What’s New in This Release

New Features

This release supports Oracle Database Appliance models X8-2-HA, X8-2M, X8-2S, X7-2-HA, X7-2M, X7-2S, X6-2S, X6-2M, X6-2L, X6-2-HA, and X5-2. You can create a bare metal deployment on Oracle Database Appliance or patch your existing bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10. Read the chapter Known Issues with Oracle Database Appliance in This Release for critical fixes before deploying Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10.

For Oracle Database 19c features, see the Oracle Database Documentation Library at https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/index.html.

The following new features are available in this release:

Provisioning and Patching of Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Deployments
This release supports provisioning of bare metal deployments, and patching of bare metal deployments from Oracle Database Appliance releases 19.6 and later.
MySQL Server for Storing DCS Agent Metadata
Starting with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10, DCS Agent uses MySQL server as its metadata store. MySQL server is automatically installed and configured, during provisioning, when creating the appliance. Similarly, during patching, the odacli update-dcscomponents command automatically installs and configures MySQL server. MySQL server processes do not run with root operating system user account. Instead, MySQL server processes run with a new operating system user account called odamysql. Note that the odamysql operating system user is created only for ownership purposes and the odamysql user account owns only the MySQL directories. The odamysql operating system user cannot log into the appliance. The odamysql operating system user account for MySQL ensures role separation between the user owning Oracle databases on the appliance and the metadata used for DCS operations.
Support for KVM-based Database Systems on Oracle Database Appliance
You can create and manage KVM-based Database Systems on Oracle Database Appliance.
See the chapter Managing an Oracle Database Appliance KVM Deployment in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Database Security Assessment Tool in Browser User Interface
You can generate Database Security Assessment reports from the Browser User Interface to assess the security risks for your databases.

See the chapter Troubleshooting Oracle Database Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model for more information.
Support for Restore Archivelog Feature
Oracle Database Appliance supports restore of archivelog for a database. You can choose to restore archivelog from one SCN to another SCN, or from one timestamp to another timestamp.

See the chapter Backup and Recovery in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model for more information.
ODACLI Command Enhancements
There are new odacli commands and new options for existing odacli commands to manage KVM deployments.

See the Oracle Database Appliance Command Line Reference chapter in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model for more information.
Support for Oracle Enterprise Manager Plug-in with Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.10
You must install certain patches before you can use Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-in with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10.

See the Oracle Enterprise Manager Plugin for Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for more information.
Access to Oracle Database Appliance documentation from the Browser User Interface
You can access the Oracle Database Appliance documentation set for this release from the Browser User Interface. For the latest updates to the documentation for a release, see the online Oracle Database Appliance documentation library at https://docs.oracle.com/en/engineered-systems/oracle-database-appliance/index.html.
Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Updates

The following Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database updates (January 2021 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems and virtualized platform deployments are available in this release:
- 19.10.0.0.210119
- 18.13.0.0.210119
- 12.2.0.1.210119
- 12.1.0.2.210119
- 11.2.0.4.210119

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Clone, Oracle Database Clone, and ISO Image Patches

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.10 Patches for patch details and links.

Oracle Database Appliance patches are available in My Oracle Support. When selecting a patch, ensure that you select Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10 from the drop down list.

Oracle Database Appliance 19.10.0.0.0 Server Patch for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 32351355 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10.
Oracle Database Appliance 19.10.0.0.0 GI Clone for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 30403673 to perform an initial deployment of Oracle Database Appliance. The bundle contains the latest Oracle Grid Infrastructure components for deployment on an Oracle Database Appliance in the "shipped from factory" state, or an Oracle Database Appliance that has been re-imaged using the operating system ISO Image. This patch is for all Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models (bare metal).
Oracle Database Appliance 19.10.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 19.10.0.0.210119 Software Clone file to create 19.10.0.0.210119 Oracle Database homes. Patch 30403662 provides the database clone for this update. This patch is for all Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models (bare metal).
Oracle Database Appliance 18.13.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 18.13.0.0.210119 Software Clone file to create 18.13.0.0.210119 Oracle Database homes. Patch 27604558 provides the database clone for this update. This patch is forall Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models (bare metal).
Oracle Database Appliance 12.2.0.1 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.2.0.1.210119 Software Clone file to create 12.2.0.1.210119 database homes. Patch 27119402 provides the database clone for this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 12.1.0.2 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.1.0.2.210119 Software Clone file to create 12.1.0.2.210119 database homes. Patch 23494992 provides the database clone for this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 11.2.0.4 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.4.210119 Software Clone file to create 11.2.0.4.210119 database homes. Patch 23494997 provides this update.
Oracle Database Appliance KVM Database System Template: Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for Oracle Database Appliance. Patch 32451228 provides the database clone for this update.

Desupport Notice for Oracle Java Development Kit (Oracle JDK), available in the /bin/java directory

Starting with Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.6, Java is installed in a new location. Java Runtime environment (JRE) is installed in the /opt/oracle/dcs/java/ directory, and is updated during patching of Oracle Database Appliance. Patching of Oracle Java Development Kit (Oracle JDK), available in the /bin/java directory, during the Oracle Database Appliance server patching process is not supported. Oracle Java Development Kit (Oracle JDK), available in the /bin/java directory, is desupported.