Current environment
SAP ERP 6.0 (ECC 6.0) / EHP: 4
ABAP Only.
Oracle: 11.2.0.2
Oracle instant client: 10.2.0.4 V5
SAP Kernel: 721 patch level 526
Type of upgrade: Out-of-place upgarde (Install binaries in new ORACLE_HOME), then upgrade using DBUA + SBP Patch, post-installation.
We have read through 1914631 - Central Technical Note for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1)
Questions:
Preparation work
1) Do we need to upgrade our oracle instant client at least to 11.2.0.4 latest version first?
2) Do we need to upgrade our SAP Kernel to version 7.22_EXT first ? Can it support non EXT?
What is the recommended kernel version we should go for?
3) For BR*Tools 7.40, we only apply after we upgrade the kernel to eg. 7.22_EXT?
4) Do we need to setup SSF first before the upgrade?
5) We don't use ACO feature in our current oracle, I guess we can skip (SAP note 2157904), right?
6) Do we need use create the new user oracle to perform the out-of-place upgrade or use <sid>adm?
What was understand 1915317 - Migrating Software Owner to 'oracle' the same source and target oracle must use the same software owner for upgrade. We want to reduce any downtime during day to day operation.
Thanks.