Upgrading ASM instance from Oracle 10.1 to Oracle 10.2. (Single Instance)

Upgrading  ASM instance from Oracle 10.1 to Oracle 10.2. (Single Instance)

Solution

 o Upgrading  of ASM instance  from 10.1 to 10.2 can be accomplished through DBUA.

 o  All the database that use the ASM instance  being upgraded must be shutdown.

The following  steps can be used to upgrade an ASM instance.

1) Install 10.2 as seperate ORACLE_HOME.
2) Now start DBUA (Database Upgrade Assistant ) from 10.2 HOME/bin
3) DBUA is having two options
       a) upgrade ASM instance
       b) upgrade database
4) Select "upgrade ASM" to upgrade the ASM instance.  

5) Oracle cluster Synchronisation Services( CSS ) needs to be upgraded before
upgrading  ASM instance or Database instance.When prompted by DBUA please run
the script  /ORACLE_HOME/bin/localconfig reset to upgrade CSS.

6).Once step 5.  is done DBUA will show you a summary screen of operation it going
to perform and once you confirm the same ASM instance will be upgraded.

 

 

 

 

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