A few useful Oracle 12cR2 MOS Docs

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)

Oracle Clusterware 12cR2 - deprecated and desupported features

Having clear understanding of deprecated and desupported features in a new release is equally important as knowing the new features of the release. In this short blog post, I would like to highlight the following features that are either deprecated or desupported in 12cR2.

Deprecated

·        config.sh will no longer be used for Grid configuration wizard, instead, the gridSetip.sh is used in 12cR2;

·        Placement of OCR and Voting files directly on a shared filesystem is not deprecated;

·        The diagcollection.pl utility is deprecated in favor of Oracle Trace File Analyzer;

Desupported

·        You are no longer able to use Oracle Clusterware commands that are prefixed with crs_.

In my next blog post, will go over some of the important features Oracle Clusterware in 12cR2. Stay tuned.

References:

https://docs.oracle.com/database/122/CWADD/changes-in-this-release-for-oracle-clusterware-administration-and-deployment-guide.htm#GUID-F0444666-2CE6-4EF3-9322-E5A55961B1F2