1. Upgrade to Oracle12c in February 2017 José Parra
CPM6
30 Nov – 02 Dec 2016

2. Backgroung Info First discussed on CPM3, June 2014 – Oracle Road map
Originally scheduled for Feb 2016
Pushed to Feb 2017 (due other activities at OSF)
New dates agreed for 6-10 Feb 2017
Technical coordination with the ARCs (DBA team)
Testing
Same versions for 12c upg in all layers, except hardware

3. Gantt chart (preview) Install disk expansion for DB storage SCO 1 day
Task Name
Duration
Start
Finish
Predecessors
Resource Names
Install disk expansion for DB storage SCO
1 day
Wed 8/17/16
Install disk expansion for DB storage OSF
Wed 8/24/16
JAO
ARC meeting with round table on requirement status
6 days
Wed 8/3/16
Wed 8/10/16
ALL
Test a one-extract GG configuration from SCO to EA
23 days
Mon 8/1/16
Wed 8/31/16
Apply in production the one-extract GG configuration for EA
JAO/EA
Exchange 12C upgrade plans and possible SCO-ARCs tests
22 days
Thu 9/1/16
Fri 9/30/16
ARC-upgrade meeting on OVM final status
2 days
Wed 10/19/16
Thu 10/20/16
Oracle 12c DB and GG 12.2 final status
Tue 11/15/16
All sites with up to date database and GG sync
Tue 12/13/16
XML conversion to Binary in the read-write test environment
14 days
Fri 12/2/16
Binary XML testing in the read-write test environment
24 days
Tue 12/6/16
Fri 1/6/17
ICT
Final 12C Test site preparation and Commissioning
Thu 12/15/16
Fri 1/13/17
JAO/ICT
Final 12C read-only app testing at ARCs
Sun 1/1/17
Tue 1/31/17
ARCs
Last ARC upgrade status meeting / red flag / plan B
Wed 1/11/17
Final detailed step by step upgrade plan distribution to all sites
Wed 1/25/17
*** Oracle 12C upgrade ***
5 days
Mon 2/6/17
Fri 2/10/17

4. Important dates OVM upgrades: SCO done
OSF pending to final defined version (scheduled 04/DEC/16) ARCs to be confirmed
XML CLOB to XML Binary conversion on Oracle12c TESTBENCH
In progress. Will be completed on 06/DEC/2016
ICT certification on the new XML binary storage type:
06/DEC/ /JAN/2017 (TBC)
Based on testing results, this step will be kept or removed from the upgrade plan
Upgrade cutover dates: 06/FEB/2017 – 10/FEB/2017

5. Further coordination / Pending
How this will affect the ARCs during 06-10/FEB/2017?
Contact points at the ARCs:
EA: Eisuke Morita
NA: Mike Hatz
EU: Jesus Rodriguez
Official virtualization layer at ALMA.
i.e.: OVM (Oracle Hypervisor for Oracle VMs) at ESO
AI: Jose
Software tests on 12c binary XML instance
06/DEC/ /JAN/2017
AI: ICT Leads and DBAs

6. CONCLUSIONS AFTER PRESENTATION
Remove XML CLOB to Binary conversion from Feb 2017 upgrade
As discussed during the Oracle 12c upgrade session, EOC need to be able to develop a regression test suite for this change and schedule it accordingly. If this cannot be done by Jan 2017, there will be no impact to the Oracle upgrade, but using XML CLOB feature will be at risk as the feature reached the end of life in Oracle.
Assignee: Stuartt Corder
Due Date:

7. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ALMA is funded in Europe by the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), in North America by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC) and in East Asia by the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan in cooperation with the Academia Sinica (AS) in Taiwan. ALMA construction and operations are led on behalf of Europe by ESO, on behalf of North America by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which is managed by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and on behalf of East Asia by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) provides the unified leadership and management of the construction, commissioning and operation of ALMA.