6 Oracle Database Appliance X3-2

Learn what’s new and known issues for Oracle Database Appliance X3-2.

What's New for Oracle Database Appliance X3-2

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 X3-2.

  • 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 X3-2

The matrix displays the component versions available for Oracle Database Appliance X3-2.

Table 6-1 Component Versions for Oracle Database Appliance X3-2 in 12.2.1.2.0

Component Name Version

Controller_INT

11.05.03.00

Controller_Ext

11.05.03.00

Expander

0018

SSD_LOCAL

n/a

SSD_SHARED

944A

HDD_LOCAL

A4C0

HDD_SHARED

A7EO

ILOM (Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager)

3.2.9.22 es r115963

BIOS

17120100

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 X3-2

There are no known issues deploying Oracle Database Appliance X3-2.