Oracle Database 12c Release 1 Complete Checklist


Complete Checklist for Manual Upgrades to Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) (Doc ID 1503653.1)

Step 1: Upgrade Path for Oracle Database to Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1)

Minimum version of the database that can be directly upgraded to Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1)

Source Database	Target Database
10.2.0.5	12.1.x
11.1.0.7	12.1.x
11.2.0.2 or higher	12.1.x

The following database versions will require an indirect upgrade path:

Source Database		Intermediate Upgrade Path for Target Database		Target Database
11.2.0.1	---->	11.2.0.2 or higher	---->	12.1.x
11.1.0.6	---->	11.1.0.7 or 11.2.0.2 or higher	---->	12.1.x
10.2.0.4 (or earlier)	---->	10.2.0.5 or later direct upgrade version	---->	12.1.x
10.1.0.5 (or earlier)	---->	10.2.0.5 or later direct upgrade version	---->	12.1.x
9.2.0.8 (or earlier)	---->	9.2.0.8 --> 11.2.0.2 or higher	---->	12.1.x

 For example:

 If you are upgrading from 11.2.0.1 or 11.1.0.6, then you must first upgrade to Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2).
 If you are upgrading from 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, or 10.1.0.5, then you must first upgrade to 10.2.0.5 or later.
 For release 9.2.0.8, you must first upgrade to an intermediate Oracle Database release, as follows: 9.2.0.8 -> 11.2.0.2 or 11.2.0.3 -> 12.1
Reminder:

To locate the patchid of a patchset refer to:

Note 438049.1 : How To Find RDBMS patchsets on My Oracle Support
Note 753736.1 : Quick Reference to Patchset Patch Numbers