Upgrading to Simphony Release 19.2 or Later

To enhance your system’s security during upgrades, the Simphony installation application enables you to physically separate the Transaction (MCRSPOS) database from the Security (MCRSCACHE) database (onto another database server), and then proceed with the upgrade. Oracle strongly recommends storing these databases on separate database servers. The following sections review three possible upgrade scenarios:

• Upgrades When Adding a New Database Server

• Upgrades without Separate Transaction and Security Database Servers

• Upgrades with Existing Separated Transaction and Security Database Servers

1. Ensure that the Simphony application and database servers meet the requirements listed in Pre-Installation Tasks.
2. Log in and download the Simphony release 19.1 installation application from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) website at https://edelivery.oracle.com/.
3. Run the Setup, and then click Next.

   If the application and the database are on separate servers, run the installation program on the application server.

4. Enter the logon credentials for a database administrator, and then click OK.

   For an Oracle database, enter the credentials for the SYS user.

   Beginning with Simphony release 2.10 and later, you can upgrade application components on servers with or without downloading CAL Packages to the Simphony database. This flexibility can speed the upgrade process on properties using multiple application servers.