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This step is not required when upgrading from v11.1 or higher. You can startup MOUNT the instance(s) either using SQL*Plus or you can navigate to Actions > Start/Stop Database in the Control Center.

3. Post Upgrade Steps

After the upgrade is finished, make sure to check on standby server directory DBVISIT_BASE/standbymp/db. If this directory contains file equal or more than approximately 1GB of space, we recommend to perform task cleanup.

To cleanup tasks, please follow procedure described here:

Reset Repository

Choose only task level cleanup: --level tasks-events

It is sufficient to perform the cleanup task only on standby and dbvcontrol servers (excluding primary).