8 Upgrading or Downgrading Oracle Site Guard

This chapter explains how to upgrade or downgrade Oracle Site Guard in an Enterprise Manager Cloud Control environment.

This chapter includes the following sections:

8.1 Upgrading Oracle Site Guard

To upgrade from Oracle Site Guard (12.1.0.7.0) to Oracle Site Guard (13.1.1.0.0), complete the following steps:

  1. Delete all of the existing Oracle Site Guard operation plans by following the steps listed in Section 5.2.4, "Deleting an Operation Plan".

    Note:

    Oracle recommends that you make a note of the details of the operation plans that you are deleting, as you will need to recreate these plans after the upgrade.

  2. Delete all of the existing Oracle Site Guard configurations that you created using the instructions provided in Chapter 4, "Configuring Oracle Site Guard."

    Delete the configurations in the following order:

    1. Delete all configured Storage Scripts

    2. Delete all configured Pre Scripts and Post Scripts

    3. Delete all credential associations

    4. Delete all configured standby systems

    5. Delete the Oracle Site Guard configuration

    Note:

    Oracle recommends that you make a note of the details of the configurations that you are deleting, as you will need to recreate these configurations after the upgrade.

  3. Upgrade the Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware plug-in (for example, from 12.1.0.6 to 12.1.0.7). For information about Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-ins, see "Managing Plug-Ins" in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.

  4. Recreate the Oracle Site Guard configurations that you had deleted in step 2, using the configuration details that you noted down.

    Follow the procedure described in Chapter 4, "Configuring Oracle Site Guard."

  5. Recreate the Oracle Site Guard operation plans that you had deleted in step 1, using the operation plan details that you noted down. Follow the instructions provided in Section 5.2.1, "Creating Operation Plans."

8.2 Downgrading Oracle Site Guard

To downgrade from Oracle Site Guard (12.1.0.7) to Oracle Site Guard (12.1.0.6), complete the following steps:

  1. Delete all of the existing Oracle Site Guard operation plans by following the steps listed in Section 5.2.4, "Deleting an Operation Plan."

    Note:

    Oracle recommends that you make a note of the details of the operation plans that you are deleting, as you will need to recreate these plans after the upgrade.

  2. Delete all of the existing Oracle Site Guard configurations that you created using the instructions provided in Chapter 4, "Configuring Oracle Site Guard."

    Delete the configurations in the following order:

    1. Delete all configured Storage Scripts

    2. Delete all configured Pre Scripts and Post Scripts

    3. Delete all credential associations

    4. Delete all configured standby systems

    5. Delete the Oracle Site Guard configuration

    Note:

    Oracle recommends that you make a note of the details of the configurations that you are deleting, as you will need to recreate these configurations after the upgrade.

  3. Downgrade the Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware plug-in (for example, from 12.1.0.7 to 12.1.0.6). For information about Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-ins, see "Managing Plug-Ins" in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.

  4. Recreate the Oracle Site Guard configurations that you had deleted in step 2, using the configuration details that you noted down.

    Follow the procedure described in Chapter 4, "Configuring Oracle Site Guard."

  5. Recreate the Oracle Site Guard operation plans that you had deleted in step 1, using the operation plan details that you noted down. Follow the instructions provided in Section 5.2.1, "Creating Operation Plans."