diff --git a/manifests/db.pp b/manifests/db.pp
index 226e32e0..ed489aaa 100644
--- a/manifests/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/db.pp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
 #
 # [*sync_db*]
-#   (Optional) enable dbsync.
+#   (Optional) enable database schema installation.
 #   Defaults to true.
 #
 class ceilometer::db (
diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 3a747af5..af5b8bc2 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # == Class: ceilometer::db::sync
 #
-# Class to execute ceilometer dbsync
+# Class to execute ceilometer database schema creation
 #
 # === Parameters:
 #
 # [*extra_params*]
 #   (Optional) String of extra command line parameters
-#   to append to the ceilometer-dbsync command.
+#   to append to the ceilometer-upgrade command.
 #   Defaults to undef.
 #
 class ceilometer::db::sync(
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 386e31a8..a67c44d0 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 class ceilometer::params {
   include ::openstacklib::defaults
 
-  $dbsync_command  = 'ceilometer-dbsync --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf'
+  $dbsync_command  = 'ceilometer-upgrade --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf --skip-gnocchi-resource-types'
   $expirer_command = 'ceilometer-expirer'
   $user            = 'ceilometer'
   $event_pipeline  = '/etc/ceilometer/event_pipeline.yaml'
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/replace-deprecated-ceilometer-dbsync-ddf62d90341731d7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/replace-deprecated-ceilometer-dbsync-ddf62d90341731d7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5f57aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/replace-deprecated-ceilometer-dbsync-ddf62d90341731d7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - In ocata cycle, ceilometer-dbsync has been removed
+    and ceilometer-upgrade must be used to create or
+    upgrade database schema and gnocchi resource types.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
index db598d81..f4b37b43 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer::db::sync' do
 
     it 'runs ceilometer-dbsync' do
       is_expected.to contain_exec('ceilometer-dbsync').with(
-        :command     => 'ceilometer-dbsync --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf ',
+        :command     => 'ceilometer-upgrade --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf --skip-gnocchi-resource-types ',
         :path        => '/usr/bin',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :user        => 'ceilometer',
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer::db::sync' do
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_exec('ceilometer-dbsync').with(
-        :command    => 'ceilometer-dbsync --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer_01.conf',
+        :command    => 'ceilometer-upgrade --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf --skip-gnocchi-resource-types --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer_01.conf',
         :path       => '/usr/bin',
         :user       => 'ceilometer',
         :refreshonly => 'true',