Upgrading the RDS for Oracle DB engine (original) (raw)

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When Amazon RDS supports a new version of Oracle Database, you can upgrade your DB instances to the new version. For information about which Oracle versions are available on Amazon RDS, seeAmazon RDS for Oracle Release Notes.

Important

RDS for Oracle Databases 11g, 12c, and 18c are no longer supported. If you maintain Oracle Database 11g, 12c, or 18c snapshots, you can upgrade them to a later release. For more information, see Upgrading an Oracle DB snapshot.

Topics

• Overview of RDS for Oracle engine upgrades
• Oracle major version upgrades
• Oracle minor version upgrades
• Considerations for Oracle database upgrades
• Testing an Oracle DB upgrade
• Upgrading the version of an RDS for Oracle DB instance
• Upgrading an Oracle DB snapshot

Document Conventions

XML DB

Overview of Oracle upgrades

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