Upgrade Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12.1.0.4 to 13.2.0.0 on Oracle Linux 6.5

In this article, we are going to list all the steps to upgrade Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12.1.0.4 to 13.2.0.0 on Oracle Linux 6.5

Table of Contents:

1. heck the envirement
2. Upgrade steps from 12c4 to 13c2

1. Check the envirement :

Liste of server specifications :

Database repository version	Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2
Database repository Location	Localhost
Current version of OEMCC	12c Release 4
Upgrade version	13c Release 2
Operating System	Oracle Linux Server release 6.5
RAM	12Go
CPU	4
Kernel	Linux 3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64

2. Upgrade steps from OEMCC 12c4 to 13c2 :

We are going to stop the old version 12c4 and we are going to list all the steps to upgrade to the version 13c2.

1. Stop the current OEMCC 12c4 version :

• Copy the software of Oracle Enterprise Manager  Cloud Control 13c2 :

$ ls -lh em13200_linux64*
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 2.0G May 10 01:17 em13200_linux64-2.zip
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 528M May 10 01:18 em13200_linux64-3.zip
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 2.0G May 10 01:19 em13200_linux64-4.zip
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 2.0G May 10 01:20 em13200_linux64-5.zip
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 453M May 10 01:20 em13200_linux64-6.zip
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 529M May 10 01:20 em13200_linux64.bin

• Step 1 : Start the upgrade of the version 13c2:

$ ./em13200_linux64.bin

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• Step 2 : Skip updates

• Step 3 : Prerequisite check

This step is going to check if our Oracle Linux parameters meets all minimum requirements before the upgrade.

Note : After the prerequiste check, we have a system Linux kernel parameter required port range failed :

We have updates the file /etc/sysctl.conf

# vi /etc/sysctl.Conf
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 11000 65000
# sysctl -p

And Then RERUN

Update the Oracle repository database initialization parameters :

Step 4 : Choose upgrade an existing Enterprise Manager 

We find the installed version 12c4

Step 5 : Choose new Middleware Home Location :

Step 6 : Connect to Oracle database OEMCC repository:

We are going to use the same Oracle database repository of the old OEMCC repository version.

Step 7 : We have some errors

Error 01: Error based on the no presence of the Enterprise Manager Key:

Solution : create the EM Key

Error 02: an Error, We should modify the parameter optimizer_adaptive_features to false :

Solution :

Step 7 : Check this warning about AMM and session_cached_cursors.

Step 8 : Plug-ins to upgrade.

Step 9 : We have a list of plug-ins that we can upgrade.

Step 10 : Set up OMS instance base location and weblogic user password.

Step 11 : In my case, we don’t configure a shared location for Oracle BI Publisher.

Step 12 : Port configuration details.

Step 13 : Go to upgrade

Step 14 : The upgrade takes many time and it depends of the performance of the server.

Step 15 : Run the allroot.sh script with the root user.

Step 16 : Finish upgrade

Step 17 : Check the OEMCC 13c2 status

Step 18 : Navigate the OEMCC 13c2 interface

Conclusion:

We have done an upgrade Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c4 to 13c2.