Does ORACLE 11.2.0.3 official come out? --- On Thu, 9/29/11, Martin Berger <martin.a.berger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Martin Berger <martin.a.berger@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 11.2.0.3: Re-install grid and in-place upgrade of DB > To: yong321@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 3:29 PM > Yong, > see > Note:337737.1<https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&doctype=BULLETIN&id=337737.1> > : > The Oracle Grid Infrastructure/Clusterware (CRS) version > must be the highest > version down to the 4th digit in the possible combinations > at all times. > This means you have to upgrade Grid > Infrastructure/Clusterware first. > That's the best I found - at least you follow this rule. > > If you deinstall/reinstall the full GI stack and reinstall > it afterwards, > you will be able to use all the ASM disks - nothing to > change there. Just > the creation of cluster resources for DBs/Instances is > needed. > > I'd install in a new OH and do a rolling upgrade. Even not > done to 11.2.0.3 > I've done it several times up to 11.2.0.2. > > hth > Martin > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 20:27, Yong Huang <yong321@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I have a 2-node RAC 11.2.0.2 running on 64-bit Red Hat > Linux. > > Documentation says we can't do in-place upgrade of the > grid infrastructure, > > and we don't want to do out-of-place upgrade. So the > only option is to > > deinstall 11.2.0.2 and reinstall 11.2.0.3. Can the new > grid infrastructure > > work with the existing 11.2.0.2 database (which can be > upgraded later)? If > > you know the page in the documentation, please share > the URL. Thank you. > > > > Downtime is not an issue. We can also extract ASM > metadata with md_backup > > command inside asmcmd. But we don't know the data it > creates can be restored > > by md_restore of the newly installed grid. > > > > Yong Huang > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l