5 Issues Affecting Microsoft Windows for Oracle Database 21c

These topics contain last-minute features and changes for Microsoft Windows for Oracle Database 21c.

• Product Support for Microsoft Windows
  The following product or feature is supported for Oracle Database 21c.
• Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues for Microsoft Windows
  These topics describe information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade.

Product Support for Microsoft Windows

The following product or feature is supported for Oracle Database 21c.

Multithreaded Oracle Database Model

The multithreaded Oracle Database model is supported.

Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues for Microsoft Windows

These topics describe information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade.

• Bug 31618110
  
• Bug 31623788
  
• Bug 31624542
  
• Bug 31654946
  
• Bug 31660201
  
• Bug 31666299
  
• Bug 32987272
  
• Bug 33030281
  
• Bug 33169497
  
• Bug 33212356
  
• Bug 33279556
  
• Bug 33382160
  
• Bug 33394156
  
• Bug 33605836
  

Bug 31618110

tfactl help with invalid parameters display the results but did not return any invalid argument error.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 31623788

Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) and Trace File Analyzer (TFA) tfactl print configuration does not update the configuration value in all nodes.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 31624542

tfactl access add -group is not supported, but the document contains details to add the user group.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 31654946

tfactl diagcollect -collectdir -help command starts collecting reports instead of displaying the help.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 31660201

tfactl does not uninstall Trace File Analyzer (TFA) in all the nodes, it uninstalls only in the local node.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 31666299

tfactl analyze command does not give results and returns errors in the log.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 32987272

Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) was not installed, but validateenv shows "TFA Successfully installed".

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 33030281

When you upgrade Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR) home from a lower home version to Oracle Database 21c, it fails with the following error message:

INS-20801.
If the user list in ACL of the mgmtdb resource is empty. 

Workaround

Modify the ACL attribute of the mgmtdb resource using the crsctl command. Add the owner of the mgmtdb resource to the user list in the ACL of mgmtdb. When the user list is updated in ACL of the mgmtdb resource, upgrade GIMR.

Run this command to retrieve the ACL of the resource:

crsctl getperm res ora.mgmtdb
         Name: ora.mgmtdb
         owner:nt authority\system:rwx,pgrp::r-,other::r--,group:ORA_INSTALL:r-x,user:nt authority\system:rwx

If the user list is empty in the ACL retrieved for the mgmtdb resource, then add the owner of the mgmtdb resource to the user list in ACL.

Run this command to modify or add the user list in the ACL command:

crsctl setperm resource ora.mgmtdb -u "user:nt authority\system:rwx" -unsupported

Bug 33169497

tfactl analyze command does not work and returns an error.

Workaround

Download the latest Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) from My Oracle Support note 2550798.1 and upgrade Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=2550798.1&parent=DOCUMENTATION&sourceId=USERGUIDE

Bug 33212356

Creating a gold image operation fails and returns the following error:

[INS-32700] The gold image creation failed.

Workaround

Set the TEMP environment variable to c:\ or c:\Temp before performing the -createGoldImage operation.

Bug 33279556

On a pure IPv6 Windows environment, the IPv6 addresses fail to resolve during the SCAN verification check due to a known issue.

Workaround

Apply a one off patch explicitly on such an IPv6 environment to ensure that the Java code attempting to resolve the IPv6 addresses uses the correct network property when you start the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) by running the prerequisite checks.

Bug 33382160

The edition column in the table registry$database incorrectly displays as Oracle Database Enterprise Edition for an Oracle Database 21c Express Edition (XE). This is not a functional issue but rather a display problem only.

SQL> select edition from registry$database;
EDITION
------------------------------
EE

The edition is displayed as EE instead of XE. However, the edition column in the table registry$ correctly displays as XE.

SQL> select edition from registry$;
EDITION
------------------------------
XE

Workaround

Manually update the edition column value in registry$database.

SQL> update registry$database set edition='XE'; 
1 row updated.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> select edition from registry$database;
EDITION
------------------------------
XE

Bug 33394156

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is not supported if you install through a Windows virtual account.

Workaround

This issue is fixed in Oracle Database 19c, release update (RU) 19.19 or later. You can request for a one-off patch.

Bug 33605836

Database token authentication fails in Windows for Oracle Client Libraries with the following error:

ORA-01017: Invalid username/password; Logon denied.

Workaround

Perform the following steps:

• Specify the parameters TOKEN_AUTH, TOKEN_LOCATION, SSL_SERVER_DN_MATCH, PASSWORD_AUTH, OCI_IAM_URL, OCI_TENANCY, OCI_COMPARTMENT, OCI_DATABASE in a sqlnet.ora file instead of a tnsnames.ora file.
• Set the TZ environment variable to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as follows:

  set TZ=GMT

• Specify the TOKEN_LOCATION for the IAM Proof Of Possession (POP) token in a sqlnet.ora file. Do not rely on the default token location.