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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction to Upgrading Oracle Traffic Director to 12c (12.2.1.2)

• 1.1 About the Starting Points for a Oracle Traffic Director Upgrade
• 1.2 About the Oracle Traffic Director Standard Topologies
• 1.3 About Upgrade Restrictions

2 Pre-Upgrade Requirements

• 2.1 Pre-Upgrade Checklist
• 2.2 Creating a Complete Backup
  • 2.2.1 Backing Up the Schema Version Registry Table
  • 2.2.2 Maintaining Custom Domain Environment Settings
• 2.3 Cloning Your Production Environment for Testing
• 2.4 Verifying Certification and System Requirements
  • 2.4.1 Verify Your Environment Meets Certification Requirements
  • 2.4.2 Verify System Requirements and Specifications
    • 2.4.2.1 Migrating from a 32-Bit to a 64-Bit Operating System
      • 2.4.2.1.1 Procure the Hardware That Supports the Upgrade's 64-bit Software Requirement
      • 2.4.2.1.2 Stop All Processes
      • 2.4.2.1.3 Back Up All Files from the 32-bit Host Machine
      • 2.4.2.1.4 Set Up the Target 64-bit Machine with the 11g Host Name and IP Address
      • 2.4.2.1.5 Restore the 11g Backup from 32-bit Host to 64-bit Host
      • 2.4.2.1.6 Install the 12c Product Distributions on the Target Machine
      • 2.4.2.1.7 Upgrade the Target 64-bit Environment Using the Standard Upgrade Procedure
  • 2.4.3 Verify That the Database Hosting Oracle Fusion Middleware Is Supported
  • 2.4.4 Verify That the JDK Is Certified for This Release of Oracle Fusion Middleware
• 2.5 Updating Policy Files when Using Enhanced Encryption (AES 256)
• 2.6 Purging Unused Data
• 2.7 Creating an Edition on the Server for Edition-Based Redefinition
• 2.8 Creating a Non-SYSDBA User to Run the Upgrade Assistant
• 2.9 Identifying Existing Schemas Available for Upgrade
• 2.10 Performing Traffic Director-specific Pre-Upgrade Tasks

3 Upgrading Oracle Traffic Director from 11g

• 3.1 About the Oracle Traffic Director Upgrade Process
• 3.2 Performing Traffic Director-specific Pre-Upgrade Tasks
• 3.3 Preparing to Upgrade Oracle Traffic Director to 12c (12.2.1.2)
• 3.4 Installing the Product Distributions
• 3.5 Stopping Servers and Processes
• 3.6 Starting the Upgrade Assistant
  • 3.6.1 Upgrade Assistant Command-Line Parameters
• 3.7 Upgrading the Component Configurations
  • 3.7.1 Upgrading Oracle Traffic Director in Graphical Mode
  • 3.7.2 Upgrading Oracle Traffic Director in Silent Mode
• 3.8 Verifying the Component Configurations Upgrade
• 3.9 Post-Upgrade Steps
• 3.10 Starting Servers and Processes

4 Upgrading Oracle Traffic Director from a Previous 12c Release

• 4.1 About the Oracle Traffic Director Upgrade Process
• 4.2 Upgrading to Oracle Traffic Director 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • 4.2.1 Starting the Upgrade Assistant
    • 4.2.1.1 Upgrade Assistant Command-Line Parameters
  • 4.2.2 Upgrading the Component Configurations
  • 4.2.3 Verifying the Component Configurations Upgrade
• 4.3 Post-Upgrade Tasks
• 4.4 Starting Servers and Processes