What’s New in This Release

1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.19 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, and X6-2-HA. You can create a bare metal deployment on Oracle Database Appliance or patch your existing bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.19. 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 19.19.

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 for provisioning of bare metal deployments, and patching of Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15 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 the Oracle Database Appliance server and databases. 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 provisioning of KVM and DB Systems, and patching of DB Systems from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.15 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
This release supports creation of databases of Oracle Database releases 21.8, 21.7, 21.6, 21.5, 19.19, 19.18, 19.17, 19.16, and 19.15 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 and 19c databases on DB systems, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Oracle ASMFD enabled by default on Oracle Database Appliance DB Systems
Oracle ASM Filter Driver (Oracle ASMFD) is enabled by default when you create aDB system on Oracle Database Appliance. To disable Oracle AFD on Oracle Database Appliance DB systems, you must specify the "enableAFD" : "FALSE", attribute in the JSON file when creating the DB system.

For more information, see Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Viewing Error Correlation Reports Using ODACLI Commands
You can now view Error Correlation reports using ODACLI commands.

For more information, see Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Specifying Disk Group Redundancy for VM Storage on Oracle Database Appliance
When your disk group is Flex, you can specify the disk group redundancy as Mirror or High for VM storage on Oracle Database Appliance for both application KVMs and DB systems either using ODACLI commands or the BUI.

For more information, see Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Sample DB Systems template with or without annotations and new ODACLI command options to specify these templates
This Oracle Database Appliance release provides sample DB system templates. There are two new options -t and -ta that you can use with the odacli create-dbsystem command to use DB system templates.

For more information, see Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Browser User Interface (BUI) Enhancements
Oracle Database Appliance release 19.19 supports the following in the BUI:
- Patching support for server, storage, and other components using the BUI.
- Managing scheduled jobs using the BUI
- Granting and revoking access to resources using the BUI on a multi-user access enabled Oracle Database Appliance system
- Specifying disk group redundancy for VM storage
- Options to choose to ignore missing patches and ignore precheck failures when moving a database from one database home to another
- Refreshing and displaying the latest information about the Oracle Database Appliance components using Collect Bill of Materials.
For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Support for using the -o option with the odacli configure-firstnet command to configure the speed for the network interface
You can use the odacli configure-firstnet -o command to configure the network speed for Oracle Dual Port 25 Gb Ethernet Adapter.

For more information, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
ODACLI Command Enhancements
There are changes to ODACLI command options in this release. Use the --help option with a command to view the supported options for the command in this release.

For more information, see the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Command-Line Reference in 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 19.19
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 2023 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems are available in this release:
- 19.19.0.0.230417
Additionally, note that the release also includes Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database 21.8 updates (October 2022 Oracle Database Release Update 21.8.0.0.221018) for DB systems. Note that to update your databases on Oracle Database Appliance to releases later than Oracle Database 21.8 in the Oracle Database 21c release, you must use out-of-cycle patching functionality.

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

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.19 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 19.19 from the drop down list.

Oracle Database Appliance 19.19.0.0.0 Server Patch for Bare Metal Systems: Use patch 35290009 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.19. You must download the Server Patch, Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file, and the Oracle Database clone file to update your deployment to release 19.19.
Oracle Database Appliance 19.19.0.0.0 Grid Infrastructure Clone for Bare Metal Systems: Use patch 30403673 to update your deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.19. 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 19.19.0.0.0 Database Clone File for Bare Metal Systems: Use the Oracle Database 19.19.0.0.230417 Software Clone file to create 19.19.0.0.230417 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 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 21.8.0.0.221018 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 21.8.0.0.221018 Database Clone File for DB Systems: Use the Oracle Database 21.8.0.0.221018 Software Clone file to create 21.8.0.0.221018 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 19.19. You must download the utility to run the first step of Data Preserving Reprovisioning feature. Patch 33594115 provides the utility.

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