Step by step procedure of GI upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4 using CLI or SILENT mODE

In this section we will guide you how to upgrade the GI using cli.

• Step 1: Before upgrade the ‘HAS’ shows version 11.2.0.3 for release and software version.

$ crsctl query has releaseversion

Oracle High Availability Services release version on the local node is [11.2.0.3.0]

$ crsctl query has softwareversion

Oracle High Availability Services version on the local node is [11.2.0.3.0]

• Step 2: Create a directory to for new GI home.

unzip /home/oracle/ora_patch_11_2_0_4/ p13390677_112040_Linux-x86-64_3of7.zip

                  mkdir -p /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid

chown oracle:oinstall -R /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid

chmod -R 755 /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid

• Step 3: Before installing the new 11.2.0.4 GI check in the /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml has crs=true against the existing GI home. In some cases, crs=true is missing, usually if GI was installed with software only and later converted to HAS.

            In this case crs=true is missing.

             If there’s no crs=true against the GI home the new version fails to detect the existing  clusterware. You may encounter               the below error while upgrading:

             [FATAL] [INS-40406] The installer detects no existing Oracle Grid Infrastructure software on the  system.

             To resolve this issue, we need to update the inventory information by running the following command specifying the                  existing GI home and crs=true

$ cd /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0/grid/oui/bin/

$ ./runInstaller -updateNodeList ORACLE_HOME=”/u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0/grid” CRS=true

• Step 4: We will now start the GI upgrade in silent mode from the software location.

$ cd grid

         Set the environment:

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib

export CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib

export ORACLE_SID=+ASM

./runInstaller -silent -ignoreSysPrereqs -ignorePrereq  -responseFile  /home/oracle/ora_patch_11_2_0_4/grid/response/grid_install.rsp  ORACLE_HOME=”/u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid” oracle.install.option=”UPGRADE” oracle.install.asm.OSDBA=dba oracle.install.asm.OSOPER=dba oracle.install.asm.OSASM=oinstall

• Login as root user

# cd /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid/

# ./rootupgrade.sh

           Login as Oracle user

$ cd /u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs

$ vi /tmp/conf.rsp

oracle.assistants.asm|S_ASMPASSWORD=GPBDASMPWD#

oracle.assistants.asm|S_ASMMONITORPASSWORD=GPBDASMMON#

$ . /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid/cfgtoollogs/configToolAllCommands RESPONSE_FILE=/tmp/conf.rsp

•   Check the log file:

oracle@ORCLDB(+ASM) :/home/oracle# cat /u01/app/grid/product/11.2.0.4/grid/install/root_ORCL_2018-03-19_13-                   45-41.log

              Performing root user operation for Oracle 11g

              The following environment variables are set as:

• Step 5: Post Checks:

                      We will now check the Inventory.xml file again

                      Now we will start the databases:

srvctl start database -d ORCLDB

srvctl start database -d ORCLDB

                    Check the version:

$ crsctl query has softwareversion

Oracle High Availability Services version on the local node is [11.2.0.4.0]

$ crsctl query has releaseversion

Oracle High Availability Services release version on the local node is [11.2.0.4.0]