E3438 Cmd Rej: Lvl 1 Removable detected during upgrade

The removable drive required for the upgrade has upgrade phase indicators. The upgrade command expects the disks to be in certain phases before executing a specific action. This message occurs if the removable drive is swapped out during the upgrade so that the disk is no longer in the expected phase.

Recovery

If the removable drive was swapped out, re-insert the removable drive being used for the upgrade.

OR

1. Determine the status of the removable drive. Enter the act-upgrade:action=dbstatus command.
2. Follow the recovery procedure in the upgrade procedure documentation, or contact My Oracle Support. See My Oracle Support (MOS).