B Issues with Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M, and X6-2L

The following are known issues deploying, updating, and managing Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M, and X6-2L:

• Databases that are not running cannot be upgraded
  When a database is not running, the odacli upgrade-database command does not upgrade the database. However, the job shows that the upgrade completed successfully.
• After replacing a disk, the disk is not added to Oracle ASM
  When replacing or adding disks to Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M, or X6-2L, the disk is recognized as good, but it is not added to Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM).

Databases that are not running cannot be upgraded

When a database is not running, the odacli upgrade-database command does not upgrade the database. However, the job shows that the upgrade completed successfully.

Hardware Models

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M, and X6-2L

Workaround

Start the database and upgrade it. After successful upgrade, the database status changes to Configured. To verify, run the odacli list-databases command to verify the status.

After replacing a disk, the disk is not added to Oracle ASM

When replacing or adding disks to Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M, or X6-2L, the disk is recognized as good, but it is not added to Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM).

Use the procedure to add or expand storage and wait the recommended time between tasks, but the new disks are not added to Oracle ASM.

Hardware Models

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S, X6-2M, and X6-2L

Workaround

After expanding, adding, or replacing disks, restart oakd.