8 Performing Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup
You can upgrade Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX and on Windows platforms.
Topics
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:
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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:
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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.
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Before upgrading the administrative server, verify that the backup domain is not performing any backup operations on any host.
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Upgrade the administrative server host first, and then the other hosts in the domain.
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The installer preserves the role of each host during the upgrade process.
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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.
See Also:
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About Oracle Secure Backup Client Backward Compatibility in the Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide for more information about Client Backward Compatibility
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Upgrading Oracle Secure Backup in the Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide for more information about how to upgrade Oracle Secure Backup
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
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
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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. -
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.
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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:
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Exit the installation process, if it's running.
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Uninstall the existing version of Oracle Secure Backup.
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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.