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Dear List,

I have Production DB in 8.1.6.2.0(64bit) on one box, and RMAN catalog
database 
(8.1.6.2.0) on another box. I need to upgrade both the DBs to 8.1.7.1.0. I
have 
no problem upgrading the production DB to 8.1.7.0.0 and the to 8.1.7.1.0
patch 
level.
 
The box on which catalog DB exists has another production DB which was
upgraded 
to 8.1.7.1.0. and so I CAN NOT upgrade catalog DB to 8.1.7.1.0 using normal 
upgrade procedure. I must upgrade to base line release first(8.1.7.0.0) and 
then patch needs to be applied. Since patch was already applied, my only
option 
could be to recreate the catalog database in 8.1.7.1.0 and then DO THE FULL 
IMPORT. My questions would be:

[1] Do I need to do the FULL IMPORT of the catalog database? and then issue
the 
"upgrade catalog" command twice to upgrade the catalog to work with the
latest 
RMAN version? [OR]

[2] Do I just recreate the empty catalog DB in 8.1.7.1.0 and then follow the

regular procedure to create RMAN schema and register the DB and then take
the 
fresh cold backup to start with, followed by the regular daily incremental 
backups?

[3]If I follow [2], I may loose the catalog info for 8.1.6.2.0. backups. Is
the 
8.1.6.2.0 catalog data useful after upgrading the DB to 8.1.7.1.0?

Could someone Please answer my above questions and suggest an appropriate
procedure to 
upgrade the catalog DB to 8.1.7.1.0.

-- Janardhana Babu

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