If you have upgraded an existing protected Oracle Database instance to a newer Oracle Database version, follow the procedures below to begin protecting your new instance:
| 1 | Ensure all requirements are met for your new version of Oracle Database. See Requirements for Oracle protection. |
| 2 | Re-save the Oracle client to force the system to discover the new instance: |
| • | With the client selected in the Navigation pane, click Settings > Clients, Networking, and Notifications > Clients. |
| • | On the Client page, click the Save. |
| • | Both the previous version and the new version now display as applications under the Oracle client in the Navigation pane. For example, when you upgrade from 11g to 12c, both the 11g and 12c applications display under the Oracle client in the Navigation pane. |
| 3 | Schedule and begin running backups of your Oracle new databases. See Executing Oracle backups. |
| 4 | (Optional) If you no longer need to backup the older databases, disable or delete backup schedules for the older instance. See To enable or disable an Oracle backup schedule or To delete an Oracle backup schedule. |
This is necessary because Oracle creates a new database instance when you upgrade, and does not remove or overwrite any older instances.
Note: The system will not purge the last successful backup group for the older databases (see Backup groups). If you no longer need any backups of the older databases, proceed to step 5 to delete them manually.
| 5 | (Optional) Once you have gained the desired retention on your new instance, you can manually delete backups of the older instance. For details, see To delete backups from a device. |
Caution! Select the older instance in the Navigation pane to ensure that only backups of that instance display in the backup browser before you delete.