Changes in Oracle AVDF

This document contains information about install and upgrade of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall (Oracle AVDF).

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.7

Introducing support for monitoring of Audit Vault Server. See Monitoring Audit Vault Server for more information.
Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 is certified with Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.6. See Compatibility with Oracle Enterprise Manager for more information.
Oracle Database Appliance is certified with Oracle AVDF release 20.6 (or later). Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall can be installed on Oracle Database Appliance. See Installing Oracle AVDF on Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) for more information.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.6

Broaden Oracle AVDF Product Compatibility Matrix with support of:

Microsoft SQL Server (Standard Edition) version 2019 for audit collection.
Database Firewall monitoring of Microsoft SQL Server Cluster (Windows Failover Cluster) in addition to existing audit collection.
Audit Vault Server and Database Firewall on Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.5

Broaden Oracle AVDF platform compatibility with support for IBM DB2 Database Partitioning Feature (DPF) on Linux and AIX platform for audit collection. See Product Compatibility Matrix for more information.
Security and stability fixes are applied to the embedded Oracle Linux 7 operating system.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.4

Support for audit collection and network monitoring (using Database Firewall) of Oracle Database 21. See Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.
MongoDB 4.4 support for audit collection. See Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.
Support for audit collection from Autonomous Data Warehouse (Dedicated) and Autonomous Transaction Processing (Dedicated). See Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.
Introducing support for audit collection from Oracle Linux and RHEL versions 7.9; 8.2; and 8.3. See Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.
If your current Oracle AVDF 12.2 deployment consists of Host Monitor Agents or Audit Vault Agents on AIX, then follow the guidelines mentioned in sections Pre-upgrade RPM Legacy Crypto Check Warning and Post Upgrade TLS Security Hardening as part of the upgrade.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.3

Support for audit collection and network monitoring (using Database Firewall) of Microsoft SQL Server (Enterprise Edition) 2019. See Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.
Support for audit collection from Microsoft SQL Server Extended events. See Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall for complete information.
Support for Microsoft SQL Server Always On availability group.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.2

Audit Vault Agent can be associated with more than one IP address for Audit Vault Server communication. See section Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.
Support for audit collection, Audit Vault Agent deployment, and Host Monitor deployment on Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64) version 2019. See section Product Compatibility Matrix for complete information.

New features in Oracle AVDF Release 20.1

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall supports new targets and other components. See Product Compatibility Matrix.
The installable ISO files can be copied to a USB medium. Before starting the Audit Vault Server installation, you must combine the downloaded ISO files into a single ISO file. See the following sections for complete information:
- Downloading and Verifying Oracle AVDF Software
- Installing Audit Vault Server or Database Firewall
If your current installation is 12.2 and has Database Firewall In-line bridge mode deployed, then certain measures have to be taken after upgrading to release 20.1.0.0.0. See Changing Bridge to Equivalent Proxy Configuration Post Upgrade to 20.