7 Oracle Database Appliance V1

Learn what’s new and known issues for Oracle Database Appliance V1.

What's New for Oracle Database Appliance V1

Release 12.2.1.2.0 includes support for Oracle Database 12.2.0.1, and Oracle Database Appliance RDBMS clone files for Oracle Database Appliance V1.

  • Beginning with Oracle Database 12c release 1 (12.1.0.2), the default database location is Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM). When creating a database, you can use the -storage acfs parameter to create an Oracle Database in Oracle ACFS.

  • You no longer need to copy the patch to both nodes.

  • The following Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RDBMS updates are in this patch release:

    • Oracle Database 12.2.0.1.170814 Release Update (RU)

    • Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.170814 Bundle Patch (BP)

    • Oracle Database 11.2.0.4.170814 Patch Set Update (PSU)

Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle

Use patch 27119652 to update Oracle Database Appliance to release 12.2.1.2.0. The patch is available in My Oracle Support.

Component Versions for Oracle Database Appliance V1

The matrix displays the component versions available for Oracle Database Appliance V1 in the 12.2.1.2.0 release.

Table 7-1 Component Versions for Oracle Database Appliance V1 in 12.2.1.2.0

Component Name Version

Controller_INT

11.05.03.00

Controller_Ext

n/a

Expander

0342

SSD_LOCAL

n/a

SSD_SHARED

E12B

HDD_LOCAL

SF04, SA03

HDD_SHARED

0B25, A880

ILOM (Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager)

3.0.16.22.f r110119

BIOS

12010311

IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface)

1.8.12.4

HMP (Oracle Hardware Management Pack)

2.4.1.0.4-1.el6.x86_64

OAK

12.2.1.2.0

Oracle Linux

6.8

Kernel

4.1.12-94.4.1.el6uek.x86_64

OVM (Oracle VM Server)

3.4.3

Dom0 Kernel

4.1.12-94.4.1.el6uek.x86_64

GI_HOME

12.1.0.2.171017

DB_HOME

12.1.0.2.171017

Oracle Auto Service Request (Oracle ASR)

5.7.6

Issues Deploying Oracle Database Appliance V1

There are no known issues deploying Oracle Database Appliance.