Database Upgrade and

Migration
Best Practices
Thomas Goop
Senior Consultant, Tradeware AG

Rodrigo Jorge
Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle

Mike Dietrich
Senior Director Product Management, Oracle

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 Mike Dietrich
Senior Director Product Management
Database Upgrade, Migration and Patching

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 Rodrigo Jorge
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Upgrade possible only from:

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 Do you want to
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Oracle Database
11.2.0.4
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 Everybody must upgrade to Oracle
Database 19c, with or without
Multitenant

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user-created
pluggable databases
are always included - even in SE2
since Oracle Database 19c
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Protection

alter system set MAX_PDBS=3

scope=both;
3 User-Created Pluggable Databases

CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED

------- ------------ ---------- ----------
2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO
3 PDB1 READ WRITE NO
4 PDB2 READ WRITE NO
5 PDB3 READ WRITE NO

SQL> create pluggable database PDB4 ...

ORA-65010: maximum number of pluggable databases created
 Prepare your upgrades and migrations

1 2 3
Install Oracle Home Download and deploy the Collect performance
including RU and MRP most recent AutoUpgrade information from current
source and test
MOS Note: 2118136.2 MOS Note: 2485457.1 thoroughly
MOS Note: 555.1

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Before upgrading, apply the most recent RU
• Always use the Patch Download Assistant note MOS Note: 2118136.2
Always add the most recent MRP on top
• Always check Recommended Patches note MOS Note:555.1
• Monthly Recommended Patch (MRP) bundles will be available from November 2022
for Oracle 19c
Release Update Contents
Bugs fixed
1200 1140

971
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874

800 721

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573
600
502 474
472 398
400 334
294
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19.3.0 19.4.0 19.5.0 19.6.0 19.7.0 19.8.0 19.9.0 19.10.0 19.11.0 19.12.0 19.13.0 19.14.0 19.15.0 19.16.0
Database 19 Release Updates and Revisions Bugs Fixed Lists (Doc ID 2523220.1)
 If you don't apply one of the most
recent Release Updates, you will
miss thousands of fixes

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 AutoUpgrade automates your
migration
to Multitenant completely
Including Transparent Data Encryption
with AutoUpgrade's new keystore functionality

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 Always use the latest
version of
AutoUpgrade

Download it from
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Backwards Compatible

$ java -jar autoupgrade.jar -version

build.version 22.4.220712
build.date 2022/07/12 11:27:00 -0400
build.hash 161fde38
build.hash_date 2022/07/12 06:09:51 -0400
build.supported_target_versions 12.2,18,19,21
build.type production
 Checklist
Essential things to do
before you upgrade or
migrate your databases

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 Execute database health checks at
least two weeks before an upgrade or
migration

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 Database Health Check

Health check script

• Download from MOS Note: 136697.1
• In Multitenant, it must be run in each PDB separately

ORAchk Upgrade Readiness

Assessment
• Part of Autonomous Health Framework (AHF)
• Download from MOS Note: 1457357.1
• Upgrade Readiness Check – MOS Note: 2550798.1

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 Collect at least one full month of
performance data before any
upgrade or migration

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 Performance Information

AWR – Automatic Workload

Repository
Change the retention to a minimum of 40 days
exec
dbms_workload_repository.modify_snapshot_sett
ings(retention=>57600, interval=>30);

Collect SQL statements and

plans
Use AWR as main source
Capture from Cursor Cache for OLTP
Collect statements, plans and stats in SQL
Tuning Sets

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 Refresh dictionary statistics,
especially on SYS and SYSTEM before
upgrade or migration

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 Gather dictionary and fixed objects stats

Without stats refresh With stats refresh

• Initial upgrade phase: 25 min • Initial upgrade phase: 13 min

12 minutes saving in upgrade time

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 Remove outdated parameters, especially
underscores and events, and set
recommendations

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 Questionable Parameters

deferred_segment_creation=FALSE

memory_target and
memory_max_target
Avoid whenever possible

recyclebin=OFF

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 Essential Underscore Parameters

_cursor_obsolete_threshold=1024

_sql_plan_directive_mgmt_control
=0

_exclude_seed_cdb_view=FALSE

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 Try to avoid optimizer_features_enable

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 Do not change COMPATIBLE – if possible

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 Comparison
Fully independent from each other

COMPATIBLE OPTIMIZER_FEATURES_ENABLE

• Enables features • Just reverts to the parameters used in a

• Changes on-disk structures previous release
• Avoid using it if possible
• This is not a Swiss Army knife!
• You will turn off a lot of great features

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 Enable disabled optimizer fixes with
DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE when you
upgrade and migrate

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 Disabled Optimizer Fixes
Image
Enable with:
SQL> set serverout on
SQL> execute dbms_optim_bundle.getBugsforBundle; execute
dbms_optim_bundle.enable_optim_fix
19.16.0.0.220719DBRU: es('ON','BOTH','YES')
Bug: 28044739, fix_controls: 28044739
Bug: 30771009, fix_controls: 30771009
Bug: 33636280, fix_controls: 33636280
• Consider careful testing
Bug: 33089096, fix_controls: 31545400
• SQL Performance Analyzer
Bug: 30618406, fix_controls: 30618406
Bug: 32614157, fix_controls: 32614157 • Adds lengthy _fix_control to
Bug: 33329027, fix_controls: 33329027
Bug: 33311488, fix_controls: 33311488 SPFILE
Bug: 32396085, fix_controls: 32396085
Bug: 32122197, fix_controls: 29972495 • Granular on/off possible
Bug: 32363981, fix_controls: 32363981

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 Transporting statistics via a
staging table is often faster than
regathering statistics

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 Use SQL Performance Analyzer
to detect failing plans before
going live.

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 Use SQL Plan Management and
SQL Tuning Advisor to fix
misbehaving SQL before going live.

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 Detect and fix misbehaving SQL

1 Capture plans from AWR and Cursor

Cache

2 Simulate with SQL Performance

Analyzer

3 Fix SQL using binds with SQL Plan

Management
• Use captured plan and accept it with DBMS_SPM or EM
CC

4 Fix SQL using literals with SQL Profiles

• Accept SQL profiles with FORCE_MATCH=>TRUE

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 Never ever upgrade or migrate
without evaluating and testing your
rollback and fallback options
successfully

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Thomas Goop
Senior Consultant, Tradeware AG

Rodrigo Jorge
Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle

Mike Dietrich
Senior Director Product Management, Oracle

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