1. Release Notes
  2. What’s New in This Release

1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15 supports Oracle Database 19c functionality on Oracle Database Appliance hardware models.

New Features

This release supports Oracle Database Appliance models X9-2-HA, X9-2L, X9-2S, 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 19.15. You can also create and patch Oracle Database Appliance DB systems. Read the chapter Known Issues with Oracle Database Appliance in This Release for critical fixes before deploying Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15.

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:

  • Deployment of Oracle Database Appliance X9-2 Hardware Models

    This release supports Oracle Database Appliance X9-2-HA, X9-2L, X9-2S. For provisioning and patching your appliance, see the Oracle Database Appliance X9-2 Deployment and User's Guide.

  • Provisioning and Patching of Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Deployments

    This release supports for provisioning of bare metal deployments, and patching of Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10 and later.

    Oracle Database Appliance provides support for out of place patching. The patches for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database are available as clone files. It is mandatory to run the odacli create-prepatchreport command before you patch your server. You must fix the errors displayed in the report before you proceed with the patching operation. Ensure that you follow the sequence of steps for patching your appliance as described in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

    See the chapter Patching Oracle Database Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Provisioning and Patching of Oracle Database Appliance KVM and DB Systems

    This release supports for provisioning of KVM and DB Systems, and patching of DB Systems from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.11 or later.

    See the chapter Patching Oracle Database Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Support for Oracle Database 21c and 19c databases on Oracle Database Appliance DB Systems

    Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15 supports creation of databases of Oracle Database releases 21.6, 21.5, 21.4, 21.3, 19.15, 19.14, 19.13, 19.12, and 19.11 on DB systems. The Oracle Grid Infrastructure software installed is of the same version as the Oracle Database version you install. The version is specified in the database system JSON payload, with the attribute version for database.

    For details on the JSON file changes for creating Oracle Database 21c databases on DB systems, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Upgrading Oracle Database Appliance using Data Preserving Reprovisioning

    You can upgrade your appliance from Oracle Database Appliance releases 12.1.2.12, 12.2.1.4, 18.3, 18.5, 18.7, and 18.8 to the latest release without upgrading to the intermediate releases using Data Preserving Reprovisioning.

    For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Modifying the Memory Size on DB Systems

    You can create DB systems with customized memory size and increase the memory on existing DB systems. The size of the new DB system must be greater than the default memory size of the DB system.

    For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • OVM to KVM migration on Oracle Database Appliance

    You can now migrate the databases in your Oracle Database Appliance deployment from virtualized platform to Oracle ASM on the bare metal system. You can then manually move the databases to DB systems.

    For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Support for -local option when patching the server or database home on Oracle Database Appliance High-Availability models

    To minimize downtime, use the --local option with the odacli update-server and odacli update-dbhome commands. Update the DCS components and then run the odacli create-prepatchreport command. There is no downtime during this process. After analyzing the prepatch report, use the --local option to continue patching Oracle Database Appliance.

    See the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model, for more information.

  • Support for High-Availability for Oracle Database Enterprise Edition single-instance databases on Oracle Database Appliance

    You can enable or disable high-availability for Enterprise Edition Oracle Database 19.15 and 21.6 single-instance databases when creating databases on Oracle Database Appliance using the BUI or ODACLI commands.

    See the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model, for more information.

  • Registering Oracle Data Guard on Oracle Database Appliance

    You can migrate existing Oracle Data Guard configuration and register with Oracle Database Appliance using ODACLI commands.

    For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Specifying the Redundancy for Oracle ASM Flex Disk Group on Oracle Database Appliance

    The odacli create-dbstorage command has a new option --db-redundancy,-rd to specify the database redundancy.

    For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Browser User Interface (BUI) Enhancements

    Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15 supports the following in the BUI:
    • TDE Wallet Management features such as resetting the master key, changing the TDE wallet management, and changing the TDE password.
    • Adding and modifying DB System memory size
    • Specifying the node for patching the appliance and database homes
    • Enabling or disabling high-availability for Oracle Database Enterprise Edition single-instance databases when creating databases on Oracle Database Appliance
    • Specifying dynamic default parameters

    For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Support for Oracle Enterprise Manager Plug-in with Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.15

    You can install and configure Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-in for Oracle Database Appliance. Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-in releases 13.2.4 and 13.4.2 require a patch to run on Oracle Database Appliance release 19.10 and later. Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-in release 13.4.3 does not require additional patch.

    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.

    There is a search box at the top right hand corner of the BUI. Search results are links to documentation pages shown as a new window in the BUI. When you click the Help button, links from the documentation relevant to the context of the tab are displayed. Along with the search results from the Oracle Database Appliance documentation pages, BUI also provides relevant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the search query. Additionally, you can also search on DCS error codes such as DCS-10001, DCS-10032, and so on in the search box and get the links to documentation pages containing these error codes. When you specify the search query, relevant documentation, FAQs, and DCS error codes links are displayed in a new window in the BUI.

    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 (April 2022 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems are available in this release:

    • 19.15.0.0.220419
    • 12.1.0.2.220419
    Additionally, the release also includes Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database 21.6 updates (April 2022 Oracle Database Release Update 21.6.0.0.220419) for DB systems.

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

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.15 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 19.15 from the drop down list.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.15.0.0.0 Server Patch for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 34069644 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15. You must download the Server Patch, Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file, and the Oracle Database clone file to update your deployment to release 19.15.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.15.0.0.0 Grid Infrastructure Clone for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 30403673 to update your deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15. You also use this patch 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 19.15.0.0.0 Database Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle Database 19.15.0.0.220419 Software Clone file to create 19.15.0.0.220419 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 12.1.0.2 Database Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.1.0.2.220419 Software Clone file to create 12.1.0.2.220419 database homes. Patch 23494992 provides the database clone for 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.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 21.6.0.0.220419 GI Clone for DB Systems: Use patch 33152235 to perform an initial deployment of Oracle Database Appliance on DB Systems for creating Oracle Database 21c databases. This patch is for Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models with DB systems only.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 21.6.0.0.220419 Database Clone File for DB Systems: Use the Oracle Database 21.6.0.0.220419 Software Clone file to create 21.6.0.0.220419 Oracle Database homes. Patch 33152237 provides the database clone for this update. This patch is for Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models with DB systems only.
  • Oracle Database Appliance Upgrade Utility for 12.1.2.12, 12.2.1.4, 18.3, 18.5, 18.7, 18.8 OAK/DCS Stack: Use the Oracle Database Appliance upgrade utility to update your deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15. You must download the utility to run the first step of Data Preserving Reprovisioning feature. Patch 33594115 provides the utility.

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