1. Migrating Non-CDBs to New Hardware with the Same Operating System and for a New Release
  2. Post-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Database
  3. Recommended and Best Practices to Complete After Upgrading Oracle Database
  4. Back Up the Database

Back Up the Database

Perform a full backup of the production database.

Although this step is not required, Oracle strongly recommends that you back up your production database.

See Also:

Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide for details about backing up a database with RMAN

Parent topic: Recommended and Best Practices to Complete After Upgrading Oracle Database