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Document History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.1 SAP Notes for the Oracle Database Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 More Support Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.1 Identifying the Supported Upgrade Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2 Checking the Original Version of Your Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.3 Checking Hardware and Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.4 Using Multiple Oracle Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.5 SAP Specific Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.1 Creating an Oracle Installation User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.2 Configuring Secure Storage in File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

4.3 Downloading the Software for the Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.4 MSCS Only: Removing the Database from the Cluster Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

4.5 Installation of the Oracle Database Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing the New Oracle Database Server Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing Required Patches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4.6 MSCS Only: Installing OFS 4.2.1 or Higher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MSCS Only: Installing the Latest Oracle Fail Safe Patch Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Oracle Database Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Post-Upgrade Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6.1 Changing Environment Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6.2 Performing SAP Bundle Patch Post-Installation Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

6.3 Performing Post-Upgrade Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

6.4 MSCS Only: Setting Up a Shared Database Directory in Oracle Home for OFS 4.2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

6.5 MSCS Only: Changing the Registry Value of Oracle Autostart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.6 Checking the Startup Type of the Oracle Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.7 MSCS Only: Adding the Database to the Cluster Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

6.8 Checking and Updating the Database Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.9 Updating the Oracle Instant Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.10 Updating BR*Tools Executables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.11 Updating Database Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

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6.12 Backing Up the Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6.13 Updating the SAP Executables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.14 Uninstalling the Old Oracle Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Common Administration Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.1 Starting and Stopping the Database in an MSCS Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.2 Starting and Stopping Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

7.3 Moving Groups or Services and Applications for MSCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

7.4 Starting and Stopping the SAP System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

A.1 Using PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Note

Before you start the implementation, make sure you have the latest version of this document, which is available at .

The following table provides an overview on the most important document changes:

Version 2.2 2.1

2.0 1.0

Date 2022-02-14 2020-08-13

2020-03-02 2019-12-19

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Minor update

Minor update (see MSCS Only: Adding the Database to the Cluster Group [page 26])

Updated Version OFS for 19c

Initial Version for 19c

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2 Introduction

This documentation explains how to upgrade the Oracle database for the SAP system on the Windows operating system to Oracle Database 19c. The upgrade path depends on your current Oracle database version: If you are currently running 11.2.0.4,12.1.0.2, or 12.2.0.1, you can upgrade directly to 19c. If you are running an Oracle database release 11.2.0.3 or earlier, a direct upgrade to 19c is not supported. Oracle supports the manual database upgrade and the upgrade with the Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA). In this document only, the recommended upgrade procedure with DBUA is described.

Caution

SAP products running with SAP BASIS 7.00 and above, and SAP kernel release 7.21 EXT and above, are certified for Oracle Database 19c.

Caution

User Account Control on Windows: As of Windows Server 2008, the Windows standard security settings only grant administrative privileges to an account that is a member of the local administrators group, if the process was started with elevated privileges, that is, using "Run as Administrator". This means that during the installation and upgrade process of an Oracle database software, most of the statements must be executed with administrative privileges. Therefore, when you are asked to open a command prompt (cmd.exe) or a Powershell prompt (powershell.exe), or other tools like the Oracle Failsafe Manager, you have to do so in elevated mode (right-click on cmd.exe, and choose Run as Administrator). For more information about User Account Control (UAC), see the Windows documentation.

Implementation Considerations

For more information about implementation considerations, including the most important SAP Notes for the upgrade, see Planning [page 8].

Be sure to read the relevant SAP Notes before beginning the upgrade. These notes contain the most recent information about the upgrade, as well as corrections to the documentation. You can find the most recent version of the SAP Notes at

You use the tools Oracle Universal Installer (OUI), Opatch, Oracle SQL*Plus, and Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) to perform the upgrade.

The database server and database client must be in the same Windows domain. For information on permitted domain names see SAP Note 314671 .

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