SOA Fusion Middleware: Upgrading from PS3 to PS5

Upgrading from 11g PS3 to 11gPS5

From ps3 to ps5 do in need to first upgrade to ps4 or I can directly move to go with ps5 ???
Ans: No you can directly upgrade from PS3 to PS5

Let me list you steps in brief later on i shall post the screenshot of the installation

1. Stop All servers(managed and admins server)
2. Upgrade WLS using upgrade installer
3. Upgrade SOA using regular SOA ps5 Shiphome
4. Run PS5 PSa to upgrade soainfra schema(soainfra and mds)
5.Start all servers

Upgrade steps with Screen representation

1. Stop All server(Managed and Admin servers)

2. Upgrade WLS using upgrade installer.

a) get WLS PS5 bits(wls10/wls1036_upgrade_generic.jar)

NOTE: I shall put up only important screen shots as remaining screens are same for normal install and upgrade

Screen 2 : Select already installed MW home and Click next in the below screen

Screen4: Click next in the below screen

Screen 6 : Click on done to complete the WLS 1036 upgrade

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3> Upgrade SOA using regular SOA PS5 Shiphome

/soa/shiphome/soa1.zip....soa5.zip

a>.Download required bits for soa PS5 installation
b>.Unzip all the soa folders and execute ./runInstaller from Disk1
Proceed till screen7 by selecting default options .
Screen 7: select PS3 MW home and click next

Screen 8:select yes on popup

Screen9:.select next

Screen10:.click install

Screen11:.click Finish to complete SOA upgrade installation

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PSA Upgrade

4. The schema upgrade done using PSA script (soainfra and mds)
PSA script can be found at (/MW_home/Oracle_SOA1/bin/psa.sh)

Screen 1:Click next in below screen