2
      parallel processes per PDB.

      The number of PDBs upgraded in parallel and the number of parallel
      processes per PDB can be adjusted as described in Database Upgrade Guide.

  5.  Check the Oracle Backup and Recovery User's Guide for information on how
      to manage an RMAN recovery catalog schema.

      If you are using a version of the recovery catalog schema that is older
      than that required by the RMAN client version, then you must upgrade the
      catalog schema.

      It is good practice to have the catalog schema the same or higher version
      than the RMAN client version you are using.

  ORACLE GENERATED FIXUP SCRIPT
  =============================
  All of the issues in database CDB1 container PDB1
  which are identified above as BEFORE UPGRADE "(AUTOFIXUP)" can be resolved by
  executing the following from within the container

    SQL>@/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

=============
AFTER UPGRADE
=============

  REQUIRED ACTIONS
  ================
  None

  RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
  ===================
  6.  Upgrade the database time zone file using the DBMS_DST package.

      The database is using time zone file version 26 and the target 19 release
      ships with time zone file version 32.

      Oracle recommends upgrading to the desired (latest) version of the time
      zone file.  For more information, refer to "Upgrading the Time Zone File
      and Timestamp with Time Zone Data" in the 19 Oracle Database
      Globalization Support Guide.

  7.  To identify directory objects with symbolic links in the path name, run
      $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utldirsymlink.sql AS SYSDBA after upgrade.
      Recreate any directory objects listed, using path names that contain no
      symbolic links.

      Some directory object path names may currently contain symbolic links.

      Starting in Release 18c, symbolic links are not allowed in directory
      object path names used with BFILE data types, the UTL_FILE package, or
      external tables.

  8.  (AUTOFIXUP) Gather dictionary statistics after the upgrade using the
      command:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS;

      Oracle recommends gathering dictionary statistics after upgrade.

      Dictionary statistics provide essential information to the Oracle
      optimizer to help it find efficient SQL execution plans. After a database
      upgrade, statistics need to be re-gathered as there can now be tables
      that have significantly changed during the upgrade or new tables that do
      not have statistics gathered yet.

  9.  Gather statistics on fixed objects after the upgrade and when there is a
      representative workload on the system using the command:

        EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS;

      This recommendation is given for all preupgrade runs.

      Fixed object statistics provide essential information to the Oracle
      optimizer to help it find efficient SQL execution plans.  Those
      statistics are specific to the Oracle Database release that generates
      them, and can be stale upon database upgrade.

      For information on managing optimizer statistics, refer to the 12.2.0.1
      Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide.

  ORACLE GENERATED FIXUP SCRIPT
  =============================
  All of the issues in database CDB1 container PDB1
  which are identified above as AFTER UPGRADE "(AUTOFIXUP)" can be resolved by
  executing the following from within the container

    SQL>@/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql


==================
PREUPGRADE SUMMARY
==================
  /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/preupgrade.log
  /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql
  /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql

Execute fixup scripts across the entire CDB:

Before upgrade:

1. Execute preupgrade fixups with the below command
$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl -I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib -I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl -l /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/ -b preup_cdb1 /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

2. Review logs under /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/

After the upgrade:

1. Execute postupgrade fixups with the below command
$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl -I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib -I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl -l /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/ -b postup_cdb1 /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql

2. Review logs under /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/

Preupgrade complete: 2019-02-27T18:57:34
$

Perform Pre-Upgrade Actions

The output from the "preupgrade.jar" lists a number of pre-upgrade recommendations. Some must be manually applied. Others are incorporated into the "preupgrade_fixups.sql" script. In the following example we will only run the "preupgrade_fixups.sql" script and recompile invalid objects. Remember, in a multitenant database we must run the pre-upgrade actions on the root, seed and all user-defined pluggable databases.

$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl \
    -I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib \
    -I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin \
    $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl \
    -l /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/preupgrade/ \
    -b preup_${ORACLE_SID} \
    /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/${ORACLE_SID}/preupgrade/preupgrade_fixups.sql

We can recompile invalid objects in the all containers except the seed database using the following command.

$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl \
    -I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib \
    -I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin \
    $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl \
    -l /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/${ORACLE_SID}/preupgrade/ \
    -b preup_${ORACLE_SID}_recompile \
    -C 'PDB$SEED' \
    $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql

Upgrade the Database

With the pre-upgrade actions complete we can start the upgrade. Shutdown the source database.

sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
shutdown immediate;
exit;
EOF

Copy the config files from the old to the new Oracle home. You should check the contents of the "listener.ora" file to see if there are any references to the Oracle home path. If there are, amend them.

cp $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/*.ora $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin

# Add this to $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/sqlnet.ora
# Need to correct password versions and remove this.
cat >> $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/sqlnet.ora <<EOF
# This should be temporary while you deal with old passwords.
SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_SERVER=11
EOF

cp $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw${ORACLE_SID} $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/dbs/
cp $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/spfile${ORACLE_SID}.ora $ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/dbs/

Switch to the 19c listener.

lsnrctl stop

export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1
export PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:$PATH

lsnrctl start

Start the database using the 19c Oracle home, ready for the upgrade. All user-defined PDBs must also be open in upgrade mode, or they will not be included in the upgrade, and will need to be upgraded manually later.

sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
startup upgrade;
alter pluggable database all open upgrade force;
exit;
EOF

You can run the upgrade using either of the following commands. The second is actually just a shorthand for the former.

# Regular upgrade command.
cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin
$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl catctl.pl catupgrd.sql

# Shorthand command.
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbupgrade

Here is the output from an example run against a 12.2 multitenant database. The output looks quite long, as the upgrade is run against the root, seed and user-defined PDBs.

$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbupgrade

Argument list for [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catctl.pl]
For Oracle internal use only A = 0
Run in                       c = 0
Do not run in                C = 0
Input Directory              d = 0
Echo OFF                     e = 1
Simulate                     E = 0
Forced cleanup               F = 0
Log Id                       i = 0
Child Process                I = 0
Log Dir                      l = 0
Priority List Name           L = 0
Upgrade Mode active          M = 0
SQL Process Count            n = 0
SQL PDB Process Count        N = 0
Open Mode Normal             o = 0
Start Phase                  p = 0
End Phase                    P = 0
Reverse Order                r = 0
AutoUpgrade Resume           R = 0
Script                       s = 0
Serial Run                   S = 0
RO User Tablespaces          T = 0
Display Phases               y = 0
Debug catcon.pm              z = 0
Debug catctl.pl              Z = 0

catctl.pl VERSION: [19.0.0.0.0]
           STATUS: [Production]
            BUILD: [RDBMS_19.2.0.0.0_LINUX.X64_190204]


/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/orahome = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/bin/orabasehome = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]
catctlGetOraBaseLogDir = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]

Analyzing file /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql

Log file directory = [/tmp/cfgtoollogs/upgrade20190227190442]

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: ALL catcon-related output will be written to [/tmp/cfgtoollogs/upgrade20190227190442/catupgrd_catcon_9307.lst]

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/tmp/cfgtoollogs/upgrade20190227190442/catupgrd*.log] files for output generated by scripts

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/tmp/cfgtoollogs/upgrade20190227190442/catupgrd_*.lst] files for spool files, if any


Number of Cpus        = 2
Database Name         = cdb1
DataBase Version      = 12.2.0.1.0
catcon::set_log_file_base_path: ALL catcon-related output will be written to [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdcdbroot_catcon_9307.lst]

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdcdbroot*.log] files for output generated by scripts

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdcdbroot_*.lst] files for spool files, if any


Log file directory = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444]

Generated PDB Inclusion:[PDB$SEED PDB1]
Components in [CDB$ROOT]
    Installed [APS CATALOG CATJAVA CATPROC CONTEXT DV JAVAVM OLS ORDIM OWM SDO XDB XML XOQ]
Not Installed [APEX EM MGW ODM RAC WK]
Parallel SQL Process Count (PDB)      = 2
Parallel SQL Process Count (CDB$ROOT) = 4
Concurrent PDB Upgrades               = 2

------------------------------------------------------
Phases [0-107]         Start Time:[2019_02_27 19:04:45]
Container Lists Inclusion:[CDB$ROOT] Exclusion:[NONE]
------------------------------------------------------
***********   Executing Change Scripts   ***********
Serial   Phase #:0    [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 23s
***************   Catalog Core SQL   ***************
Serial   Phase #:1    [CDB$ROOT] Files:5    Time: 32s
Restart  Phase #:2    [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
***********   Catalog Tables and Views   ***********
Parallel Phase #:3    [CDB$ROOT] Files:19   Time: 15s
Restart  Phase #:4    [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
*************   Catalog Final Scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:5    [CDB$ROOT] Files:7    Time: 13s
*****************   Catproc Start   ****************
Serial   Phase #:6    [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 10s
*****************   Catproc Types   ****************
Serial   Phase #:7    [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:8    [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
****************   Catproc Tables   ****************
Parallel Phase #:9    [CDB$ROOT] Files:67   Time: 22s
Restart  Phase #:10   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
*************   Catproc Package Specs   ************
Serial   Phase #:11   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 52s
Restart  Phase #:12   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
**************   Catproc Procedures   **************
Parallel Phase #:13   [CDB$ROOT] Files:94   Time: 7s
Restart  Phase #:14   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:15   [CDB$ROOT] Files:120  Time: 13s
Restart  Phase #:16   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:17   [CDB$ROOT] Files:22   Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:18   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
*****************   Catproc Views   ****************
Parallel Phase #:19   [CDB$ROOT] Files:32   Time: 16s
Restart  Phase #:20   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:21   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 12s
Restart  Phase #:22   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:23   [CDB$ROOT] Files:25   Time: 136s
Restart  Phase #:24   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:25   [CDB$ROOT] Files:12   Time: 83s
Restart  Phase #:26   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:27   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:28   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 5s
Serial   Phase #:29   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:30   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
***************   Catproc CDB Views   **************
Serial   Phase #:31   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:32   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:34   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
*****************   Catproc PLBs   *****************
Serial   Phase #:35   [CDB$ROOT] Files:293  Time: 19s
Serial   Phase #:36   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:37   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:38   [CDB$ROOT] Files:6    Time: 2s
Restart  Phase #:39   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
***************   Catproc DataPump   ***************
Serial   Phase #:40   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 44s
Restart  Phase #:41   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
******************   Catproc SQL   *****************
Parallel Phase #:42   [CDB$ROOT] Files:13   Time: 85s
Restart  Phase #:43   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:44   [CDB$ROOT] Files:11   Time: 7s
Restart  Phase #:45   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:46   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 2s
Restart  Phase #:47   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
*************   Final Catproc scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:48   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 7s
Restart  Phase #:49   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
**************   Final RDBMS scripts   *************
Serial   Phase #:50   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 3s
************   Upgrade Component Start   ***********
Serial   Phase #:51   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:52   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
**********   Upgrading Java and non-Java   *********
Serial   Phase #:53   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 234s
*****************   Upgrading XDB   ****************
Restart  Phase #:54   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:56   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 5s
Serial   Phase #:57   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 2s
Parallel Phase #:58   [CDB$ROOT] Files:10   Time: 2s
Parallel Phase #:59   [CDB$ROOT] Files:25   Time: 4s
Serial   Phase #:60   [CDB$ROOT] Files:4    Time: 6s
Serial   Phase #:61   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:62   [CDB$ROOT] Files:32   Time: 2s
Serial   Phase #:63   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:64   [CDB$ROOT] Files:6    Time: 6s
Serial   Phase #:65   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 15s
Serial   Phase #:66   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 21s
****************   Upgrading ORDIM   ***************
Restart  Phase #:67   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:69   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:70   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 21s
Restart  Phase #:71   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:72   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:73   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 1s
*****************   Upgrading SDO   ****************
Restart  Phase #:74   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:76   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 31s
Serial   Phase #:77   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:78   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:79   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 35s
Restart  Phase #:80   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:81   [CDB$ROOT] Files:3    Time: 39s
Restart  Phase #:82   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:83   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 4s
Restart  Phase #:84   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:85   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:86   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:87   [CDB$ROOT] Files:4    Time: 60s
Restart  Phase #:88   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:89   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:90   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:91   [CDB$ROOT] Files:2    Time: 6s
Restart  Phase #:92   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:93   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:94   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
*******   Upgrading ODM, WK, EXF, RUL, XOQ   *******
Serial   Phase #:95   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 10s
Restart  Phase #:96   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
***********   Final Component scripts    ***********
Serial   Phase #:97   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 2s
*************   Final Upgrade scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:98   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 9s
*******************   Migration   ******************
Serial   Phase #:99   [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 2s
***   End PDB Application Upgrade Pre-Shutdown   ***
Serial   Phase #:100  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 21s
Serial   Phase #:101  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:102  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 36s
*****************   Post Upgrade   *****************
Serial   Phase #:103  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 11s
****************   Summary report   ****************
Serial   Phase #:104  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 1s
***   End PDB Application Upgrade Post-Shutdown   **
Serial   Phase #:105  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 7s
Serial   Phase #:106  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:107  [CDB$ROOT] Files:1     Time: 64s

------------------------------------------------------
Phases [0-107]         End Time:[2019_02_27 19:26:28]
Container Lists Inclusion:[CDB$ROOT] Exclusion:[NONE]
------------------------------------------------------

Start processing of PDBs (PDB$SEED)
[/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/perl/bin/perl /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catctl.pl -I -i pdb_seed -n 2 -c 'PDB$SEED' -l /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444 /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql]

Start processing of PDBs (PDB1)
[/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/perl/bin/perl /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catctl.pl -I -i pdb1 -n 2 -c 'PDB1' -l /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444 /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql]

Argument list for [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catctl.pl]
For Oracle internal use only A = 0
Run in                       c = PDB1
Do not run in                C = 0
Input Directory              d = 0
Echo OFF                     e = 1
Simulate                     E = 0
Forced cleanup               F = 0
Log Id                       i = pdb1
Child Process                I = 1
Log Dir                      l = /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444
Priority List Name           L = 0
Upgrade Mode active          M = 0
SQL Process Count            n = 2
SQL PDB Process Count        N = 0
Open Mode Normal             o = 0
Start Phase                  p = 0
End Phase                    P = 0
Reverse Order                r = 0
AutoUpgrade Resume           R = 0
Script                       s = 0
Serial Run                   S = 0
RO User Tablespaces          T = 0
Display Phases               y = 0
Debug catcon.pm              z = 0
Debug catctl.pl              Z = 0

catctl.pl VERSION: [19.0.0.0.0]
           STATUS: [Production]
            BUILD: [RDBMS_19.2.0.0.0_LINUX.X64_190204]



Argument list for [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catctl.pl]
For Oracle internal use only A = 0
Run in                       c = PDB$SEED
Do not run in                C = 0
Input Directory              d = 0
Echo OFF                     e = 1
Simulate                     E = 0
Forced cleanup               F = 0
Log Id                       i = pdb_seed
Child Process                I = 1
Log Dir                      l = /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444
Priority List Name           L = 0
Upgrade Mode active          M = 0
SQL Process Count            n = 2
SQL PDB Process Count        N = 0
Open Mode Normal             o = 0
Start Phase                  p = 0
End Phase                    P = 0
Reverse Order                r = 0
AutoUpgrade Resume           R = 0
Script                       s = 0
Serial Run                   S = 0
RO User Tablespaces          T = 0
Display Phases               y = 0
Debug catcon.pm              z = 0
Debug catctl.pl              Z = 0

catctl.pl VERSION: [19.0.0.0.0]
           STATUS: [Production]
            BUILD: [RDBMS_19.2.0.0.0_LINUX.X64_190204]


/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/orahome = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/orahome = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/bin/orabasehome = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]
catctlGetOraBaseLogDir = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]

Analyzing file /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql

Log file directory = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444]

/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/bin/orabasehome = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]
catctlGetOraBaseLogDir = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1]

Analyzing file /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql

Log file directory = [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444]

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: ALL catcon-related output will be written to [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb_seed_catcon_17759.lst]

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb_seed*.log] files for output generated by scripts

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb_seed_*.lst] files for spool files, if any

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: ALL catcon-related output will be written to [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb1_catcon_17761.lst]

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb1*.log] files for output generated by scripts

catcon::set_log_file_base_path: catcon: See [/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb1_*.lst] files for spool files, if any


Number of Cpus        = 2

Number of Cpus        = 2
Database Name         = cdb1
Database Name         = cdb1
DataBase Version      = 19.0.0.0.0
DataBase Version      = 19.0.0.0.0
PDB$SEED Open Mode = [MIGRATE]
Generated PDB Inclusion:[PDB$SEED]
CDB$ROOT  Open Mode = [OPEN]
Components in [PDB$SEED]
    Installed [APS CATALOG CATJAVA CATPROC CONTEXT DV JAVAVM OLS ORDIM OWM SDO XDB XML XOQ]
Not Installed [APEX EM MGW ODM RAC WK]
PDB1 Open Mode = [MIGRATE]
Generated PDB Inclusion:[PDB1]
CDB$ROOT  Open Mode = [OPEN]
Components in [PDB1]
    Installed [APEX APS CATALOG CATJAVA CATPROC CONTEXT DV JAVAVM OLS ORDIM OWM SDO XDB XML XOQ]
Not Installed [EM MGW ODM RAC WK]

------------------------------------------------------
Phases [0-107]         Start Time:[2019_02_27 19:26:38]
Container Lists Inclusion:[PDB$SEED] Exclusion:[NONE]
------------------------------------------------------
***********   Executing Change Scripts   ***********
Serial   Phase #:0    [PDB$SEED] Files:1
------------------------------------------------------
Phases [0-107]         Start Time:[2019_02_27 19:26:38]
Container Lists Inclusion:[PDB1] Exclusion:[NONE]
------------------------------------------------------
***********   Executing Change Scripts   ***********
Serial   Phase #:0    [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 25s
***************   Catalog Core SQL   ***************
Serial   Phase #:1    [PDB$SEED] Files:5    Time: 27s
***************   Catalog Core SQL   ***************
Serial   Phase #:1    [PDB1] Files:5    Time: 80s
Restart  Phase #:2    [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
***********   Catalog Tables and Views   ***********
Parallel Phase #:3    [PDB$SEED] Files:19    Time: 78s
Restart  Phase #:2    [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
***********   Catalog Tables and Views   ***********
Parallel Phase #:3    [PDB1] Files:19   Time: 24s
Restart  Phase #:4    [PDB$SEED] Files:1   Time: 24s
Restart  Phase #:4    [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
*************   Catalog Final Scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:5    [PDB1] Files:7    Time: 0s
*************   Catalog Final Scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:5    [PDB$SEED] Files:7    Time: 18s
*****************   Catproc Start   ****************
Serial   Phase #:6    [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 18s
*****************   Catproc Start   ****************
Serial   Phase #:6    [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 9s
*****************   Catproc Types   ****************
Serial   Phase #:7    [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 9s
*****************   Catproc Types   ****************
Serial   Phase #:7    [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 7s
Restart  Phase #:8    [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
****************   Catproc Tables   ****************
Parallel Phase #:9    [PDB$SEED] Files:67    Time: 7s
Restart  Phase #:8    [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
****************   Catproc Tables   ****************
Parallel Phase #:9    [PDB1] Files:67   Time: 39s
Restart  Phase #:10   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
*************   Catproc Package Specs   ************
Serial   Phase #:11   [PDB1] Files:1   Time: 39s
Restart  Phase #:10   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
*************   Catproc Package Specs   ************
Serial   Phase #:11   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 54s
Restart  Phase #:12   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
**************   Catproc Procedures   **************
Parallel Phase #:13   [PDB1] Files:94    Time: 54s
Restart  Phase #:12   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
**************   Catproc Procedures   **************
Parallel Phase #:13   [PDB$SEED] Files:94   Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:14   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:15   [PDB1] Files:120   Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:14   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:15   [PDB$SEED] Files:120  Time: 13s
Restart  Phase #:16   [PDB1] Files:1  Time: 12s
Restart  Phase #:16   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:17   [PDB$SEED] Files:22    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:17   [PDB1] Files:22   Time: 2s
Restart  Phase #:18   [PDB$SEED] Files:1   Time: 2s
Restart  Phase #:18   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
*****************   Catproc Views   ****************
Parallel Phase #:19   [PDB$SEED] Files:32    Time: 0s
*****************   Catproc Views   ****************
Parallel Phase #:19   [PDB1] Files:32   Time: 24s
Restart  Phase #:20   [PDB1] Files:1   Time: 24s
Restart  Phase #:20   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:21   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:21   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 10s
Restart  Phase #:22   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:23   [PDB$SEED] Files:25    Time: 10s
Restart  Phase #:22   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:23   [PDB1] Files:25   Time: 355s
Restart  Phase #:24   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:25   [PDB1] Files:12   Time: 360s
Restart  Phase #:24   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:25   [PDB$SEED] Files:12   Time: 114s
Restart  Phase #:26   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:27   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:28   [PDB1] Files:3   Time: 122s
Restart  Phase #:26   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:27   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:28   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 13s
Serial   Phase #:29   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:30   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
***************   Catproc CDB Views   **************
Serial   Phase #:31   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 2s
Serial   Phase #:29   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:30   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
***************   Catproc CDB Views   **************
Serial   Phase #:31   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:32   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:34   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
*****************   Catproc PLBs   *****************
Serial   Phase #:35   [PDB1] Files:293    Time: 1s
Restart  Phase #:32   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:34   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
*****************   Catproc PLBs   *****************
Serial   Phase #:35   [PDB$SEED] Files:293  Time: 77s
Serial   Phase #:36   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:37   [PDB$SEED] Files:1  Time: 77s
Serial   Phase #:36   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:37   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:38   [PDB$SEED] Files:6    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:38   [PDB1] Files:6    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:39   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:39   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
***************   Catproc DataPump   ***************
Serial   Phase #:40   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 1s
***************   Catproc DataPump   ***************
Serial   Phase #:40   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 35s
Restart  Phase #:41   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 35s
Restart  Phase #:41   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
******************   Catproc SQL   *****************
Parallel Phase #:42   [PDB1] Files:13    Time: 1s
******************   Catproc SQL   *****************
Parallel Phase #:42   [PDB$SEED] Files:13   Time: 124s
Restart  Phase #:43   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:44   [PDB1] Files:11   Time: 129s
Restart  Phase #:43   [PDB$SEED] Files:1   Time: 5s
Restart  Phase #:45   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:44   [PDB$SEED] Files:11    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:46   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:47   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
*************   Final Catproc scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:48   [PDB1] Files:1   Time: 6s
Restart  Phase #:45   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:46   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 2s
Restart  Phase #:47   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
*************   Final Catproc scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:48   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 8s
Restart  Phase #:49   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
**************   Final RDBMS scripts   *************
Serial   Phase #:50   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 2s
************   Upgrade Component Start   ***********
Serial   Phase #:51   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Restart  Phase #:52   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
**********   Upgrading Java and non-Java   *********
Serial   Phase #:53   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:49   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
**************   Final RDBMS scripts   *************
Serial   Phase #:50   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 3s
************   Upgrade Component Start   ***********
Serial   Phase #:51   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:52   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
**********   Upgrading Java and non-Java   *********
Serial   Phase #:53   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 185s
*****************   Upgrading XDB   ****************
Restart  Phase #:54   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:56   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 191s
*****************   Upgrading XDB   ****************
Restart  Phase #:54   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:56   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 4s
Serial   Phase #:57   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 5s
Serial   Phase #:57   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 2s
Parallel Phase #:58   [PDB$SEED] Files:10    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:58   [PDB1] Files:10   Time: 2s
Parallel Phase #:59   [PDB$SEED] Files:25   Time: 2s
Parallel Phase #:59   [PDB1] Files:25   Time: 5s
Serial   Phase #:60   [PDB$SEED] Files:4   Time: 4s
Serial   Phase #:60   [PDB1] Files:4    Time: 7s
Serial   Phase #:61   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:62   [PDB$SEED] Files:32    Time: 8s
Serial   Phase #:61   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:62   [PDB1] Files:32   Time: 6s
Serial   Phase #:63   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:64   [PDB$SEED] Files:6   Time: 5s
Serial   Phase #:63   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:64   [PDB1] Files:6    Time: 6s
Serial   Phase #:65   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 6s
Serial   Phase #:65   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 17s
Serial   Phase #:66   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 17s
Serial   Phase #:66   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 19s
****************   Upgrading ORDIM   ***************
Restart  Phase #:67   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:69   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 20s
****************   Upgrading ORDIM   ***************
Restart  Phase #:67   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:69   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:70   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:70   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:71   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 10s
Restart  Phase #:71   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:72   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:72   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:73   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:73   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 1s
*****************   Upgrading SDO   ****************
Restart  Phase #:74   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
*****************   Upgrading SDO   ****************
Restart  Phase #:74   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:76   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:76   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 30s
Serial   Phase #:77   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 31s
Serial   Phase #:77   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 2s
Restart  Phase #:78   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:79   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Restart  Phase #:78   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:79   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:80   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Parallel Phase #:81   [PDB1] Files:3    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:80   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:81   [PDB$SEED] Files:3    Time: 51s
Restart  Phase #:82   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 51s
Restart  Phase #:82   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:83   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:83   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:84   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 3s
Restart  Phase #:84   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:85   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:85   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 6s
Restart  Phase #:86   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:87   [PDB$SEED] Files:4    Time: 8s
Restart  Phase #:86   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Parallel Phase #:87   [PDB1] Files:4    Time: 73s
Restart  Phase #:88   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 71s
Restart  Phase #:88   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:89   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:89   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:90   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Restart  Phase #:90   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:91   [PDB$SEED] Files:2    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:91   [PDB1] Files:2    Time: 13s
Restart  Phase #:92   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 13s
Restart  Phase #:92   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:93   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:93   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Restart  Phase #:94   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Restart  Phase #:94   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
*******   Upgrading ODM, WK, EXF, RUL, XOQ   *******
Serial   Phase #:95   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
*******   Upgrading ODM, WK, EXF, RUL, XOQ   *******
Serial   Phase #:95   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:96   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
***********   Final Component scripts    ***********
Serial   Phase #:97   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 9s
Restart  Phase #:96   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
***********   Final Component scripts    ***********
Serial   Phase #:97   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
*************   Final Upgrade scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:98   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 2s
*************   Final Upgrade scripts   ************
Serial   Phase #:98   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 10s
*******************   Migration   ******************
Serial   Phase #:99   [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
***   End PDB Application Upgrade Pre-Shutdown   ***
Serial   Phase #:100  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:101  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 11s
*******************   Migration   ******************
Serial   Phase #:99   [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
***   End PDB Application Upgrade Pre-Shutdown   ***
Serial   Phase #:100  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
Serial   Phase #:101  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 2s
Serial   Phase #:102  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 2s
Serial   Phase #:102  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 2s
*****************   Post Upgrade   *****************
Serial   Phase #:103  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
*****************   Post Upgrade   *****************
Serial   Phase #:103  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 12s
****************   Summary report   ****************
Serial   Phase #:104  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
***   End PDB Application Upgrade Post-Shutdown   **
Serial   Phase #:105  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:106  [PDB1] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:107  [PDB1] Files:1     Time: 0s

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Phases [0-107]         End Time:[2019_02_27 19:52:35]
Container Lists Inclusion:[PDB1] Exclusion:[NONE]
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Grand Total Time: 1560s [PDB1]

 LOG FILES: (/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb1*.log)

Upgrade Summary Report Located in:
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/upg_summary.log
   Time: 263s
****************   Summary report   ****************
Serial   Phase #:104  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 0s
***   End PDB Application Upgrade Post-Shutdown   **
Serial   Phase #:105  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:106  [PDB$SEED] Files:1    Time: 1s
Serial   Phase #:107  [PDB$SEED] Files:1     Time: 0s

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Phases [0-107]         End Time:[2019_02_27 19:56:45]
Container Lists Inclusion:[PDB$SEED] Exclusion:[NONE]
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Grand Total Time: 1811s [PDB$SEED]

 LOG FILES: (/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdpdb_seed*.log)

Upgrade Summary Report Located in:
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/upg_summary.log

     Time: 1303s For CDB$ROOT
     Time: 1823s For PDB(s)

Grand Total Time: 3126s

 LOG FILES: (/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/catupgrdcdbroot*.log)

Upgrade Summary Report Located in:
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/cdb1/upgrade20190227190444/upg_summary.log

Grand Total Upgrade Time:    [0d:0h:52m:6s]
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Check out the "upg_summary.log" file, and if anything looks wrong, check out the associated "catupgrd*.log" file. At this point I do a shutdown and startup to make sure everything is running in the correct mode. Also make sure the user-defined PDBs are open before doing the post upgrade steps.

sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
shutdown immediate;
startup;

column name format A30
select name, open_mode from v\$pdbs;

exit;
EOF

Perform Post-Upgrade Actions

The output from the "preupgrade.jar" lists a number of post-upgrade recommendations. Some must be manually applied. Others are incorporated into the "postupgrade_fixups.sql" script. In the following example we will only run the "postupgrade_fixups.sql" script. Remember, in a multitenant database we must run the post-upgrade actions on the root, seed and all user-defined pluggable databases.

$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl \
    -I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib \
    -I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin \
    $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl \
    -l /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/${ORACLE_SID}/preupgrade/ \
    -b postup_cdb1 \
    /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/${ORACLE_SID}/preupgrade/postupgrade_fixups.sql

Assuming you didn't hit any problems along the way, your database is upgraded and ready to go now.

Final Steps

Edit the "/etc/oratab" file, correcting the Oracle home path.

From:
cdb1:/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/db_1:Y
To:
cdb1:/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1:Y

You need to consider what you are going to do with the COMPATIBLE parameter. I prefer to reset it as soon as possible.

sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
alter system set compatible='19.0.0' scope=spfile;
shutdown immediate;
startup;
EXIT;
EOF

If local undo is not enabled, you need to enable it. You can read more about local undo here.

sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
shutdown immediate;
startup upgrade;

alter database local undo on;

shutdown immediate;
startup;
EXIT;
EOF

If you are using APEX or ORDS, you probably want to validate them (validate APEX, validate ORDS).

For more information see:

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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