When upgrading from e.g. Oracle 10g to 11c I often used Oracle Flashback technology for a fast fallback to the old Oracle release in case tests were negative and the upgrade had to be reverted. Now I thought that upgrading from Oracle 11c to 12c could be also safeguarded by setting an Oracle guaranteed restore point (GRP). Looks like this is no longer possible. Applying the SAP Bundle Patch requires raising the COMPATIBLE parameter, which breaks the GRP:
$ env ORACLE_HOME=$OHRDBMS /oracle/SID/121/sapbundle/SBP_12102160119_201602/catsbp
catsbp - Post-process Installation of SBP 12.1.0.2.160119 201602.
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Log file: $ORACLE_BASE/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/SAP201602_APPLY_SID_2016_04_06-10-14-19.log
Connecting to database...
Connecting to database...done.
Executing Datapatch...
Executing Datapatch...failed.
Reason: Failure during prerequisite checks
Loading style sheets...
Loading style sheets...skipped.
Reason: Style sheets already loaded
Recompiling objects with utlrp...
Recompiling objects with utlrp...skipped.
Reason: Objects already compiled
Post-installation of this SAP Bundle Patch is incomplete:
Cause: Datapatch has encountered an error during its prerequisite checks.
No post-installation steps have been executed.
Action: Refer to the log file for more information and resolve the error
cause.
Database error:
ORA-00406: COMPATIBLE parameter needs to be 12.0.0.0.0 or greater ORA-00722: Feature "Editions" [for Statement " create or replace noneditionable view dba_registry_history ( action_time, acion, namespace, version, id, bundle_series, comments ) as select action_time, action, namespace, version, id, bundle_series, comments from registry$history "] at catsbp line 1813
catsbp completed with errors, post-installation of this SAP Bundle
Patch is INCOMPLETE. Refer to the log file
$ORACLE_BASE/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/SAP201602_APPLY_SID_2016_04_06-10-14-19.log
for more information.
Overall Status: INCOMPLETE
Is there any trick by which I can avoid changing the COMPATIBLE parameter? Or is it only possible have a GRP during the Oracle 12c upgrade if I skip the SAP Bundle Patch?
Regards,
Mark