ERRORS during Oracle Clusterware upgrade from 19c to 26ai

Here I’m going to list all the errors/fixes during the an prechecks/upgrade to 26ai: 1:- Error during “gridSetup.sh -silent -upgrade -executePrereqs” This error is because process tries to ssh to itself and it needs password input, to avoid that, this is the fix: 2:- Error during “gridSetup.sh -silent -upgrade -executePrereqs” FIX (as error already suggest):... » read more

How to migrate from ASM Filter driver (ASMFD) to ASMLIB v3 on 19c

Since Oracle 26ai does not support Oracle Filter Drive, this is the process of migrating from ASMFD to ASMLIB v3. This is the high level plan we are going to follow: 1. Verify AFD disks 2.Verify compatible parameter (Oracle recommends compatible.rdbms >= 12.2.0.1.0) 3. crsctl stop has 4. acfsload stop 5. asmcmd afd_deconfigure 6. Install... » read more

Why $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart or dbshut does nothing?

On a Single Instance Standalone Database, If you want to stop/start everything that runs on a ORACLE_HOME, you can run this: But why sometimes it does nothing? Well.. .this is where the magic of N or Y at the end of the line in /etc/oratab. Just change to Y and process will stop/start DB and... » read more