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Announcement Support for this product will end on December 22, 2025. To monitor Oracle databases, we recommend that you use PATROL for Oracle Enterprise Database.

Upgrading

This topic provides information about upgrading from earlier versions of the PATROL for Oracle Database to the latest version. If you are using the older versions other than 9.5.X, then you need first upgrade to 9.5 (See upgrade to 9.5) and then to 9.7.00.

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Installing-using-a-TrueSight-console

Installing-in-a-PATROL-environment

Before you begin

It is recommended to back up PATROL_HOME and PATROL_CACHE directories. This is recommended in case you need to revert to an earlier version of the PATROL for Oracle Database.

Note

Throughout this section, all references to PATROL_HOME represent $PATROL_HOME in UNIX and %PATROL_HOME% in Windows; all references to PATROL_CACHE represent $HOME/patrol in UNIX and %PATROL_CACHE% in Windows.

  1. Ensure that no one is accessing the KM related PATROL files or directories.
  2. Perform a full backup of the following two directories where PATROL executables and data are typically stored:
    • PATROL_HOME for agent and console installation directories
    • PATROL_CACHE for the console working cache
  3. If you upgrade from an older version to 9.7.11.xx fix pack, you must login to the Oracle Database as a privileged user and grant the following privilege to the monitoring user. 
    grant select on dba_tablespace_usage_metrics to <Oracle monitoring user>

To upgrade the PATROL for Oracle Database in a PATROL environment

  1. Stop the PATROL Agent, the PATROL consoles, and any related services that are currently running
  2. Follow the typical installation instructions in Installing in a PATROL environment.
  3. Follow the instructions for post-upgrade task for existing instances.

To upgrade the PATROL for Oracle Database in a TrueSight environment

  1. Follow the process outlined in Installing using a TrueSight console.
  2. Follow the instructions for post-upgrade task for existing instances.

Post-upgrade task for existing instances

In case of remote monitoring, there is a need to modify Pconfig entry (if exists) "/OraNetConfig.javaHome". The new value must not contain the bin dir.

For example: /data/java/bin = /data/java

Restart the PATROL agent after changing this entry.

 

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