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Release 1 (1.2 and 1.3) for Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)

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6 Upgrading Oracle Beehive

These steps describe how to upgrade the following products:

  1. Start the Oracle Beehive Install Wizard.

  2. In the Select Product Type screen, select the Oracle Beehive product you want to upgrade.

  3. After the Select Installation Type screen, the Oracle Beehive Installation Wizard will automatically detect if you have any existing Oracle Beehive products on the machine from which you started the Oracle Beehive Install Wizard.

    If the Install Wizard detects any existing Oracle Beehive products that can be upgraded, you will see the screen Upgrade Existing Home. Depending on the product you want to upgrade, refer to one of the following sections:

Oracle Beehive Upgrade Process Sequence of Screens

If the Oracle Beehive Wizard detects any existing Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.2.1.0.0 or 1.2.2.0.0) instances on the machine from which you started the wizard, the following screens will appear:

Upgrade Existing Home

Specify if you want to upgrade the product you selected in Select Product Type.

If the installer detected any existing Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.2.1.0.0 or 1.2.2.0.0) instances, specify Yes to upgrade one of those instances to Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.3.1.0.0).

If you specify No, the Install Wizard will proceed to perform a standard installation of Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.3.1.0.0).

Specify Home Location to Upgrade

Select from the drop down box the complete path of the Oracle Beehive instance you want to upgrade.

The drop down box will only contain Oracle Beehive home paths with the following characteristics:

  • Contains an instance of Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.2.1.0.0 or 1.2.2.0.0)

  • Is registered in the central Oracle Universal Installer inventory of the machine from which you started the Install Wizard.

Shutdown Instances

Shut down all instances listed in the table. Once you have shut the instances down, click the Rescan button to verify that all managed instances are down. Once you have verified that all unmanaged instances (listed in red) down, select the Manually Verified" to continue the upgrade.

Database Information for Upgrade

Specify the password of the SYS schema for the database with the specified service name.

Upgrade Summary

The Upgrade Summary screen presents a summary of the options you have specified so far:

  • Space Requirements: The disk space required to upgrade the product. The space requirement appears in a different color if the disk space available is less than what is required.

    Notes:

    The space requirements shown on this screen do not include the space required in the target database.

    The space requirements shown on this screen also might differ slightly from the actual space the component occupies on the installation disk. This is because of the differences in the disk configurations. For example, the space required on one hard drive might differ from the space required on another hard drive that uses different block size or that is managed by a different file system.

  • Inventory Location: The location of the oraInventory directory where all the installation information about your product will be stored.

  • Product: The name of the product you are upgrading, Oracle Beehive Release 1

  • Interview Details: The details of your inputs for the other screens, such as:

    • Home Details: The location of the Oracle home that you are upgrading.

    • Database Information: The host name, port, service name, administrator user name, and password of the existing Oracle Database instance that will be used by this upgrade process.

    • Enterprise Definition Information: The detailed enterprise site information that identifies this upgrade.

    • Schema Password: The masked password for the Oracle database schema that you specified.

When you have reviewed your inputs, click Upgrade to continue.

Upgrade Process

Use this screen to monitor the upgrade process. Click Show Details to see the details in the description box that appears.

Configuration Assistants

This screen displays the configuration assistants that the Oracle Beehive Install Wizard runs to upgrade Oracle Beehive.

The Oracle Beehive Install Wizard performs the following configuration assistants:

  • Upgrading Central Inventory: Upgrades the product metadata to the proper version (1.3.1.0.0)

  • Applying oneoff patches: Applies patches specific to this release

  • Upgrading Beehive Schemas: Upgrades the Oracle Beehive schemas within the Oracle Beehive database

  • Upgrading Beehive Midtier: Upgrades the Oracle Beehive application tier configuration

End of Upgrade

This screen indicates if the upgrade of Oracle Beehive is successful.

Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application Upgrade Process Sequence of Screens

If the Oracle Beehive Wizard detects that Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application version 1.2.1.0.0 is installed on the machine from which you started the wizard, the following screens will appear:

Upgrade Existing Home

Specify if you want to upgrade the product you selected in Select Product Type.

If the installer detected that Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application version 1.2.1.0.0 is installed in your machine, specify Yes to upgrade it to version 1.3.1.0.0.

If you specify No, the Install Wizard will proceed to install Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application version 1.3.1.0.0 in a new Oracle home.

Specify Home Location to Upgrade

Select from the drop down box the complete path of the Oracle Beehive product you want to upgrade.

The drop down box will only contain Oracle Beehive home paths with the following characteristics:

  • Contains Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application version 1.2.1.0.0

  • Is registered in the central Oracle Universal Installer inventory of the machine from which you started the Install Wizard.

Database Information for Upgrade

Specify the password of the SYS schema for the database with the specified service name.

Upgrade Summary

The Upgrade Summary screen presents a summary of the options you have specified so far:

  • Space Requirements: The disk space required to upgrade the product. The space requirement appears in a different color if the disk space available is less than what is required.

    Notes:

    The space requirements shown on this screen do not include the space required in the target database.

    The space requirements shown on this screen also might differ slightly from the actual space the component occupies on the installation disk. This is because of the differences in the disk configurations. For example, the space required on one hard drive might differ from the space required on another hard drive that uses different block size or that is managed by a different file system.

  • Inventory Location: The location of the oraInventory directory where all the installation information about your product will be stored.

  • Product: The name of the product you are upgrading, Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application

  • Interview Details: The details of your inputs for the other screens, such as:

    • Home Details: The location of the Oracle home that you are upgrading.

When you have reviewed your inputs, click Upgrade to continue.

Upgrade Process

Use this screen to monitor the upgrade process. Click Show Details to see the details in the description box that appears.

Configuration Assistants

This screen displays the configuration assistants that the Oracle Beehive Install Wizard runs to upgrade Oracle Beehive.

End of Upgrade

This screen indicates if the upgrade of Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application is successful.

Note:

After upgrading Oracle Beehive Provisioning Application to version 1.3.1.0.0, a component named 1.3.1.0.0 will be added to the Oracle Grid Control software library. Re-upload beeshiphome.zip to one of the shiphomes in this component as described in "Installing Oracle Beehive with Provisioning Application".

Oracle Beehive for DMZ Upgrade Process Sequence of Screens

If the Oracle Beehive Wizard detects that Oracle Beehive for DMZ version 1.2.1.0.0 or 1.2.2.0.0 is installed on the machine from which you started the wizard, the following screens will appear:

Upgrade Existing Home

Specify if you want to upgrade the product you selected in Select Product Type.

If the installer detected that Oracle Beehive for DMZ version 1.2.1.0.0 or 1.2.2.0.0 is installed in your machine, specify Yes to upgrade it to version 1.3.1.0.0.

If you specify No, the Install Wizard will proceed to install Oracle Beehive for DMZ version 1.3.1.0.0 in a new Oracle home.

Specify Home Location to Upgrade

Select from the drop down box the complete path of the Oracle Beehive product you want to upgrade.

The drop down box will only contain Oracle Beehive home paths with the following characteristics:

  • Contains Oracle Beehive for DMZ version 1.2.1.0.0 or 1.2.2.0.0

  • Is registered in the central Oracle Universal Installer inventory of the machine from which you started the Install Wizard.

Upgrade Summary

The Upgrade Summary screen presents a summary of the options you have specified so far:

  • Space Requirements: The disk space required to upgrade the product. The space requirement appears in a different color if the disk space available is less than what is required.

    Notes:

    The space requirements shown on this screen do not include the space required in the target database.

    The space requirements shown on this screen also might differ slightly from the actual space the component occupies on the installation disk. This is because of the differences in the disk configurations. For example, the space required on one hard drive might differ from the space required on another hard drive that uses different block size or that is managed by a different file system.

  • Inventory Location: The location of the oraInventory directory where all the installation information about your product will be stored.

  • Product: The name of the product you are upgrading, Oracle Beehive for DMZ

  • Interview Details: The details of your inputs for the other screens, such as:

    • Home Details: The location of the Oracle home that you are upgrading.

When you have reviewed your inputs, click Upgrade to continue.

Upgrade Process

Use this screen to monitor the upgrade process. Click Show Details to see the details in the description box that appears.

Configuration Assistants

This screen displays the configuration assistants that the Oracle Beehive Install Wizard runs to upgrade Oracle Beehive for DMZ.

End of Upgrade

This screen indicates if the upgrade of Oracle Beehive for DMZ is successful.