Changes and Improvements in Release 2.4.4.2

Upgrading to Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Release 2.4.4.2

For specific instructions for upgrading to Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Release 2.4.4.2, see the My Oracle Support document [PCA 2.4.4.2] Upgrade Guide (Doc ID 2914968.1).

You can upgrade from either Private Cloud Appliance Release 2.4.4 or Private Cloud Appliance Release 2.4.4.1.

To review the general upgrade procedure and command output see Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Upgrade Guide for Release 2.4.4.1.

ULN Patching Provides Updates Between Full Releases

In addition to upgrading a Private Cloud Appliance to a new software release using the Upgrader Tool, you can patch a Private Cloud Appliance using dedicated channels on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). Patching provides security updates, kernel changes, and bug fixes between larger ISO releases, for both management and compute nodes. See Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Patching Guide for Release 2.4.3.x and Release 2.4.4.x.

Upgraded Oracle VM Manager

Oracle VM Manager is upgraded to Release 3.4.7.2 with October 2022 CPUs.

For information about enhancements in Oracle VM Manager Release 3.4.7.2, see Oracle VM : What's New with Release 3.4.7 - Latest Information (Doc ID 2832974.1).

pca-diag Enhancements

The pca-diag diagnostic tool is enhanced in the following ways:

The vmpinfo command collects a single tarball of logs and configuration data from the Oracle VM Manager. The ocvadiag tarball is merged into the single tarball.
The vmpinfo command collects logs and sosreport support data both management nodes and from each Oracle VM Server or compute node.
Collects data for Cisco Switches.
Collects ILOM data for each management and compute node.
Collects ULN configuration files and yum transaction history.

For more information, see the "Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Diagnostics Tool" software component in Concept, Architecture and Life Cycle of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administration Guide.

Bugs Fixed in Release 2.4.4.2

The following table lists notable bugs that have been fixed in Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Release 2.4.4.2.

Table 2-3 List of Fixed Bugs

Bug ID	Description
34790192	pca-diag vmpinfo giving warning messages for packages as "Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY"
34747228	/boot not having enough space on CNs for upgrade to b218
34726510	Upgrade fails on post upgrade tasks during guestshell destroy
34619179	The repository_mount_monitor Reports Warnings on Local Repositories
34597193	[X8-2] Sort the outputs in pca-admin show network
34595672	[X8-2] Remove pre upgrade check and healthchecks if MN uptime is more than 100 days
34581221	Improve Cisco switch firmware upgrade procedure
34563724	Filesystem in Solaris VM Corrupts Frequently after Testing VM HA by Running "shutdown -h now" on Compute Node
34524559	[X8-2] pca-faultmonitor network_monitor warnings on blue rack invalid check of usb0 ports on server
34505885	[X8-2] Update Password for zfs-root throws an error log "Task failed. Host 192.168.4.2 marked as error in error DB"
34500610	[X8-2] pca_upgrader: upgrade scripts error is not logged in case of abrupt failure
34470591	[X8-2] Add 'bpdufilter enable' by default to uplinks in Cisco configs
34297873	Upgrading Spine Switch Lost External/Uplink Connectivity to PCA
31601967	request to block pca-admin command from non root user
31246371	pca-diag should collect data from all sub-systems without requiring ssh
29551849	add new target "list all-networks" to list all internal and external networks