A few useful MOS Docs are listed below , in case if 12cR2 upgrade around the corner

  • How to Upgrade to/Downgrade from Grid Infrastructure 12.2 and Known Issues (Doc ID 2240959.1)
  • Complete Checklist for Upgrading to Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) using DBUA (Doc ID 2189854.1)
  • 12.2 Grid Infrastructure Installation: What's New (Doc ID 2024946.1)
  • Patches to apply before upgrading Oracle GI and DB to 12.2.0.1 (Doc ID 2180188.1)
  • Differences Between Enterprise, Standard Edition 2 on Oracle 12.2 (Doc ID 2243031.1)
  • 12.2 gridSetup.sh Does Not List Disks Unless the Discovery String is Provided (Doc ID 2244960.1)

About the Author

Syed Jaffar Hussain

An Oracle Database Expert for over 15 years from his 20 years of Information Technology (IT) career. Over the past 15 years of Oracle journey, he involved with several local and large scaled international banks where he implemented and managed highly complex cluster and non-cluster environments with over 100’s of business critical databases. Recognizing his efforts and contribution towards the Oracle community, Oracle awarded him the prestigious ‘Best DBA of the year, 2011’ and Oracle ACE Director status. He also acquired industry best Oracle credentials, Oracle Certified Master (OCM), Oracle RAC Expert, OCP DBA 8i,9i,10g & 11g in addition to ITIL Expertise. Syed is an active Oracle speaker, regularly presents technical sessions and webinars on various Oracle database technologies at many Oracle events. You can visit his technical blog, http://jaffardba.blogspot.com where he discuss and writes the workaround/solution about the issues confronted from his day-to-day activities. Apart from being the part of the core Technical Review committee member for a few Oracle technology oriented books, he also co-authored an Oracle 11g R1/R2 Real Application Cluster Essentials and Oracle Expert RAC books. His blog can be found at http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/

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