This section lists the updates and correction to the document in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (AVDF) release 12.2.
The following are the updates and correction in this document.
E49587-35 (June 2022)
Included important information in Pre-upgrade Tasks.
E49587-33 (September 2020)
Host Monitor functionality on Windows platform is re-certified in 12.2.0.13.0. For using Host Monitoring on Windows platform install Npcap and update OpenSSL libraries on Windows before upgrading to 12.2.0.13.0. See Host Monitor Migration on Windows and Host Monitor Requirements for complete information.
Apply the deprecated ciphers patch (Deprecated-Cipher-Removal.zip) to remove old ciphers, post AVS install or upgrade. Apply this patch on Audit Vault Server after installation or upgrade to 12.2.0.13.0 (or later). See Downloading and Verifying the Software and Audit Vault Server Post-Installation Tasks for complete information.
Updated supported components in sections Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions and Database Firewall Protection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
E49587-32 (March 2020)
Database Activity Monitoring with Host monitor on Windows platform is not certified in release 12.2.0.11.0 and 12.2.0.12.0. Upgrade to these releases only when you are sure that network trail monitoring functionality on Windows platform is not required.
Updated supported components in sections Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions and Database Firewall Protection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
Supporting audit collection from Microsoft SQL Server Cluster on Windows 2012 R2 starting release 12.2.0.12.0.
Supporting audit collection from IBM DB2 (version 11.1) HADR (High Availability and Disaster Recovery) on OL 7.x starting release 12.2.0.12.0.
IBM DB2 collects audit data from IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit) version 7.1 starting release 12.2.0.12.0.
E49587-31 (February 2020)
Minor correction to the document.
E49587-30 (December 2019)
Updates and correction to Platform Support.
Included instructions to Reimage Oracle Database Firewall and Restore from Audit Vault Server.
E49587-29 (November 2019)
Updates and correction to Platform Support.
Correction to the command in Enable Archiving Functionality Post Upgrade From Release BP10 and Prior.
E49587-28 (October 2019)
Updates to Platform Support.
E49587-27 (September 2019)
Caution:
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 12.2.0.11.0 and onwards do not support Niagara cards. Do not upgrade to release 12.2.0.11.0 and onwards if you have Niagara cards in your system.
Host Monitor on Windows platform is not certified in release 12.2.0.11.0. Upgrade or use 12.2.0.11.0 only when you are sure that network trail monitoring functionality on Windows platform is not required. This functionality will be certified in a future release. If your installation is pertaining to any of the older releases before 12.2.0.11.0, then Host Monitor functionality on Windows platform is certified.
Added support for the following new targets:
| Target | Version | Audit collection | Database Firewall |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Autonomous Transaction Processing (Serverless) |
Latest version |
Yes |
No |
|
Autonomous Transaction Processing (Dedicated) |
Latest version |
Yes |
No |
|
Oracle Database |
19c |
Yes |
Yes |
|
MySQL |
8.0 |
Yes |
No |
|
SAP Sybase |
16 |
Yes |
No |
See Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions and Database Firewall Protection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions for complete information.
Enable Archiving Functionality Post Upgrade From Release BP10 and Prior in case of high availability environment.
Support for Java 11.0.3 on Audit Vault Agent. See section Audit Vault Agent: Supported and Tested Java Runtime Environment for all supported versions.
E49587-26 (July 2019)
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall is supported on VMware vSphere 6.0. Updated section Supported Server Platforms.
E49587-25 (June 2019)
Included important information on upgrade path in section Upgrading Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Updates to section Downloading and Verifying the Software.
E49587-24 (March 2019)
Included support for the following secured target versions for Host Monitor and Audit Vault Agent functionality:
| Secured Target | Version | Host Monitor | Audit Vault Agent | Database Firewall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Oracle Linux |
7.4 - 7.5 |
Yes |
Yes |
Not applicable |
|
Oracle Linux |
6.9 |
Yes |
Already exists |
Not applicable |
|
Oracle Linux |
6.10 |
Yes |
Yes |
Not applicable |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
7.4 - 7.5 |
Yes |
Yes |
Not applicable |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
6.9 |
Yes |
Already exists |
Not applicable |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
6.10 |
Yes |
Yes |
Not applicable |
|
IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit) |
7.2 |
Yes |
Already exists |
Not applicable |
|
Microsoft Windows Server x86-64 |
2016 |
Yes |
Already exists |
Not applicable |
|
Microsoft SQL Server |
2017 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Included important information on log rotate file. See sections Preserve Customization In Log Rotate File and Resolve Missing Log Rotate File Post Upgrade for complete information.
Included important information on hardware platform supported by Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall. See sections Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hardware Requirements and Supported Server Platforms for complete information.
Updated section Supported Browsers.
E49587-23 (December 2018)
Minor correction to section Applying The Agent Patch Manually On Individual Agents.
Included a note that Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall is compatible with all editions of Microsoft Windows Server. See section Audit Vault Agent: Supported Platforms and Versions for complete information.
E49587-22 (October 2018)
If any Agent is using Java 1.6, then upgrade the Java version to 1.8. See Audit Vault Agent: Supported and Tested Java Runtime Environment for complete information.
Install the Mandatory Pre-upgrade Patch before upgrading to Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 12.2.0.9.0.
Added support for setting TLS levels across all components of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
Included important information on upgrade from 12.1 or older versions. See Upgrading Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for complete information.
Added support for Oracle Database 18c (18.3) as a secured target. Updated section Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
Updated the list of Supported Firewall Network Interface Cards (NICs).
F5 BIG-IP ASM integration is deprecated in release 12.2.0.7.0, and will be desupported in 19.1.0.0.0. This functionality is only supported on F5 BIG-IP ASM version 10.2.1.
Micro Focus Security ArcSight SIEM is deprecated in 12.2.0.8.0 and is desupported in 12.2.0.9.0. Use the syslog integration feature instead.
SAP Sybase ASE version 15.7 is supported. The previous versions are desupported. Updated section Platform Support.
SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere is desupported. Updated section Database Firewall Protection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
See the following sections for an updated list of supported systems and components:
Minor update to section Supported Server Platforms.
Included information on Networking Setup And Configuration.
E49587-20 (June 2018)
Added support for UEFI boot. Installation on Oracle Server X7-2 is supported. See Supported Server Platforms for complete information.
Micro Focus Security ArcSight SIEM (previously known as HP ArcSight SIEM) is deprecated in 12.2.0.8.0, and will be desupported in 12.2.0.9.0. It is advisable to use the syslog integration feature instead.
In-line bridge mode is deprecated in 12.2.0.8.0, and will be desupported in 19.1.0.0.0. It is advisable to use proxy mode as an alternative.
See the following sections for an updated list of supported systems and components:
Minor update to disk space requirements in section Disk Space Requirements.
Minor update to section Compatibility with Oracle Enterprise Manager.
E49587-19 (April 2018)
Included an important note on hardware that is enabled only with UEFI. See section Supported Server Platforms for complete information.
E49587-18 (February 2018)
F5 is deprecated in release 12.2.0.7.0, and will be desupported in 19.1.0.0.0.
Update to section Compatibility with Oracle Enterprise Manager.
E49587-17 (December 2017)
Included support for the following versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system as secured target for audit collection. See Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions for more information.
RHEL 6.7
RHEL 6.8
RHEL 6.9
RHEL 7.1
RHEL 7.2
RHEL 7.3
Included support for the following new versions of MySQL with both old and new audit formats. See Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions for more information.
5.5.34 to 5.5.57
5.6.13 to 5.6.37
5.7.0 to 5.7.19
Included support for AIX 7.2 version as secured target for audit collection. See Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions and Audit Vault Agent: Supported Platforms and Versions for more information.
Included support of version 12 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system for Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor. See sections Host Monitor: Supported Platforms and Versions and Audit Vault Agent: Supported Platforms and Versions for more information.
Included support for Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64) 2016 and Active Directory 2016 versions. Updated the following sections:
Included important information on supported browser versions in sections Supported Browsers and Browser Requirements.
E49587-15 (September 2017)
Correction to Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
E49587-14 (August 2017)
Included IBM DB2 11.1 version support for audit collection. See Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions and Database Firewall Protection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions for complete information.
Included support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system (version 7.0) as secured target for audit collection. Updated Audit Vault Agent: Supported Platforms and Versions and Host Monitor: Supported Platforms and Versions.
Included support for the following versions of Oracle Linux operating system as secured targets for audit collection. Updated Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
6.8
6.9
7.3
Updated Disk Space Requirements.
Audit Vault Server is installed using four disks, each created from .iso file downloads. Updated sections About the Software Installation Procedure and Installing an Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall.
E49587-13 (July 2017)
Updated Supported Firewall Network Interface Cards (NICs).
E49587-12 (June 2017)
Updated Oracle Linux version supported in section Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions.
Increased the maximum disk space for Provisioning disks. See Disk Space Requirements for more information.
While performing Audit Vault Server upgrade, the user must keep sufficient disk space if there is huge amount of event data. See Upgrading Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for more information.
Updated Microsoft Windows Server version supported in section Audit Vault Agent: Supported Platforms and Versions.
E49587-11 (December 2016)
Included new release of Oracle Linux OL 7.1 (auditd version 2.4.1) and OL 7.2 (auditd version 2.4.1) as supported secured target types. See section Audit Data Collection: Supported Secured Target Types and Versions for details.
Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release 12.2.0.4.0 is installed or upgraded with Oracle Linux 6.8. See section Supported Server Platforms for an important update on compatibility with previous releases of Oracle Linux.
Included an important note to be followed before performing the upgrade task, if there is a Niagara card in the system. See section Upgrading Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for details.
Included an important task that must be completed post upgrading to release 12.2.0.4.0 from 12.2.0.3.0. See Migration of Expired Audit Records for more information.
E49587-10 (August 2016)
Ensure to have the latest update of Oracle Linux Release 6. See sections Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall Hardware Requirements and Supported Server Platforms for details.
Parent topic: Changes In This Document