Upgrade ASM and database to 12c - No GRID or RAC

From: Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 16:12:42 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJzM94Bo0YGuWg=Divac3f+mZdUQv77uf_WjkgHDeB9P8bksrw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Current environment:

• Oracle EE 11.2.0.4
• Linux x86-64
• ASM 11.2.0.4

We have several environments that were set up as single-instance databases using ASM, no GRID or RAC. We have been unsuccessful in trying to upgrade ASM to 12.1.0.2. We have not attempted to upgrade the databases since we were told that ASM must be upgraded to 12c first. Steps we have taken:

• unzip the grid files
• unset variables like ORACLE_HOME, ORA_CRS_HOME, etc.
• from the unzipped location, kick off runInstaller
• execute the rootupgrade.sh script

The last step is where we have problems. The last entry in the log is for "asmca -silent -upgradeLocalASM". After a couple of hours (had a meeting in between), we just pressed the <Enter> key a few times to see if it was waiting for something. Apparently, it was prompting for something, but no prompts appeared on the screen so we have no idea what we should have answered to the prompts. The log did show one prompt for "Enter password". We did verify that the ASMSNMP user was in there and had the sysdba privilege. We verified that the orapw+ASM password in the 11g OHome was correct for SYS and ASMSNMP.

Can someone point us to documentation or a step-by-step guide that will guide us in upgrading this kind of environment? Unfortunately, this is a secure system so I am unable to supply any logs. Thank you for any suggestions and guidance.

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Sandy B.

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Received on Wed May 11 2016 - 00:12:42 CEST