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1. Upgrading of Dbvisit Standby software needs to be done on both the primary server and standby servers. 

2. For Oracle RAC, the upgrade needs to be done for each node.

3. You may want to create a backup of the Dbvisit Standby install directory for rollback purposes. (all Dbvisit software is contained within the When upgrading, you will install Dbvisit Standby version 7 into the exact same location  as what the current (older) version was installed.  Example if you have version 6 installed in /usr/local/dbvisit you will need to make sure you select this same path when asked by the installer what the location (destination) is of the installation.  The upgrade process is an in-place upgrade.  Do not install Dbvisit Standby version 7 into a separate location, unless you plan to recreate the DDC files from scratch.

4. You may want to create a backup of the Dbvisit Standby install directory for rollback purposes. (all Dbvisit software is contained within the main directory).

45. Existing 7.0 license keys are automatically applied to the new software.

56. Existing 5.3.x and 6.0.x license keys are NOT valid for 7.0. Contact Dbvisit Sales to obtain 7.0 license keys if you have current Dbvisit support.

67. Your current Dbvisit Database Configuration (DDC) configurations will be upgraded and a new configuration (DDC) file will be created.  A backup of the original DDC file will be created.

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Recommended:   Before starting the upgrade, it is recommended that the standby database is up to date with the primary database (this is not required, but recommended - all archive logs in the Dbvisit Standby ARCHDEST on the standby server should have been applied to the standby)

The upgrade process is an "in-place" upgrade, meaning you install the version 7 software into the exact same location as your previous version.

When upgrading you will run the installation process exactly the same as you would perform a new installation, with the exception that you need to make sure you specify the location of the current Dbvisit Standby installation during the installation, known as the Dbvisit Base directory.  For  

For example, if you currently have Dbvisit Standby version 6 installed in /usr/local/dbvisit or /opt/dbvisit you will need to make sure that during the installation process that you specify this location as your installation location.  When Dbvisit Standby version 7 is installed, the installer will upgrade the required files in this location.

On a high level the upgrade process can be seen as:

• Stop your Dbvisit Standby schedules on all systems
• Stop Dbvserver (GUI) if you are using it
• Stop Dbvnet (Dbvisit Networking)Download and Install the new Dbvisit Standby version 7 )
• Download the new Dbvisit Standby version 7 software which will be in a zip archive.  
• Extract the downloaded software into a temporary directory, example /home/oracle/7.0/  (this is just temporary, once the installation is complete, you can remove this directory)
• Start the installer from the extracted download (making sure you select the previous versions, installation directory during installation)
  Note that during the installation process if you are upgrading a previous installation, you must select the previous installation base directory for the DBVISIT_BASE.
  Example, if you have Dbvisit Standby version 6 installed in /usr/local/dbvisit then you have to install version 7 in the same location.  
  During the installation, the version 6 DDC files located in DBVISIT_BASE/standby directory (example /usr/local/dbvisit/standby/dbv_PROD.env) will be upgraded to version 7 DDC files and will be copied to the new conf directory under the standby sub directory (example /usr/local/dbvisit/standby/conf/dbv_PROD.env)
• Update the Dbvisit Standby Repository
• Update the Dbvisit Standby Configuration files (Optional if you want to edit parameters as part of the upgrade)
• Remove any old temporary files (*.dbv) that might be located in the DBVISIT_BASE/standby/tmp directory (example /usr/dbvisit/standby/tmp/)
• Start Dbvserver and Dbvnet if you did not select the auto start during the installation of the new software
• Start your Dbvisit Standby schedules
• Once the installation is complete, you can remove the install files, example if you extracted the installer into /home/oracle/7.0/ you can remove this temporary directory.

The next section will provide a more detail overview of the upgrade steps to follow:

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oracle@dbvlin101[/home/oracle/7.0]: unzip dbvisit-standby7.0.01_linux.zip
Archive:  dbvisit-standby7.0.01_linux.zip
  inflating: dbvisit-standby7.0.01.tar
  inflating: README.txt
  inflating: online_user_guide_reference.txt
oracle@dbvlin101[/home/oracle/7.0]: ls -l
total 109844
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 45089534 Aug 21 10:40 dbvisit-standby7.0.01_linux.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 67165696 Aug 19 18:10 dbvisit-standby7.0.01.tar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall      393 Jul 10 23:21 online_user_guide_reference.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall    87875 Aug 19 14:17 README.txt
oracle@dbvlin101[/home/oracle/7.0]: tar -xf dbvisit-standby7.0.01.tar
oracle@dbvlin101[/home/oracle/7.0]: ls -l
total 109848
drwxr-xr-x 6 oracle oinstall     4096 Aug 21 10:50 dbvisit
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 45089534 Aug 21 10:40 dbvisit-standby7.0.01_linux.zip
-rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 67165696 Aug 19 18:10 dbvisit-standby7.0.01.tar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall      393 Jul 10 23:21 online_user_guide_reference.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall    87875 Aug 19 14:17 README.txt
 

Note that once the installation is finished you can remove this temporary directory.

Step 4: Running the Dbvisit Installer

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• To update the Dbvisit Database Configuration (DDC) file go to Home > Setup > Update Dbvisit > Update Configuration > select Database from drop-down menu and click Save Configuration.

 Using CLI to update DDC

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• To update the Dbvisit Database Repository (DDR) file go to Home > Setup > Update Dbvisit > Manage Dbvisit Repository > select Database from drop-down menu and click Check Dbvisit Repository.

• If the DDR needs to be upgraded, select Upgrade Dbvisit Repository
• Repeat upgrade of DDC and DDR for all databases on this primary server.

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Once you have completed the upgrade and you can run Dbvisit Standby successfully manually, you can re-enable your Dbvisit Standby schedules disabled in Step 1.

Step 11:  Clean up the temporary files (the downloaded install files)

If you extracted the installer into a temporary location, example /home/oracle/7.0, you can now remove this as it is no longer required.