Hey all,

Somethings have change on 18c. Today I will explain my first impressions of this pretty new product on premises and some comparisons by older versions (PS: I classified each topic before start talk about… I hope to help you on your next upgrade)

• Download: If you use download from Oracle OTN, you notice that there is only one zip for Oracle database and one zip file for grid install.
• Install: now you have to unzip all content into Oracle_HOME<- they called this new way as “Simplified Image-based Oracle Database Installation”
• Install: runInstaller was replaced by gridSetup.sh (in case of Grid installation) and for database Installer you still need to execute runInstall.sh
• Install: you will need at least a machine with 8 GB RAM to install grid / database.
• Install: for database installer, now you have both options of install (as 10g Installer) - you can choose install enterprise or Standard Edition 2.
• Install: now you can choose on database install TFA during execution of root.sh.

See you. :-)