1. User's Guide
  2. Administrative Tasks for Oracle Data Mining
  3. Upgrading or Downgrading Oracle Data Mining

8.2 Upgrading or Downgrading Oracle Data Mining

Understand how to upgrade and downgrade Oracle Data Mining.

8.2.1 Pre-Upgrade Steps

Before upgrading, you must drop any data mining models that were created in Java and any mining activities that were created in Oracle Data Miner Classic (the earlier version of Oracle Data Miner).

Caution:

In Oracle Database 12c, Oracle Data Mining does not support a Java API, and Oracle Data Miner Classic cannot run against Oracle Database 12c .

8.2.1.1 Dropping Models Created in Java

If your 10g or 11g database contains models created in Java, use the DBMS_DATA_MINING.DROP_MODEL routine to drop the models before upgrading the database.

8.2.1.2 Dropping Mining Activities Created in Oracle Data Miner Classic

If your database contains mining activities from Oracle Data Miner Classic, delete the mining activities and drop the repository before upgrading the database. Follow these steps:

  1. Use the Data Miner Classic user interface to delete the mining activities.

  2. In SQL*Plus or SQL Developer, drop these tables:

    DM4J$ACTIVITIES
DM4J$RESULTS
DM4J$TRANSFORMS

    and these views:

    DM4J$MODEL_RESULTS_V
DM4J$RESULTS_STATE_V

There must be no tables or views with the prefix DM4J$ in any schema in the database after you complete these steps.

8.2.2 Upgrading Oracle Data Mining

Learn how to upgrade Oracle Data Mining.

After you complete the "Pre-Upgrade Steps", all models and mining metadata are fully integrated with the Oracle Database upgrade process ­ whether you are upgrading from 11g or from 10g releases.

Upgraded models continue to work as they did in prior releases. Both upgraded models and new models that you create in the upgraded environment can make use of the new mining functionality introduced in the new release.

To upgrade a database, you can use Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) or you can perform a manual upgrade using export/import utilities.

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8.2.2.1 Using Database Upgrade Assistant to Upgrade Oracle Data Mining

Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant provides a graphical user interface that guides you interactively through the upgrade process.

On Windows platforms, follow these steps to start the Upgrade Assistant:

  1. Go to the Windows Start menu and choose the Oracle home directory.

  2. Choose the Configuration and Migration Tools menu.

  3. Launch the Upgrade Assistant.

On Linux platforms, run the DBUA utility to upgrade Oracle Database.

8.2.2.1.1 Upgrading from Release 10g

In Oracle Data Mining 10g, data mining metadata and PL/SQL packages are stored in the DMSYS schema. In Oracle Data Mining 11g and 12c, DMSYS no longer exists; data mining metadata objects are stored in SYS.

When Oracle Database 10g is upgraded to 12c, all data mining metadata objects and PL/SQL packages are migrated from DMSYS to SYS. The DMSYS schema and its associated objects are removed after a successful migration. When DMSYS is removed, the SYS.DBA_REGISTRY view no longer lists Oracle Data Mining as a component.

After upgrading to Oracle Database 12c, you can no longer switch to the Data Mining Scoring Engine (DMSE). The Scoring Engine does not exist in Oracle Database 11g or 12c.

8.2.2.1.2 Upgrading from Release 11g

If you upgrade Oracle Database 11g to Oracle Database 12c, and the database was previously upgraded from Oracle Database 10g, then theDMSYS schema may still be present. If the upgrade process detects DMSYS, it displays a warning message and drops DMSYS during the upgrade.

8.2.2.2 Using Export/Import to Upgrade Data Mining Models

If required, you can you can use a less automated approach to upgrading data mining models. You can export the models created in a previous version of Oracle Database and import them into an instance of Oracle Database 12c.

Caution:

Do not import data mining models that were created in Java. They are not supported in Oracle Database 12c.

8.2.2.2.1 Export/Import Release 10g Data Mining Models

Follow the instructions for exporting and importing Data Mining models.

To export models from an instance of Oracle Database 10g to a dump file, follow the instructions in "Exporting and Importing Mining Models". Before importing the models from the dump file, run the DMEIDMSYS script to create the DMSYS schema in Oracle Database 12c. 

SQL>CONNECT / as sysdba;
SQL>@ORACLE_HOME\RDBMS\admin\dmeidmsys.sql
SQL>EXIT;

Note:

The TEMP tablespace must already exist in the Oracle Database 12g database. The DMEIDMSYS script uses the TEMP and SYSAUX tablespaces to create the DMSYS schema.

To import the dump file into the Oracle Database 12c database: 

%ORACLE_HOME\bin\impdp system\<password> 
       dumpfile=<dumpfile_name> 
       directory=<directory_name> 
       logfile=<logfile_name> .....
SQL>CONNECT / as sysdba;
SQL>EXECUTE dmp_sys.upgrade_models();
SQL>ALTER SYSTEM FLUSH SHARED_POOL;
SQL>ALTER SYSTEM FLUSH BUFFER_CACHE;
SQL>EXIT;

The upgrade_models script migrates all data mining metadata objects and PL/SQL packages from DMSYS to SYS and then drops DMSYS before upgrading the models.

ALTER SYSTEM Statement

You can flush the Database Smart Flash Cache by issuing an ALTER SYSTEM FLUSH FLASH_CACHE statement. Flushing the Database Smart Flash Cache can be useful if you need to measure the performance of rewritten queries or a suite of queries from identical starting points.

8.2.2.2.2 Export/Import Release 11g Data Mining Models

To export models from an instance of Oracle Database 11g to a dump file, follow the instructions in Exporting and Importing Mining Models.

Caution:

Do not import data mining models that were created in Java. They are not supported in Oracle Database 12c.

To import the dump file into the Oracle Database 12c database: 

%ORACLE_HOME\bin\impdp system\<password> 
       dumpfile=<dumpfile_name> 
       directory=<directory_name> 
       logfile=<logfile_name> .....
SQL>CONNECT / as sysdba;
SQL>EXECUTE dmp_sys.upgrade_models();
SQL>ALTER SYSTEM flush shared_pool;
SQL>ALTER SYSTEM flush buffer_cache;
SQL>EXIT;

ALTER SYSTEM Statement

You can flush the Database Smart Flash Cache by issuing an ALTER SYSTEM FLUSH FLASH_CACHE statement. Flushing the Database Smart Flash Cache can be useful if you need to measure the performance of rewritten queries or a suite of queries from identical starting points.

8.2.3 Post Upgrade Steps

Perform steps to view the upgraded database.

After upgrading the database, check the DBA_MINING_MODELS view in the upgraded database. The newly upgraded mining models must be listed in this view.

After you have verified the upgrade and confirmed that there is no need to downgrade, you must set the initialization parameter COMPATIBLE to 12.1.

Note:

The CREATE MINING MODEL privilege must be granted to Data Mining user accounts that are used to create mining models.

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8.2.4 Downgrading Oracle Data Mining

Before downgrading the Oracle Database 12c database back to the previous version, ensure that no Singular Value Decomposition models or Expectation Maximization models are present. These algorithms are only available in Oracle Database 12c. Use the DBMS_DATA_MINING.DROP_MODEL routine to drop these models before downgrading. If you do not do this, the database downgrade process terminates.

Issue the following SQL statement in SYS to verify the downgrade: 

SQL>SELECT o.name FROM sys.model$ m, sys.obj$ o 
                  WHERE m.obj#=o.obj# AND m.version=2;