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Its been some time now Oracle released new version of Solaris "Oracle Solaris 11.2".  There are litlle changes in the configuration of repository on Solaris 11.2 compare to Solaris 11.1. In this article i will demonstrate configuration of  Local IPS repository on Oracle Solaris 11.2 Steps: 1) Download files required for building a repository: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/local-repository-2245081.html - Download all files 2)  Create ISO image for all downloaded files.  - We can use "winscp" or virtualbox "share folder" option as well to move these files to the server. 3) Copy files into a single directory  from the media: - All files has been copied in /sw_home/sol11_2_images directory 4)  Execute script "install-repo.ksh" for building repository This "install-repo.ksh" script is introduced in solaris 11.2 whereas in solaris 11.1 we need to manually conca...

 Oracle announced new release for Oracle Enterprise Manager cloud control (12.1.0.4). There no changes n the installation steps from the prior releases. After configuration of EM 12c Management Server  we need to Install agents on all required target that should be monitored in EM 12c management Server. If all your targets are on same platform as of OMS operating system then the agent software will be ready and you can proceed with the deployment. If you are planning  to Install the agent software on other platform then you need to enable self update for downloading the agent software for other platforms. If there is no internet connection to your OMS server then you can Install these updates in an offline mode. Setup > Provisioning and Patching > offline patching >> Download file "em_catalog.zip" from listed URL >> If you have already configured the software library then no need to configure it again. >> click on "s...

This is a step by step article for upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software from 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) to 12c (12.1.0) Current Environment details: Node1 => oelracn1 [GI version - 11.2.0.4]  Node2 => oelracn2 [GI version - 11.2.0.4] > These nodes are running on Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.1 - 64 Bit > Database running on these hosts is on version 11.2.0.4 (OELPROD - OELPROD1, OELPROD2) High Level Steps  for upgrading Grid Infrastructure from 11gR2 to 12cR1: 1) Verify all services are up and running from 11gR2 GI Home 2) Perform backup of OCR, voting disk and Database 3) Create new directory structure on both RAC nodes for 12c SW INstallation 4) Run "runcluvfy.sh" to verify errors  5) Install and upgrade GI from 11gR2 to 12cR1 6) Verify upgrade 1) Verify all services are running up and running from 11gR2 GI Home - Verify version of CRS Home: [root@oelracn1 bin]# ./crsctl query crs activeversion Oracle Clusterware active version on t...