Performing Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup

Preparing for Upgrade Installation

You can upgrade Oracle Secure Backup to a newer version on all hosts in your administrative domain.

In an upgrade installation, the Oracle Secure Backup catalogs (contained in the admin directory) are preserved, retaining configuration information and backup metadata for your administrative domain. This state information for your administrative domain, such as the backup catalog, host, user and device configuration information, and any scheduled backup jobs, is stored in the admin directory under the Oracle Secure Backup home on your administrative server.

Note:

Oracle recommends taking backups of the administrative server before performing an upgrade installation.

While performing an upgrade installation of Oracle Secure Backup, consider the following:

Ensure that the platform supports the newer version of Oracle Secure Backup. If you try to upgrade Oracle Secure Backup on an unsupported platform, then it returns an error and exits the installation.

See Also:

Supported Platforms and Tape Devices
Before upgrading the administrative domain, shut down all drivers and background processes associated with Oracle Secure Backup on all hosts. Ensure that the media servers and the clients are out-of-service.
Before upgrading the administrative server, verify that the backup domain is not performing any backup operations on any host.
Upgrade the administrative server host first, and then the other hosts in the domain.
The installer preserves the role of each host during the upgrade process.
Retain the Oracle Secure Backup policy settings during the upgrade process.

Upgrading Oracle Secure Backup

You can upgrade Oracle Secure Backup 18.1.0.0, Oracle Secure Backup 18.1.0.1, or Oracle Secure Backup 18.1.0.2 to Oracle Secure Backup 19.1.

If you want to upgrade from an older version of Oracle Secure Backup, then you must first upgrade to Oracle Secure Backup 18.1.0.1 and then upgrade to Oracle Secure Backup 19.1.

Note:

You must upgrade all media servers to Oracle Secure Backup 19.1.

Access to any new commands and options introduced in Oracle Secure Backup 19.1 are not supported from earlier version clients. The new commands must be accessed from an Oracle Secure Backup 19.1 host or through the Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool. A database backup to a cloud storage device from an Oracle Secure Backup earlier than 18.1 is not supported.

The obtool utility is available for a client if the client version matches with that of the administrative server. For example, if the administrative server is upgraded to Oracle Secure Backup 19.1 and the clients have Oracle Secure Backup 18.1.0.2, then obtool is not available for those clients. For clients to use the obtool functionality and the new features, they must upgrade to the same version as the administrative server, that is, Oracle Secure Backup 19.1.

Note:

The clients can have earlier versions of Oracle Secure Backup if required in certain scenarios. For example, the operation system on client does not support the current version of Oracle Secure Backup.

Upgrading a client to the same Oracle Secure Backup version as on the administrative server ensures the highest level of interoperability.

Upgrade Installation on Linux or UNIX

You can upgrade your administrative server, media servers, and clients on a Linux or UNIX platform to a latest version of Oracle Secure Backup by running the setup utility.

Steps for Upgrade Installation on Linux or UNIX

Uninstall the existing Oracle Secure Backup from your system.

While uninstalling the administrative server, ensure that you save the admin directory and remove the Oracle Secure Backup home directory.

See Also:

Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup
Run the Oracle Secure Backup installation script for the new version.

Upgrade Installation on Windows

You can upgrade your administrative server, media servers, and clients on a Windows platform to a latest version of Oracle Secure Backup by running the setup utility.

Steps for Upgrade Installation on Windows

Uninstall the existing Oracle Secure Backup and select the Keep option when prompted. This options saves the admin directory while removing the Oracle Secure Backup software.
See Also:
- Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup on Windows
Run the Oracle Secure Backup setup utility for the new version.

For some hosts, such as media servers, the installer may prompt to restart the host.

Before starting a new installation, the setup utility checks for any existing Oracle Secure Backup on your system. If your system has Oracle Secure Backup installed, then the setup utility automatically runs an uninstaller program to remove the existing Oracle Secure Backup from your system.

The uninstaller displays the following prompt:

This system was configured as an Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Server.

Oracle Secure Backup creates files specific to this administrative 
domain in the "admin" directory. Would you like to keep these files 
in case you reinstall Oracle Secure Backup? 

If you choose "Delete" all files related to Oracle Secure Backup 
will be removed from this system. If you choose "Keep" the files 
specific to this administrative domain will be retained.

To perform an upgrade installation, you must select the Keep option to save the admin directory.
If you select the Delete option, then the upgrade installation is not successful.

Removing the Administrative Directory

You have an option to remove the existing admin directory files as follows:

Exit the installation process, if it's running.
Uninstall the existing version of Oracle Secure Backup.
Select the Delete option when prompted to remove the admin directory.

After uninstalling the existing Oracle Secure Backup, you can reinstall a new version of Oracle Secure Backup by running the setup utility.