You can upgrade an environment with a single Enterprise Controller through the user interface.
Upgrade your systems in the following order:
Download the upgrade bundle for your environment.
Upgrade the Enterprise Controller. This also upgrades the co-located Proxy Controller.
Upgrade the separate Proxy Controllers.
Upgrade the Agent Controllers through the UI or manually.
Some of the procedures described in this guide use the ecadm
, proxyadm
, and agentadm
commands.
On Oracle Solaris systems, these commands are in the /opt/SUNWxvmoc/bin/
directory.
On Linux systems, these commands are in the /opt/sun/xvmoc/bin/
directory.
Note:
The upgrade process creates a backup file for the Enterprise Controller. If the upgrade fails, the Enterprise Controller is uninstalled, the initial version of the Enterprise Controller is reinstalled, and the system is automatically restored from the backup file.
Once you have begun the upgrade, complete it as soon as possible. Do not allow the Enterprise Controller or Proxy Controllers to be restarted before all systems have been upgraded.
You can download the upgrade bundle for Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. This includes upgrades for the Enterprise Controller, Proxy Controllers, and Agent Controllers. Downloading an upgrade does not install it on managed assets.
You can download the upgrade bundles through the user interface, from the Oracle Technology Network, or from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
The following topics are covered:
You can download upgrades for Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center through the user interface.
Upgrades are downloaded to these directories:
Enterprise Controller upgrades: /var/opt/sun/xvm/images/productUpdate
Proxy Controller upgrades: /var/opt/sun/xvm/images/productUpdate
Agent Controller upgrades: /var/opt/sun/xvm/images/agent
Note:
The Enterprise Controller upgrade includes the Proxy Controller and Agent Controller upgrades, but the Proxy Controller and Agent Controller upgrades are not saved to these directories until the Enterprise Controller upgrade is applied.
You can download upgrade bundles for the Enterprise Controller and Proxy Controller from the Oracle Technology Network.
This procedure describes the steps to download upgrades from the Oracle Technology Network.
/var/opt/sun/xvm/images/productUpdate/
directory on the Enterprise Controller system.You can upgrade a single Enterprise Controller from the user interface.
Before you begin:
The following procedure describes how to upgrade the Enterprise Controller. You can view and install upgrades from the user interface.
The upgrade log file is stored in the /var/opt/sun/xvm/update-saved-state
directory on the Enterprise Controller.
Note:
The upgrade disables the Oracle Solaris 11 update manager service, svc:/application/pkg/update:default
, if it is enabled.
Download the Enterprise Controller upgrade bundle.
Review pending and scheduled jobs before updating the Enterprise Controller. The upgrade shuts down the Enterprise Controller, which causes running jobs to fail.
Use the OCDoctor to verify that there are no outstanding issues on the Enterprise Controller system. Run the OCDoctor with the --update
option, then run the OCDoctor script with the --troubleshoot
option.
When you are using an embedded database, verify that the required Oracle Database Enterprise Edition installation files are present in the /var/tmp/downloads
directory on the Enterprise Controller system.
If you are upgrading to Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.3.0, the Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition 11.2.0.4 installation files must be present.
If you are upgrading to Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.3.1 or later, the Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition 12.1.0.2 installation files must be present.
To download Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0) Enterprise Edition version installation bundles:
Create a /var/tmp/downloads
directory on the Enterprise Controller system.
Download the Oracle 12c Enterprise Edition installation files from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index-092322.html
.
Copy or move the downloaded installation files to the /var/tmp/downloads
directory on the Enterprise Controller system.
To download Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition version installation bundles:
Note:
The download procedure requires a valid My Oracle Support (MOS) account, which must be associated with a Customer Service Identifier (CSI) with a software contract.
Create a /var/tmp/downloads
directory on the Enterprise Controller system.
Navigate to My Oracle Support page, click Sign In, and sign in with your My Oracle Support (MOS) credentials. See Related Resources for Single EC Upgrade Using the UI for the link to log in.
Click the Patches & Updates tab.
Enter the patch number for your version in the field next to Patch Name or Number. For Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition version 11.2.0.4, enter 13390677.
Click the Add Filter icon, then select your Enterprise Controller system's operating system and architecture in the drop-down menu next to Platform.
Click Search.
The Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition patch set of the appropriate version is displayed.
Click Download.
The file download popup is displayed.
Download the first two files. For Oracle Solaris x86, these files end with _1of6.zip
and _2of6.zip
. For Oracle Solaris SPARC and Linux, these files end with _1of7.zip
and _2of7.zip
Copy or move the downloaded installation bundles to the /var/tmp/downloads
directory on the Enterprise Controller system.
To upgrade the Enterprise Controller:
Disable the Auto Service Request (ASR) feature if it is enabled.
Click Administration in the Navigation pane, then select the Enterprise Controller.
Click Disable ASR in the Actions pane.
Click the Enterprise Controller in the Administration section of the Navigation pane.
Click Upgrade Enterprise Controller.
The Upgrade Enterprise Controller Wizard is displayed.
(Optional) Mouse over the details icon for an upgrade to view more information about it.
Select an upgrade and click Next. If the current Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center installation file cannot be found, the Install Path Verification page is displayed. If the upgrade fails, the installation file is used for rollback.
If the Install Path Verification page is displayed, enter the path to the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center installer and click Next. By default, the upgrade process uses the /var/opt/sun/xvm/update-saved-state/
directory to back out the changes if the upgrade fails.
The Job Details page is displayed. When the upgrade shuts down the Enterprise Controller, any jobs that are running fail. View the job details, then click Next. The Summary page is displayed.
Click Finish.
The upgrade is launched. The upgrade can take up to an hour, during which time the Enterprise Controller is not accessible. Reload the browser regularly, and the login page displays normally when the upgrade is complete.
Clear the browser cache and refresh the browser before you log in to the newly upgraded Enterprise Controller.
Back up your Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center data using the ecadm
command and the backup
subcommand.
(Optional) Once the upgrade has completed successfully, remove the version 12.2 installer to reclaim disk space.
# rm -rf /var/opt/sun/xvm/EnterpriseController_installer_12.2.*
Enable the Auto Service Request (ASR) feature if you disabled it at the beginning of the upgrade.
Click Administration in the Navigation pane, then select the Enterprise Controller.
Click Enable ASR in the Actions pane.
Note:
When the Enterprise Controller upgrade is complete, view the contents of the /var/opt/sun/xvm/update-saved-state/update_EC_minor_bundle_12.3.2.<build number>/updatelog.txt
file. If an error message indicates that the database must be migrated manually, see Manually Upgrading Database Tables for this procedure.
Note:
To revert to an earlier version after upgrading to version 12.3.1 or later, if you are using a customer-managed database, you must revert both the Enterprise Controller system and database system to the same pre-upgrade state. If you revert to an earlier version, all monitoring data gathered since the reversion point is lost.
You can remotely upgrade Proxy Controllers to the latest available version.
To upgrade a Proxy Controller through the UI, the Enterprise Controller must be able to reach the Proxy Controller with an SSH connection using port 22 during the upgrade process. This connection is used to transfer Proxy Controller bundles and execute commands on the Proxy Controller system. If your security restrictions do not allow this connection, upgrade the Proxy Controller from the command line. See Upgrading a Proxy Controller from the Command Line for more information.
If an error occurs during this process, the system is restored to the prior version.
Note:
The upgrade disables the Oracle Solaris 11 update manager service, svc:/application/pkg/update:default
, if it is enabled.
Upgrade the Enterprise Controllers before you upgrade the Proxy Controllers.
You can remotely upgrade Agent Controllers to the latest available version.
If you are upgrading Agent Controllers running in non-global zones, upgrade the Agent Controller in the global zone before upgrading all of the non-global zones. If you are upgrading Agent Controllers running in zones within a Logical Domain, upgrade the Agent Controller in the Control Domain before upgrading the Agent Controllers on the zones.
Caution:
If you upgrade Agent Controllers on virtualized systems in an order other than that specified here, the assets do not display correctly in the user interface. To display the assets correctly, unconfigure the Agent Controllers, then reconfigure or reinstall them in the specified order.
Note:
The upgrade disables the Oracle Solaris 11 update manager service, svc:/application/pkg/update:default
, if it is enabled.
You can view the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center documents for additional information.
For more information, see these Oracle resources:
For information on ecadm
, proxyadm
, and agentadm
commands and for information on OCDoctor, see the following chapters in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Administration:
For Oracle Technology Network Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center log in page, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/ops-center/index.html
For Oracle Software Delivery Cloud log in page, go to http://edelivery.oracle.com
For My Oracle Support page, go to http://support.oracle.com
To download Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition installation bundle, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index-092322.html
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Documentation Library is located at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59957_01/index.htm
For more information on product administration, see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59957_01/nav/administer.htm
For end-to-end examples, see the Deploy How To library at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59957_01/nav/deploy.htm
and the Operate How To library at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59957_01/nav/operate.htm
For more information on Enterprise Manager Ops Center, see the Ops Center blog at https://blogs.oracle.com/opscenter/