The DBMS_DST package was proposed to streamline the process of upgrading the database time zone file, along with the time zone data based on new time zone file.
Index
Problems
Countries sometimes change their time zones, or alter the way they handle daylight saving time (DST). From Oracle 11gR2 onward, new time zone files are shipped with upgrades and patches, but they are not automatically applied to the database.
Applying a change to the database time zone file not only affects the way new data is handled, but potentially alters data stored in TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE columns, so you need to consider the impact of this before upgrading the time zone file.
Remember, if you only deal with dates in your country, and your country has not altered its time zone or daylight saving time policy, this upgrade may not be necessary.
Find Present Time Zone Version
The V$TIMEZONE_FILE view displays the zone file version –
SELECT * FROM v$timezone_file; FILENAME VERSION CON_ID -------------------- ---------- ---------- timezlrg_26.dat 26 0
You can get the same information from other available options like from registry$database and database_properties –
COLUMN property_name FORMAT A30 COLUMN property_value FORMAT A20 SELECT property_name, property_value FROM database_properties WHERE property_name LIKE 'DST_%' ORDER BY property_name; PROPERTY_NAME PROPERTY_VALUE ------------------------------ -------------------- DST_PRIMARY_TT_VERSION 26 DST_SECONDARY_TT_VERSION 0 DST_UPGRADE_STATE NONE
You can get the latest available version of the timezone file is displayed using the GET_LATEST_TIMEZONE_VERSION function in the DBMS_DST package.
SELECT DBMS_DST.get_latest_timezone_version
FROM dual;
GET_LATEST_TIMEZONE_VERSION
---------------------------
32Prepare for the Upgrade
This step is where you check the impact of a time zone file upgrade, including the tables that will be affected by the upgrade. This is optional, but good to check.
Empty the default tables that hold the affected tables list and errors. If you are using custom tables, created with the CREATE_AFFECTED_TABLE, CREATE_ERROR_TABLE, CREATE_TRIGGER_TABLE procedures, then empty those instead.
TRUNCATE TABLE sys.dst$affected_tables; TRUNCATE TABLE sys.dst$error_table;
Find tables affected by the upgrade.
EXEC DBMS_DST.find_affected_tables;
Check the results of the call.
SELECT * FROM sys.dst$affected_tables; SELECT * FROM sys.dst$error_table;
When you’ve identified the affected tables and determined you are happy to continue, you can end the prepare phase.
EXEC DBMS_DST.end_prepare;
Upgrade the Time Zone File (non-CDB)
Start the database into upgrade mode.
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE; STARTUP UPGRADE;
Begin the upgrade to the latest version.
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
l_tz_version PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
SELECT DBMS_DST.get_latest_timezone_version
INTO l_tz_version
FROM dual;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('l_tz_version=' || l_tz_version);
DBMS_DST.begin_upgrade(l_tz_version);
END;
/
Restart the database.
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE; STARTUP;
Do the upgrade of the database file zone file.
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
l_failures PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
DBMS_DST.upgrade_database(l_failures);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('DBMS_DST.upgrade_database : l_failures=' || l_failures);
DBMS_DST.end_upgrade(l_failures);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('DBMS_DST.end_upgrade : l_failures=' || l_failures);
END;
/
Issues
For issues like below you need to follow the whole process to rectify the same –
Reason for getting this error –
If you check it shows the TZ version is –
Upgrade the Time Zone File (Multitenant)
In a multitenant environment, the time zone file upgrade must be performed in all containers. If you follow the example of the non-CDB instance, it will only be upgraded in the root container. What’s more, any new PDBs created from the seed will also use the old time zone file. To solve this we run the upgrade in the root container and all PDBs using the “catcon.pl” Perl script.
Create a script called “/tmp/upgrade_tzf.sql” with the following contents.
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;
STARTUP UPGRADE;
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
l_tz_version PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
SELECT DBMS_DST.get_latest_timezone_version
INTO l_tz_version
FROM dual;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('l_tz_version=' || l_tz_version);
DBMS_DST.begin_upgrade(l_tz_version);
END;
/
SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;
STARTUP;
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
l_failures PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
DBMS_DST.upgrade_database(l_failures);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('DBMS_DST.upgrade_database : l_failures=' || l_failures);
DBMS_DST.end_upgrade(l_failures);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('DBMS_DST.end_upgrade : l_failures=' || l_failures);
END;
/Now we run the script in all containers using the “catcon.pl” Perl script. The “-n 1” flag is important. The script does a shutdown and startup. If the script is run in parallel, some of the PDBs will be processed at the same time as the root container, so their upgrade will be interrupted by the root container shutdown/startup. Running with a single worker keeps things sequential.
$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl \
-I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib \
-I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin \
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl \
-n 1 \
-l /tmp/ \
-b upgrade_tzf \
/tmp/upgrade_tzf.sqlAlternative options –
# Root only.
$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl \
-I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib \
-I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin \
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl \
-l /tmp/ \
-b upgrade_tzf \
-c 'CDB$ROOT' \
/tmp/upgrade_tzf.sql
# Root excluded.
$ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin/perl \
-I$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib \
-I$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin \
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catcon.pl \
-l /tmp/ \
-b upgrade_tzf \
-C 'CDB$ROOT' \
/tmp/upgrade_tzf.sqlCheck the “upgrade_tzf*.log” files for the result of the upgrade in each container.
Hope this document will help you to resolve the issues during Time zone upgrade.