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How to Manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure During Operating System Upgrades (Doc ID 1559762.1) To Bottom

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References Last Major
Aug 4, 2018
Update:
Mar 1, 2019
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GOAL
Information Centers
Oracle supports the rolling upgrade of the operating system in a cluster when both versions of the operating インフォメーション・セン
system are certified with the version of Oracle Database you are running. Note mixed operating system versions ター: データベースおよび
are only supported for the duration of an upgrade (i.e., within 24 hours)--the cluster should never be operated Enterprise Manager ⽇本語ド
with mixed operating systems for an extended period. キュメント [1946305.2]

Information Center: Overview

Database Server/Client
The purpose of this note is to outline the steps one may take to manage Oracle Grid Infrastructure during Operating System Installation and
Upgrade/Migration
Upgrade. [1351022.2]

Index of Oracle Database

Note: When applying OS patches, one must explicitly stop clusterware (crsctl stop crs), apply the desired OS patch(es), Information Centers
relink, and restart Oracle Grid Infrastructure and RDBMS/RAC. [1568043.2]

Information Center: Overview

of Database Security Products
SOLUTION [1548952.2]

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

and Oracle Cloud
Traditional / Fully Supported Method
Infrastructure (OCI)
Information Center
[2048297.2]
Note: This method is fully supported and applicable to all environments (upgraded or not-yet-upgraded and for all
Platforms including Windows)
Document References
1. Delete the node to be upgraded from the RAC cluster following the procedure outlined in the document:
How To Relink The Oracle Grid
Infrastructure Standalone
Oracle® Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide (Restart) Installation Or Oracle
4. Adding and Deleting Cluster Nodes Grid Infrastructure RAC/Cluster
Deleting a Cluster Node on Linux and UNIX Systems Installation (11.2 or 12c).
[1536057.1]
2. On the "deleted" node, perform the OS upgrade as per OS requirements (Some upgrades may require a complete reinstall of General Notes For RAC for
the new OS version) Linux [1072552.1]

Oracle Linux: Preparing for and

3. If ASMLIB (Linux only) is in use on the cluster, install the required ASMLIB package(s) and then configure ASMLIB on the Performing Kernel Upgrade
newly upgraded node. If you are unsure if asmlib is in use, please verify by running 'df -ha'. When ASMLIB is configured, a [842775.1]
special filesystem is created and mounted: /dev/oracleasm (Reference: Document:359266.1)
GRID Infrastructure startup on
For Linux: one node encounters
CRS-4013: This command is
not supported in a single-node
# /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure -i configuration. [1672116.1]
# /etc/init.d/oracleasm restart

4. Add the upgraded node back into the RAC cluster following the procedure outline in the same document: Recently Viewed

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Oracle® Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide

Oracle VM: How To
4. Adding and Deleting Cluster Nodes
Regenerate The Oracle VM
Adding a Cluster Node on Linux and UNIX Systems Manager 3.3.x/3.4.x DB
[2038168.1]
5. Perform a relink of the Grid Infrastructure home on the newly added node (on the platforms other than windows) Oracle VM Manager 3.2 and
earlier: How to Recover from
As root user, unlock the home: Data base corruption
# cd <GRID_HOME>/crs/install including "ObjectNotFound
# ./rootcrs.pl -unlock Exception" Errors
[1555915.1]
As the grid infrastructure owner, relink the binaries: [ PCA <= 2.2.2 ] How to
$ export ORACLE_HOME=<GRID_HOME> Rebuild an Oracle VM
$ <GRID_HOME>/bin/relink all Manager Database (
including User-Friendly
As root user, lock the home: Names) On a Private Cloud
# cd <GRID_HOME>/crs/install Appliance [2224820.1]
# ./rootcrs.pl -patch
Oracle VM: Error Message
`No such object (level 1),
Reference: How To Relink The Oracle Grid Infrastructure Standalone (Restart) Installation Or Oracle Grid Infrastructure cluster is null` [2073727.1]
RAC/Cluster Installation (11.2 or 12c). Document 1536057.1 TCPS/SSL Connection Fails
With ORA-29106:Cannot
It is also recommended to relink the RDBMS / RAC home: Import PKCS #12 Wallet
When Instant Client Is Used
[2338692.1]
As the RDBMS / RAC home owner, relink the binaries:
cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib Show More
make -f ins_rdbms.mk rac_on ioracle

6. Repeat steps 1-5 until all nodes have been deleted from the RAC Cluster / undergone the OS upgrade / added back into the
RAC cluster.

Alternative Method

Note: This method may only be used in an environment where Oracle Grid Infrastructure is installed on a file system
separated from the Operating System and Grid Infrastructure is still running the originally installed version. For Grid
Infrastructure configurations that have been upgraded, please use the 'Traditional Method' (including deleting / adding
nodes) outlined in the last section. Also: this is a NON-ROLLING method. When following this method, all cluster nodes will
be (re-)configured.

To proceed: note that you will need XWindows or a Response file to complete the steps in this section

1. On the node to be upgraded, take a backup of /etc/oratab, /etc/oraInst.loc or /var/opt/oracle/oratab, /var/opt/oracle

/oraInst.loc (depends on the platform) and Oracle inventory (oraInventory/*) defined in above oraInst.loc file. Be sure to also
backup /etc/ocr.loc and /etc/oracle/olr.loc.

2. Deconfigure Oracle Grid Infrastructure:

As root user
# cd <GRID_HOME>/crs/install
# ./rootcrs.pl -deconfig -force

3. Perform the OS Upgrade as per OS requirements

4. Restore /etc/oratab, /etc/oraInst.loc or /var/opt/oracle/oratab, /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc (depend on the platform) and Oracle
inventory (oraInventory/*) back to their original locations if they have been removed during the OS upgrade

5. If ASMLIB (Linux only) is in use on the cluster, install the required ASMLIB package(s) and then configure ASMLIB on the
newly upgraded node. If you are unsure if asmlib is in use, please verify by running 'df -ha'. When ASMLIB is configured, a
special filesystem is created and mounted: /dev/oracleasm (Reference: Document:359266.1)

For Linux:

# /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure -i
# /etc/init.d/oracleasm restart

6. Perform a relink of the Grid Infrastructure home

As root user, unlock the home:

# cd <GRID_HOME>/crs/install
# ./rootcrs.pl -unlock

As the Grid Infrastructure owner, relink the binaries:

$ export ORACLE_HOME=<GRID_HOME>
$ <GRID_HOME>/bin/relink all

Reference: How To Relink The Oracle Grid Infrastructure Standalone (Restart) Installation Or Oracle Grid Infrastructure
RAC/Cluster Installation (11.2 or 12c). Document 1536057.1

It is also recommended to relink the RDBMS / RAC home:

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As the RDBMS / RAC home owner, relink the binaries:

cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib
make -f ins_rdbms.mk rac_on ioracle

7. Run root.sh to configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure

As root user:
# cd <GRID_HOME>
# ./root.sh

Note: this step will not work for upgraded Grid Infrastructure environments due to crsconfig_params not being
updated during the GI upgrade

8. Repeat steps 1-7 for all other cluster nodes

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REFERENCES

NOTE:1536057.1 - How To Relink The Oracle Grid Infrastructure Standalone (Restart) Installation Or Oracle Grid Infrastructure
RAC/Cluster Installation (11.2 or 12c).
NOTE:1072552.1 - General Notes For RAC for Linux
NOTE:842775.1 - Oracle Linux: Preparing for and Performing Kernel Upgrade
NOTE:1672116.1 - GRID Infrastructure startup on one node encounters CRS-4013: This command is not supported in a single-
node configuration.
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