7 Upgrades in TimesTen Classic

This chapter describes the process for upgrading to a new release of TimesTen Classic. For information on the upgrade process for TimesTen Scaleout, see Upgrading a Grid and Migrating, Backing Up and Restoring Data in the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Scaleout User's Guide.

Ensure you review the installation process in the preceding chapters before completing the upgrade procedures described in this chapter.

Topics include:

• Overview of Release Numbers

• Types of Upgrades

• About Moving to a Different Patch Release by Modifying the Instance

• About Performing a Basic Patch Upgrade

• About Performing a Fast Patch Upgrade

• Moving to a Different Patch Release Using ttBackup and ttRestore

• Moving to a Different Major Release Using ttMigrate

• Online Upgrade: Using TimesTen Replication

• Performing an Online Upgrade with Classic Replication

• Performing an Upgrade with Active Standby Pair Replication

• Performing an Offline TimesTen Upgrade when Using Oracle Clusterware

• Performing an Online TimesTen Upgrade When Using Oracle Clusterware

• Upgrades When Using Parallel Replication

• Performing an Upgrade of Your Client Instance