Policy-based backups are now available for volume groups. For more information, see Policy-Based Volume Group Backups and Policy-Based Backups.

The performance adjustment timing for the Block Volume service's auto-tune volume performance feature has been updated as follows:

• When you …

The Block Volume service now supports the automatic adjustment of a block volume or boot volume's elastic performance setting to …

You can now edit a volume's settings in the Console from a consolidated Edit Volume form. Previously, these settings were …

The Block Volume service now supports expanding the size of an online volume for both block volumes and boot volumes. …

When a block volume or boot volume backup is created, the source volume's tags are now automatically included with the …

The Block Volume service now supports automated cross-region copies for scheduled block volume backups. For more information, see Scheduling Volume …

You can now configure a retention period of up to 365 days for block volumes with a daily schedule for …

You can move Block Volume resources such as block volume, boot volumes, volume backups, and volume groups from one compartment …

By default virtual machine (VM) instances created from Oracle-provided images now launch using a paravirtualized attachment for the boot volume. …

You can now create 32 TB volumes.

You can now create 16 TB volumes.