2 Supported Upgrades

Learn about the commonly supported upgrade paths for Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) 15.0 Suite components.

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Supported BRM Upgrades

Table 2-1 lists the supported upgrade paths for BRM, Elastic Charging Engine (ECE), and Pricing Design Center (PDC). This also includes Billing Care and Pipeline Configuration Center. This applies to both non-Cloud Native and Cloud Native upgrades, as well as upgrades from non-Cloud Native to Cloud Native environments.

Note:

For upgrades from versions prior to BRM 12.0 Patch Set 3, please contact Oracle Support for guidance and availability of upgrade paths.

Table 2-1 BRM Upgrade Paths for Upgrading to 15.0.0 or 15.0.1

Version Upgrade with Downtime (BRM with ECE and PDC) Zero Downtime Upgrade Using Second Deployment (BRM with ECE and PDC) Zero Downtime Upgrade on a Single Instance Using Rolling Upgrades (BRM with ECE and PDC) Zero Downtime Upgrade on a Single Instance Using Rolling Upgrades (BRM only)

15.0.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

12.0.0.8

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

12.0.0.7

Yes

Yes

No

No

12.0.0.6

Yes

Yes

No

No

12.0.0.5

Yes

Yes

No

No

12.0.0.4

Yes

Yes

No

No

12.0.0.3

Yes

No

No

No