1. RAL Database services Oracle 11.2.0.3 Oracle 11.2.0.4 Oracle 11.2.0.1/11.2.0.2/12.1.0.1 (SE) Oracle 12.1.0.2 MySQL 5.0 MySQL 5.5 MySQL 5.6 (in test) ElasticSearch (in developing)

2. Contents Technologies CASTOR 12.1 Upgrade CERN Oracle licences CASTOR oracle_nsfind tool Cronos 12.1 Upgrade (not CASTOR)

3. Technologies Real Application Clusters ASM DataGuard PL/SQL replication Golden Gate (destination) OEM 11/12

4. CASTOR Oracle database 12.1 upgrade CASTOR databases have been upgraded to 11.2.0.4 Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (Doc ID 742060.1) – 11.2.0.4 support finishes on 31 st May 2017 (free extended support) – 12.1.0.2 support finishes on 30 th July 2018 – Plans for Oracle CASTOR upgrade in CERN? We have new hardware to install new RAC/Data Guard, should it be 11.2.0.4 or 12.1.0.2?

5. CERN Oracle Licence What licence can we use from CERN? – Golden Gate etc. Golden Gate could be used to near zero downtime migration to 12.1

6. CASTOR oracle_nsfind tool Possible replacement for nsfind Written in Python using hierarchical queries Eliminating communication to Name Server, querying the database (Pluto, currently snapshot Orpheus) directly Up to 32 times faster https://svn.esc.rl.ac.uk/repos/edb/projects/C ASTOR/codes/CASTORNS_on_Oracle

7. Cronos (Conditions DB) 12.1 upgrade Golden Gate propagation destination Currently GRID 12.1.0.1/Database 11.2.0.4

8. Contacts andrey.smirnov@stfc.ac.uk juan.sierra@stfc.ac.uk DATABASESERVICES@stfc.ac.uk

9. Questions