Upgrading the RDS for Oracle DB engine

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, see Amazon RDS for Oracle Release Notes.

Important

RDS for Oracle Database 11g is desupported. If you maintain Oracle Database 11g 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 DB upgrades
• Testing an Oracle DB upgrade
• Upgrading an Oracle DB instance
• Upgrading an Oracle DB snapshot