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Oracle Database Appliance releases and known issues

In this Document

Purpose

Scope

Details

Deploying Oracle Database Appliance

Related Resources

Initial Deployment Patches

Update Patches

RDBMS Clone Files

ISO Images

OVM Virtualized Platform

Oracle Database Appliance 18.1

What's New History

What's new in 12.1.2.12.0 and later, please refer to Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes

What's new in 12.1.2.11.0

What's new in 12.1.2.10.0

What's new in 12.1.2.9.0

What's new in 12.1.2.8.1

What's new in 12.1.2.8.0

What's new in 12.1.2.7.0

What's new in 12.1.2.6.0

What's new in 12.1.2.5.0

What's new in 12.1.2.4.0

What's new in 12.1.2.3.0

What's new in 12.1.2.2.0

What's new in 12.1.2.1.0

Known issue for past releases

Terminology

References

Applies to:

Purpose

This document includes pointers to where to find the user documentation, patches, and known issues
for Oracle Database Appliance Software

Scope

The contents of this document are specific to the latest release of Oracle Database Appliance.

Details

For what's new, component versions, known issues, and patch numbers, see the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for the version that you are using. Go to http://www.oracle.com/goto/oda/docs and select the release. The latest user documentation includes all Data Appliance Models, including how to deploy, update, and use Oracle Database Appliance.

Deploying Oracle Database Appliance

See the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for known issues deploying.

To deploy a bare metal system or a virtualized platform, see the following chapters in the Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model:

• Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment
• Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment
• Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance
• Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks

For X5-2, X4-2, X3-2, and V1, see Getting Started and the Administration and Reference Guide

Related Resources

Go to Oracle Database Appliance documentation at http://www.oracle.com/goto/oda/docs and select your release.

• X7-2 : Oracle Database Appliance X7-2 Deployment and User's Guide
• X6-2S/X6-2M/X6-2L : Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S/M/L Deployment and User's Guide
• X6-2-HA : Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA Deployment and User's Guide
• X5-2-HA, X4-2, X3-2, and V1 : Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide
• X5-2-HA, X4-2, X3-2, and V1 :Administration and Reference Guide
• ODA Security Vulnerability Scan (Please refer to <Document 2115814.1>)
• Oracle Database Appliance Platform Software Certification
   Please refer to Document 2228502.1 - Appliance Manager End of Life Support for V1

Patch numbers are available in Appendix A of the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes

Before deploying or updating, review the Release Notes for known issues for your hardware model.

Initial Deployment Patches

Update Patches

RDBMS Clone Files

ISO Images

OVM Virtualized Platform

Oracle Database Appliance 18.1

The Oracle Database Appliance 18.1 release is a parallel release that you can use to try and use Oracle Database 18.1. ODA 18.1.0.0.0 is not part of the ODA patch cycle. Please refer to this ODA Blog Post on the ODA software stack on planned patch updates. https://blogs.oracle.com/oda/the-two-software-stacks-of-oracle-database-appliance

Oracle Database Appliance 18.1 supports Oracle Database Appliance models X7-2-HA (bare metal), X7-2S/M, and X6-2S/X6-2M/X6-2L. You must re-image your ODA and deploy the ODA 18.1 patches to access the Oracle Database Appliance 18c software. The 18.1 release only supports provisioning 18.1 databases. For more information, please take a look the Oracle Database Appliance 18.1 documentation at http://www.oracle.com/goto/oda/docs

This table below provides the patches required to deploy ODA 18.1.0.0.0.

Release History

• End-User RDBMS Clone files
• • RDBMS Clone file for 18.1.0.0.0 database home
    • Release Oracle Appliance Kit 18.1.0.0.0 --> <Patch 27604558 for ODACLI/DCS Stack >
  • RDBMS Clone file for 12.2.0.1 database home (RU)
    • Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.3.0 --> (RU 180116) <Patch 27119402 for ODACLI/DCS Stack >
    • Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.3.0 --> (RU 180116) <Patch 27449599 for OAKCLI Stack >
    • Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.2.0 --> (RU 171017) <Patch 27119402 for ODACLI/DCS Stack >
    • Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.2.0 --> (RU 171017) <Patch 27449599 for OAKCLI Stack >
    • Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.1.0 --> (RU 170814) <Patch 27119402>

• End User RDBMS Clone file for 12.1.0.2 database home (PSU X, x=1-5)- <Patch 19520042>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.3.0 --> (BP 180116) <Patch 23494992 for ODACLI/DCS Stack >
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.3.0 --> (BP 18016) <Patch 19520042 for OAKCLI Stack >
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.2.0 --> (PSU 171017) <Patch 23494992 for ODACLI/DCS Stack >
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.2.0 --> (PSU 171017) <Patch 19520042 for OAKCLI Stack >
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.12.0 --> (PSU 170814) <Patch 23494992>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.11.0 --> (PSU 170418)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.10.0 --(PSU 170117)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.9.0 --(PSU 161018)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.8.0 --(PSU 160719)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.7.0 --(PSU 160419)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.6.0 --(PSU 160119)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.5.0 --(PSU 5)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.4.0 --(PSU 4)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.3.0 --(PSU 3)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.2.0 -- (PSU 2)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.1.0 -- (PSU 1)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.0.0 --(DB Home 12.1.0.2.0)
  
  
• End User RDBMS Clone file for 11.2.0.4 database home (PSU X, x=1-8)- <Patch 17770873>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.3.0 --> (PSU 180116) <Patch 23494997 for ODACLI/DCS Stack>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.3.0 --> (PSU 180116) <Patch 17770873 for OAKCLI Stack>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.2.0 --> (PSU 171017) <Patch 23494997 for ODACLI/DCS Stack>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.2.1.2.0 --> (PSU 171017) <Patch 17770873 for OAKCLI Stack>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.12.0 --> (PSU 170814) <Patch 23494997>
• There is no new 11.2.0.4.170117 release for 12.1.2.10 --> (Same as PSU 161018)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.9.0 --> (PSU 161018)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.8.0 --> (PSU 160719)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.7.0 --> (PSU 160419)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.6.0 --> (PSU 160119)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.5.0 --> (PSU 8)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.4.0 --> (PSU 7)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.3.0 --> (PSU 6)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.2.0 --> (PSU 5)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.1.0 --> (PSU 4)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.0.0 --> (PSU 3)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.10.0.0.0 --> (PSU 2)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.9.0.0.0  --> (PSU 1)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.8.0.0.0  --> (DB Home 11.2.0.4.0)
  
  Note: X7-2 HA and X6-2 HA do not support 11.2.0.3.x
  
  
• End User RDBMS Clone file for 11.2.0.3 database home (PSU X, x=4-15)- <Patch 14777276>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.4.0 --> (PSU 15)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.3.0 --> (PSU 14)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.2.0 --> (PSU 13)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.1.0 --> (PSU 12)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 12.1.2.0.0 --> (PSU 11)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.10.0.0.0 --> (PSU 10)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.9.0.0.0  --> (PSU 9)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.8.0.0.0  --> (PSU 8)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.7.0.0.0  --> (PSU 7)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.6.0.0.0  --> (PSU 6)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.5.0.0.0  --> (PSU 5)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.4.0.0.0  --> (PSU 4)
  
  Note: X7-2 HA, X6-2 HA, and X5-2 do not support 11.2.0.2.x
  
  
• End User RDBMS Clone file for 11.2.0.2 database home (PSU X, x=7-12)- <Patch 14349293>
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.8.0.0.0  --> (PSU 12)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.7.0.0.0  --> (PSU 11)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.6.0.0.0  --> (PSU 10)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.5.0.0.0  --> (PSU 9)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.4.0.0.0  --> (PSU 8)
• Release Oracle Appliance Kit 2.3.0.0.0  --> (PSU 7)

What's New History

• What's new in 12.1.2.12.0 and later, please refer to Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes

• What's new in 12.1.2.11.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.[160119|160419|160719|161018] to 12.1.0.2.170418.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.170418, 11.2.0.4.170418 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• For platform Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M and X6-2L. Please refer to README from <Patch 26080577>.
• Update UEK2 to UEK4.

• What's new in 12.1.2.10.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.[160119|160419|160719|161018] to 12.1.0.2.170117.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.170117, 11.2.0.4.161018 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• For platform Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M and X6-2L. Please refer to README from <Patch 23494985>.
• VM ISO and VM template support for X6-2 HA

• What's new in 12.1.2.9.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.[160119|160419] to 12.1.0.2.161018.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.161018, 11.2.0.4.161018 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• For platform Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M and X6-2L. Please refer to README from <Patch 23494985>.
• VM iso and VM template support for X6-2 HA

• What's new in 12.1.2.8.1

• New platform X6-2 HA released on October 18, 2016. Please use the same End User Bundle is as 12.1.2.8.0.
• There is no update or patching path for the initial release.
• There is no VM iso and VM template support for X6-2 HA yet.
• The 12.1.2.8.1 X6-2 HA initial release is Grid 12.1.0.2.160719 and two RDBMS 12.1.0.2.160719 and 11.2.0.4.160719 support.
• For new platform Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 Large, please refer to README from <Patch 24821931> for Standard Edition support.

• What's new in 12.1.2.8.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.[160119|160419] to 12.1.0.2.160719.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.160719, 11.2.0.4.160719 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• For new platform Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S and X6-2M. Please refer to README from <Patch 23494985> and README from <Patch 25085572>.

• What's new in 12.1.2.7.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.x, 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.0.2.160419.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.160419, 11.2.0.4.160419 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• Rolling upgrades and patching options.
• oakcli update -patch version [--server | --storage | --database] [--local] [--noreboot] | [--clean] | [--verify][-h]
• The following are the main patch options:
• --server: Contains the patches previously obtained in earlier releases from the Infrastructure (infra) and Grid Infrastructure (gi) patch updates.
• --storage: Contains only patches for shared storage components.
• --database (Optional): Patches Oracle database homes.
• A new option called driver domain can be specified on a newly created virtual machine. With the driver domain option, virtual disks are mounted directly from ODA_BASE to the guest VM. The driver domain option is only supported with Oracle Linux, Windows, and Solaris x86 guest operating systems. Live migration of virtual machines (VMs) is not supported with the driver domain option. The oakcli clone vm command now supports the driver domain option. Please also refer to 12.1.2.7 16186172 README.html 4.22.

• What's new in 12.1.2.6.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.x, 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.0.2.160119.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.160119, 11.2.0.4.160119 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• Update OS from OL5.11 to OL6.7 for Bare Metal and ODA Base. For this release only, we do NOT update ILOM, BIOS, Controller, Expander, disk firmwares.
• Patching infra with a mandatory parameter '-local' and it can be executed from either 1st node or 2nd node in no particular order.
• Patching GI can be executed from either 1st node or 2nd node with '-local' parameter in no particular order. It can also be executed from the 1st node without '-local' parameter, providing both nodes infra are already 12.1.2.6.0.
• New offline standalone tool validateOL6.zip, can be downloaded from OTN to validate the OS patching prior to download the 12.1.2.6.0 patch zip. Unzip to an empty directory, ./validateOl6PreChecks can be executed to do precheck.
• Enhance InfiniBand connectivity on X5-2.

• What's new in 12.1.2.5.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.x, 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.0.2.5.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.5, 11.2.0.4.8 and 11.2.0.3.15.

• What's new in 12.1.2.4.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.x, 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.0.2.4.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.4, 11.2.0.4.7 and 11.2.0.3.15.
• New X5-2 only command "oakcli configure ib2fiber" which deconfigures IB setup and configures fiber cards. This should only be run after replacing IB cards with fiber cards and before deployment.
• New VM migrate command "oakcli migrate vm <vmname>" to migrate the virtual machines or applications between physical machines without disconnecting the client or applications..
• Support "sudo oakcli" command. Allow the system administrator to give certain users the privileges to run oakcli commands as root user.
• Add "passwordless" support. If root ssh equivalence was setup, we will not prompt for the password for root, grid and oracle users. If root ssh equivalence was not setup, due to we do not clear the ssh setup for grid or oracle user, we no longer prompt for asking grid or oracle user password.
• New flag to support the sparse vdisk. By default we create a non-sparse vdisk. To add an additional flag we can create a sparse vdisk.
• # oakcli create vdisk <vdiskname> -repo <repo name> -size <size> -sparse
• ODA is using DB PSU, not DB BP. Please do not manually apply DB BP on ODA.

• What's new in 12.1.2.3.0

• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.x, 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.0.2.3.Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.3, 11.2.0.4.6 and 11.2.0.3.14.
• Note ** Please refer to 12.1.2.3 known issue #5.
• New X5-2 ib command added "oakcli show ib" to show the details about infiniband, if present.
• New X5-2 iraid command added "oakcli show iraid" to show details about internal raids.
• New raidsyncstatus command added "oakcli show raidsyncstatus" to display the status of the RAID sync. Output of this command is different on X5-2 compared to X4-2 and lower versions.
• New display filesystem command added "oakcli show fs" to display filesystem usage for all filesystems on ODA node.
• An alert is logged in oakd.log if the usage of the filesystem exceeds 95% of the total size of the filesystem.New command adds a local disk to the system added for OS disk replacement.
• # oakcli add disk -local. It needs the new disk to be inserted into the slot before it is run. Customer must remove the failed drive and replace it with a new drive before running this command. This is supported on Bare Metal now, not yet in Virturalized Environment.
• New show dbstorage commands added 'oakcli show dbstorage', or # oakcli show dbstorage -db <dbname>
• New network commands added, 'oakcli configure additionalnet'.ACFS auto extend feature added‘.

• What's new in 12.1.2.2.0

• Support X5-2 hardware with infiniband as private interconnect.
• Support Hardware Raid on X5-2 platform for local disk
• Support X5-2 with additional 4 400GB SSD disks. Flash storage can be used by datafiles.
• Introducing new database types – oltp, dss, in-memory and new sizing model corresponding to cores. Please refer to Getting Started Guide Documentation for details.
• ACFS sparse file support added.
• There are new commands updates in this ODA 12.1.2.2.0 patch. Please refer to release notes and Getting Started Guide Documentation.
• Update Grid Infrastructure from 12.1.0.2.x, 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.0.2.2.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 12.1.0.2.2, 11.2.0.4.5 and 11.2.0.3.13.
• New network commands added, ‘oakcli configure network –changeNetCard’ and ‘oakcli configure network –publicNet <copper|fiber>’ for X4-2 and X5-2 only.
• New dbstorage commands added, ‘oakcli create|delete|resize dbstorage –db <dbname> ‘.
• New adding 2nd JBOD commands added, ‘oakcli add jbod [disk|asm]’ to add disk to oakd and asm; and new add disks commands ‘oakcli add disk <disk>’ in offline manner.
• STIG is now written in python and improved with lot of enhancements and bug fixes. It is out of sync with STIG shell script version. The shell script version of STIG is obsolete.

• What's new in 12.1.2.1.0

• Primarily a Patch release. The features documented below is part of the 12.1.2.0.0 release and are not specific to 12.1.2.1 except for the DB PSU updates
• Out-of-place update Grid Infrastructure from 11.2.0.4.x or 11.2.0.3.x to 12.1.2.1.0.
• Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.4 and 11.2.0.3.12.
• OL 5.10 UEK2 update
• OVM 3.2.8 update
• Support for oracle data files on Oracle ACFS based filesystems with the database homes 11.2.0.4.2 or higher. By default all new databases are created on ACFS filesystems.
• Support for 12c Container Databases creation via oakcli command with the database home 12.1.0.2.0 or higher.
• Snapshot database can be created by taking 'ACFS snapshot' of the datafiles of another running database and recovering them till the 'snapshot time'. The source database must be using ACFS storage, either created using 'oakcli' or manually migrated to ACFS. This is only for the non-cdb databases.
• New oakcli command ‘oakcli validate –c ospatch’ would precheck whether OS patching would be successful or not.
• New oakcli interface to create, show, delete vdisks.
• Users can modify VM to attach or detach vdisk.
• Repo can be a complete traditional VM or a snapshot copy of an existing vmtemplate or VM in the repo.
• New oakcli command ‘oakcli manage diagcollect --storage’ should come in handy whenever customers working with the support for the storage issue. Use this command to collect all storage related files to collect and send to Oracle support in one tar gz file .
• STIG is now written in python and improved with lot of enhancements and bug fixes. It is out of sync with STIG shell script version. The shell script version of STIG is obsolete.

Known issue for past releases

• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.11.0 and later, please refer to Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.10.0 Please refer to <Document 2287403.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.9.0 Please refer to <Document 2237439.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.8.0 Please refer to <Document 2214914.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.7.0 Please refer to <Document 2198203.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.6.0 Please refer to <Document 2198201.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.5.0 Please refer to <Document 2198200.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.4.0 Please refer to <Document 2198189.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.3.0 Please refer to <Document 2198188.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 12.1.2.0.0 to 12.1.2.2.0 Please refer to <Document 2198184.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases 2.10.0.0.0  Please refer to <Document 2198182.1>.
• Oracle Database Appliance - Known Issues for Releases prior to 2.10.0.0.0  Please refer to <Document 2198190.1>.

Terminology

Oracle Database Appliance patches and software consists the following components:

• ODA Bundle Patch
  Contains patches to the following components: OS, Component Firmware and Oracle Appliance Manager Modules, Grid Infrastructure, and RDBMS. 
• OS ISO Image
  Used to restore the OS to the "shipped from factory" state. Use only when necessary.
• Bare Metal
  Refers to the non-virtualized ODA configuration.
• End-User GI/RDBMS Clone files
  Contains specific Grid Infrastructure (GI) and RDBMS software components, for deployment on an Oracle Database Appliance in the "shipped from factory" state, or an Oracle Database Appliance that has been re-imaged using the OS ISO  Image.

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