cluvfy Command Options for Database Upgrade Validation

Use the Cluster Verification Utility (CVU) command

cluvfy stage -pre
                dbinst -upgrade

to check the readiness of your Oracle RAC installation for upgrades.

Purpose

Running cluvfy with the -predbinst -upgrade options performs system checks to confirm if the cluster is in a correct state for upgrading from an existing Oracle RAC installation.

Syntax

cluvfy stage -pre dbinst -upgrade -src_dbhome src_RAChome [-dbname
db_names_list] -dest_dbhome dest_RAChome -dest_version dest_version 
[-fixup] [-fixupnoexec][-method root|-method sudo -user user_name
[-location dir_path ]] [-verbose]

The command performs the appropriate checks on all the nodes in the cluster before setting up an Oracle RAC Database. The following table describes the options for the command.

Options

Table 10-1 Cluster Verification Utility Command Options for Oracle RAC Databases

Option	Description
`-src_dbhome` src_RAChome	Location of the source Oracle RAC home that you are upgrading, where src_RAChome is the path to the home to upgrade.
`-dest_dbhome` dest_RAChome	Location of the Oracle RAC home for upgrade, where dest_RAChome is the path to the Oracle RAC home.
`-dest_version` dest_version	Release number of the upgrade, including any patchset. The release number must include the five digits designating the release to the level of the platform-specific patch. For example: 21.0.0.0.0.
`—user` user_name	User name to access all the nodes with root privileges.
`-location` dir_path	Full file system path for the `sudo` executable.
`-dbname` db_names_list	List of unique names of the databases being upgraded.
`-verbose`	Displays detailed output of individual checks.
`-fixup`	If specified, on verification failure, performs fixup operations.
`-fixupnoexec`	If specified, on verification failure, fix up data is generated and the instruction for manual execution of the generated fix ups is displayed.

You can verify that the permissions required for installing Oracle RAC have been configured on the nodes node1 and node2 by running the following command.

$ ./cluvfy stage -pre dbinst -upgrade 
-src_dbhome /u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1 
-dest_dbhome /u01/app/oracle/product/21.0.0/dbhome_1 
-dest_version 21.0.0.0.0 -fixup -verbose

Parent topic: Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle RAC Upgrades