11 Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Oracle Grid Infrastructure upgrade consists of upgrade of Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM).

Oracle Grid Infrastructure upgrades can be rolling upgrades, in which a subset of nodes are brought down and upgraded while other nodes remain active.

You can also use Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning to upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster.

• Understanding Out-of-Place Upgrade
  With an out-of-place upgrade, the installer installs the newer version in a separate Oracle Clusterware home.
• About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade and Downgrade
  You have the ability to upgrade or downgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure to a supported release.
• Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
  Review these upgrade options when you upgrade to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 21c.
• Restrictions for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
  Restrictions and changes for upgrades to Oracle Clusterware installations, which consists of Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM).
• Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
  If you have an existing Oracle Clusterware installation, then you upgrade your existing cluster by performing an out-of-place upgrade. You cannot perform an in-place upgrade.
• Understanding Rolling Upgrades Using Batches
  You can perform rolling upgrades of Oracle Grid Infrastructure in batches.
• Performing Rolling Upgrade of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  Review this information to perform rolling upgrade of Oracle Grid Infrastructure.
• Upgrading Grid Infrastructure Management Repository from an Earlier Release
  Complete this procedure to upgrade Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR) from an earlier release.
• About Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning
  Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) is a software lifecycle management method for provisioning and patching Oracle homes.
• Applying Patches to Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  After you have upgraded to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 21c, you can install individual software patches by downloading them from My Oracle Support.
• Applying Patches to Grid Infrastructure Management Repository
  You can patch Grid Infrastructure Management Repository by installing in-place or out-of-place patches using the OPatch utility.
• Updating Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target Parameters
  After upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure, upgrade the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control target.
• Unlocking and Deinstalling the Previous Release Grid Home
  After upgrading from previous releases, if you want to deinstall the previous release Oracle Grid Infrastructure home, then you must first change the permission and ownership of the previous release Grid home.
• Checking Cluster Health Monitor Repository Size After Upgrading
  If you are upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure from a prior release using IPD/OS to the current release, then review the Cluster Health Monitor repository size (the CHM repository).
• Downgrading Oracle Clusterware to an Earlier Release
  After a successful or a failed upgrade, you can downgrade Oracle Clusterware to the previous release.
• Completing Failed or Interrupted Installations and Upgrades
  If Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) exits on the node from which you started the upgrade, or the node reboots before you confirm that the rootupgrade.sh script was run on all nodes, then the upgrade remains incomplete.
• Converting to Oracle Extended Cluster After Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  Review this information to convert to an Oracle Extended Cluster after upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure. Oracle Extended Cluster enables you to deploy Oracle RAC databases on a cluster, in which some of the nodes are located in different sites.