Bare metal and virtual machine DB systems: Upgrade database instances to Oracle Database 19c using the Console or API

You can now perform an in-place database upgrade for bare metal and virtual machine DB systems that use the Oracle Linux 7 operating system and version 19c Oracle Grid Infrastructure. The upgrade can be performed using the Oracle Cloud Instructure Console, or by using the REST API, the OCI CLI and OCI SDKs. For more information, see Upgrading a Database.