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When provisioning a new Oracle Database or a new virtual machine or bare metal DB system, the TDE wallet password …
The Exadata tab provides a unified view of Oracle Exadata hard disk and flash performance statistics with deep insight into …
Operator Access Control has been expanded to provide controls for client virtual machines deployed on Oracle Autonomous Database on Exadata …
The following services and features are now available in the US Government Cloud with FedRAMP Authorization:
You can now specify a custom SCAN listener port for your Exadata cloud VM cluster. See SCAN Listener Port Setting …
You can now use the Console or Database service APIs to convert a non-container database that uses Oracle Database 19c …
OCI's Databse service has enhanced the capabilities of Database Software Images for patching and creating databases on bare metal and …
VM Cluster Node Subsetting enables you to allocate a subset of database servers to new and existing VM clusters to …
Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer comes in different infrastructure shapes to support workloads of different sizes. In this release, the capability of …
Autonomous Database by default supports Mutual TLS (mTLS) connections. You have the option to configure an Autonomous Database instance to …
You can now use the Performance Hub tool and view metrics on cloud databases that run on the following systems: Exadata …
A new release for Database Management is now available!
You can now:
You can now create cross-region Autonomous Data Guard deployments that use your own Vault service encryption keys for the Autonomous …
The new Graphical Explain Plan option presents a graphical tree representation of the explain plan. It shows a collapsible tree …
You can now provision a new bare metal or virtual machine DB systems and databases with Oracle Database 21.3.
See …
Select an existing Database Home or create a new one for the standby while enabling Data Guard association.
For more …
You can choose to specify up to 10 valid email addresses to which Oracle sends maintenance notifications when updates are …
Upgrade Oracle Database 19c (Long Term Release) using the Console and the APIs.
For more information, see:
Update the operating system image on Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster nodes in an automated manner from the OCI console and …
Validate and inspect the network validation failure report without active involvement from Oracle Cloud Ops in troubleshooting networking configuration issues. …
Upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or APIs.
For …
You can now specify the Data Guard protection mode for Exadata Cloud Service instances and bare metal and virtual machine …
Performance Hub now includes the ability to create, view, and download an active report that contains external database performance data, and the …
Create Autonomous Databases that use less than 1 OCPU by assigning a fractional unit from 0.1 to 0.9. You can …
Create Autonomous Databases with less than 1 OCPU count using fractional units from 0.1 to 0.9 OCPU and GB sizing …
PDB management is now available for Database Cloud Service. With this release, you can create and manage pluggable databases (PDBs) …
The Events service now provides "critical" events for DB systems, and database nodes and databases located in DB systems. Critical …
With elastic storage expansion, you can dynamically increase your storage capacity to meet your growing workload requirements.
Expand the storage …
Integrate your on-premises Oracle Key Vault (OKV) with Autonomous Data Guard enabled Autonomous Databases on Exadata Cloud@Customer and use customer-managed …
You can now set up network access control lists (ACLs) to allow specific IP addresses or CIDR blocks to access …
You can now configure Exadata infrastructure patching to take place in a non-rolling fashion across the database nodes. This option …
ADB-Dedicated maintenance involves patching Exadata Infrastructure (EI) Autonomous VM Cluster, and Autonomous Container Database (ACD).
For more information, see:
Oracle Operator Access Control is a compliance audit system that enables you to maintain close management and audit trails of …
When you enable Oracle Data Guard on an Autonomous Database on dedicated Exadata infrastructure, you can locate the standby database …
You can now register and manage RAC databases located outside of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) alongside your OCI Oracle Databases …
You can now provision an Always Free Autonomous Database with the JSON or APEX workload type. See Overview of the …
The External Database service now offers Operations Insights, providing a 360-degree insight into the resource utilization and capacity of …
You can select X8M as a model when provisioning an Autonomous Exadata Infrastructure resource.
You can choose to specify up to 10 valid email addresses to which Oracle sends maintenance notifications when updates are …
Customer-managed keys for Exadata Cloud Service is an encryption key management service that enables you to encrypt your data using …
Database software images enable you to create a customized Oracle Database software configuration that includes your chosen updates (PSU, RU, …
You can now clone virtual machine DB systems that use Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC). See Cloning a Virtual Machine …
You can view the maintenance history for a specific Autonomous Database on shared Exadata infrastructure. See Checking the Scheduling of …
The Performance Hub for External Databases feature extends the capability of using Performance Hub to monitor the performance of OCI …
For non-RAC DB systems, you can now define the IP address of the new DB system during provisioning. This is …
One-off patching is available for certain resources on dedicated Exadata Infrastructure when customers file a service request with My Oracle …
DomU OS Patching is a feature which enables ExaCS customers to upgrade the Exadata OS image on their domU nodes in …
The Performance Hub user interface has been updated to allow customers to view the Performance Hub data more easily and efficiently, …
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) now offers a way to register, manage, and monitor Oracle Databases that are located outside of …
Database Management provides comprehensive database performance diagnostics and management capabilities to monitor and manage Oracle Databases located on premises and …