EM12cR2 upgrade to EM12cR5 – My Oracle Adventure

I followed the steps below:

# backup the rule sets
 To make a copy, from the Setup menu, select Incidents, then select Incident Rules.
 On the Incident Rules - All Enterprise Rules page, in the table, select the out-of-box rule set you want to copy.
 Then, from the Actions menu, select Create Like Rule Set. In the Create Like Rule Set page, provide the required details and click Save.

# Back up the OMS (the middleware home and the inventory)
 [[email protected] bin]$ /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2/OPatch/opatch lsinventory
 Invoking OPatch 11.2.0.1.1
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.1.1
 Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2
 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
 from : /etc/oraInst.loc
 OPatch version : 11.2.0.1.1
 OUI version : 11.2.0.2.0
 OUI location : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2/oui
 Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2015-11-18_10-09-47AM.log
Patch history file: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch_history.txt
Lsinventory Output file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2015-11-18_10-09-47AM.txt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Installed Top-level Products (1):
Oracle Database 11g 11.2.0.2.0
 There are 1 products installed in this Oracle Home.
There are no Interim patches installed in this Oracle Home.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPatch succeeded.
[[email protected] u01]$ locate oraInst.loc | grep oms
 /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/middleware/oms/oraInst.loc
 [[email protected] u01]$ cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/middleware/oms/oraInst.loc
 inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
 inst_group=oinstall
[[email protected] u01]$ locate oraInst.loc | grep agent
 /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/agent/core/12.1.0.2.0/oraInst.loc
 [[email protected] u01]$ cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/agent/core/12.1.0.2.0/oraInst.loc
 inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
 inst_group=oinstall
[[email protected] OMS_BACKUP]$ tar -cvzf GRID_Inventory.tar.gz /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory

# Middle-ware Home and EM domain – take a snapshot of your OMS(Oracle Management Service) use the syntax bellow:

 /bin/emctl exportconfig oms [-sysman_pwd ]
 [-dir ] Specify directory to store backup file
 [-keep_host] Specify this parameter if the OMS was installed
 using a virtual hostname (using ORACLE_HOSTNAME=)

cd /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/middleware/oms/bin/
 [[email protected] bin]$ ./emctl exportconfig oms -sysman_pwd -dir /backup/OMS_BACKUP/
 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 2
 Copyright (c) 1996, 2012 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
 ExportConfig started...
 Machine is Admin Server host. Performing Admin Server backup...
 Exporting emoms properties...
 Exporting secure properties...
Export has determined that the OMS is not fronted
 by an SLB. The local hostname was NOT exported.
 The exported data can be imported on any host but
 resecure of all agents will be required. Please
 see the EM Advanced Configuration Guide for more
 details.
Exporting configuration for pluggable modules...
 Preparing archive file...
 Backup has been written to file: /backup/OMS_BACKUP/opf_ADMIN_20151118_102429.bka
The export file contains sensitive data.
 Please ensure that it is kept secure.
ExportConfig completed successfully!

# Copy the emkey from the existing OMS to the existing Management Repository.

[[email protected] bin]$ ./emctl config emkey -copy_to_repos -sysman_pwd Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 2
 Copyright (c) 1996, 2012 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
 The EMKey has been copied to the Management Repository. This operation will cause the EMKey to become unsecure.
 After the required operation has been completed, secure the EMKey by running "emctl config emkey -remove_from_repos".
 [[email protected] bin]$
[[email protected] bin]$ ./emctl status emkey
 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 2
 Copyright (c) 1996, 2012 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
 Enter Enterprise Manager Root (SYSMAN) Password :
 The EMKey is configured properly, but is not secure. Secure the EMKey by running "emctl config emkey -remove_from_repos".
 [[email protected] bin]$

# Preserv changes to the memory

[[email protected] bin]$ ./emctl get property -name 'JAVA_EM_MEM_ARGS'
 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 2
 Copyright (c) 1996, 2012 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
 SYSMAN password:
 Value for property JAVA_EM_MEM_ARGS for oms All Management Servers is null
 [[email protected] bin]$
$/bin/emctl set property -name 'JAVA_EM_MEM_ARGS' -value '-Xms256m -Xmx1740m'

# stop the EM12c demons:

./$/bin/emctl extended oms jvmd stop -all
 $/bin/emctl extended oms adp stop –all
 ./emctl stop oms -all -force
 ./emctl stop agent

# backup the repository using RMAN

shutdown immediate
 startup mount
RMAN> run{
 allocate channel c1 device type disk format '/backup/OMS_BACKUP/%U';
 backup as compressed backupset database PLUS ARCHIVELOG;
 backup current controlfile;
 }
 .........
shutdown immediate
 lsnrctl stop

# Because the DB version is 11.2.0.2 we need to deploy the necessary patches:
p9748749_112020_Linux-x86-64.zip
p11061801_112020_Generic.zip

unzip p9748749_112020_Linux-x86-64.zip
 unzip p11061801_112020_Generic.zip
cd 9748749
 $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch apply
 cd 11061801
 $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch apply
sqlplus / as sysdba
 startup

#- Upgrade the OMS