Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 About Using the Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Assistant

• 1.1 About the Upgrade Assistant
• 1.2 About Using the Upgrade Assistant in the Upgrade Process
  • 1.2.1 About Using the Upgrade Assistant to Perform a Readiness Check Before an Upgrade
  • 1.2.2 Upgrading Product Schemas
  • 1.2.3 About Using the Upgrade Assistant to Upgrade Component Configurations
• 1.3 Identifying Existing Schemas Available for Upgrade
• 1.4 Identifying Schemas that Can Be Upgraded to this Release
• 1.5 Identifying Configurations that can be Upgraded with the Upgrade Assistant

2 Using the Upgrade Assistant to Perform an Upgrade

• 2.1 Before You Begin Using the Upgrade Assistant
  • 2.1.1 Creating a Complete Backup
    • 2.1.1.1 Backing Up the Schema Version Registry Table
    • 2.1.1.2 Maintaining Custom Domain Environment Settings
  • 2.1.2 Checking for Invalid Database Objects Before an Upgrade
  • 2.1.3 Creating a Non-SYSDBA User to Run the Upgrade Assistant
  • 2.1.4 Stopping Servers and Processes
• 2.2 Starting the Upgrade Assistant
  • 2.2.1 Upgrade Assistant Parameters
• 2.3 Running a Pre-Upgrade Readiness Check
  • 2.3.1 About Running a Pre-Upgrade Readiness Check
  • 2.3.2 Starting the Upgrade Assistant in Readiness Mode
    • 2.3.2.1 Upgrade Assistant Parameters
  • 2.3.3 Performing a Readiness Check with the Upgrade Assistant
  • 2.3.4 Understanding the Readiness Report
• 2.4 Upgrading Product Schemas Using the Upgrade Assistant
• 2.5 Understanding the Component Configurations Upgrade Screens
• 2.6 Performing Post-Upgrade Procedures
  • 2.6.1 Performing Basic Post-Upgrade Administrative Tasks
  • 2.6.2 Verifying a Successful Schema Upgrade
  • 2.6.3 Checking for Invalid Database Objects After an Upgrade

3 Performing a Silent Upgrade with a Response File

• 3.1 Creating an Upgrade Response File
• 3.2 Using the Response File to Upgrade Fusion Middleware
  • 3.2.1 Upgrade Assistant Parameters

4 Troubleshooting Your Upgrade

• 4.1 Troubleshooting an Upgrade
• 4.2 Reviewing Log Files
• 4.3 Investigating Examination Failures
• 4.4 Investigating Upgrade Failures
• 4.5 Resolving Common Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Assistant Errors
  • 4.5.1 Ensuring there is sufficient disk space
  • 4.5.2 Resolving Database Connection Problems When Upgrading Schemas
• 4.6 Attempting to Upgrade an Unsupported Domain
• 4.7 Restarting the Upgrade Assistant After a Failure