Upgrading to Oracle 12c

If you have upgraded an existing protected Oracle 11g instance to Oracle 12c, follow the procedures below to begin protecting your Oracle 12c instance:

1        Ensure Oracle 12c requirements are met. (See Requirements for Oracle protection).

2        Re-save the Oracle client to force the system to discover the new 12c instance:

     With the client selected in the Navigation pane, click Settings > Clients, Networking, and Notifications > Clients.

     On the Client page, click the Save button.

     Both the 11g and 12c applications now display under the Oracle client in the Navigation pane.

3        Schedule and begin running backups of your Oracle 12c databases. See Executing Oracle backups.

4        (Optional) If you no longer need to backup the 11g databases, disable or delete your Oracle 11g backup schedules. See To enable or disable an Oracle backup schedule or To delete an Oracle backup schedule.

This is necessary because Oracle creates a new database instance when you upgrade, and does not remove or overwrite any older instances.

Note: The system will not purge the last successful backup group for the 11g databases (see Backup groups). If you no longer need any Oracle 11g backups, proceed to Step 5 below to delete them manually.

5        (Optional) Once you have gained the desired retention on your new 12c instance, you can manually delete Oracle 11g backups. For details, see To delete backups from a device.

Caution: Select the Oracle 11g instance in the Navigation pane to ensure that only 11g backups display in the backup browser before you delete.