Re: higher version Standby database?

  • From: Chen Zhou <oracle.unknowns@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Lyall personal <lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:30:29 -0700

Lyall,
Yes.  It will be hard to get users to understand the need though.  Also it
is riskier than making changes only on the standby.
Thank you.
Chen


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Lyall personal <
lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can you get down time to upgrade the primary? That's the first thing that
> comes to mind. Have 10.2.0.5 primary & Standby
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>   *From: *Chen Zhou
> *Sent: *Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:09 PM
> *To: *oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Reply To: *oracle.unknowns@xxxxxxxxx
> *Subject: *higher version Standby database?
>
> Hi, Everyone,
> A colleague of mine asked me if I knew what to do in this situation.  We
> have a 10.2.0.4  RAC system that needs to be migrated to better servers.
> Because of other issues with the primary database, one hurried decision led
> to anther, yet another, the end result is he ends up having a 10.2.0.5
> standby RAC database now.  The goal is to activate the standby and retire
> the primary database/servers.  However with the primary at 10.2.0.4 and
> standby at 10.2.0.5.12 with some additional patches, both of us don't know
> what is a safe and sure way to migrate in this situation.
> Redo the standby would be the last choice due to time-constraint and the
> stressed-out primary database.
> Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts.
> Chen
>
>

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