Now Available: In-Place Upgrade for Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) VM DB Systems

Now Available: In-Place Upgrade for Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) VM DB Systems.

There is a very good blog post by Pravin Jha and Sebastian Solbach at Oracle announcing the In-Place Upgrade General Availability for Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) VM DB Systems.

Here is a quick recap.

• You can now perform an in-place upgrade keeping the characteristics of your existing Oracle VM DB System e.g. SCAN Name, SCAN IPs, private IP addresses, and hostnames remain the same throughout the upgrade process.
• You can now upgrade Oracle Linux version from OL6 to OL7.
• You can upgrade the Grid Infrastructure to the latest or the previous GI 19c version (N-1).
• You can upgrade with minimal downtime in approximately 2 hours using cloning technology.
• You can fallback to a snapshot if a roll back is required.
• OCI console experience.

Enjoy this blog post announcing the In-Place Upgrade General Availability for Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS) VM DB Systems.

Cheers.