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

1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21 supports Oracle Database 19c functionality on Oracle Database Appliance hardware models.

New Features

This release supports Oracle Database Appliance models X10-HA, X10-L, X10-S, X9-2-HA, X9-2L, X9-2S, X8-2-HA, X8-2M, X8-2S, X7-2-HA, X7-2M, and X7-2S. You can create a bare metal deployment on Oracle Database Appliance or patch or upgrade your existing bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21. You can also create and patch or upgrade 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 19.21.

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 of Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments, KVM, and DB systems

    This release supports provisioning of bare metal deployments, KVM, and DB systems with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21 on X10-HA, X10-L, X10-S, X9-2-HA, X9-2L, X9-2S, X8-2-HA, X8-2M, X8-2S, X7-2-HA, X7-2M, and X7-2S.

    See the chapter Provisioning Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal System in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Upgrading Oracle Database Appliance to Oracle Linux 8 on Oracle Database Appliance X9-2, X8-2, and X7-2 on Bare Metal Systems and DB Systems

    Starting with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21, the operating system is Oracle Linux 8 for Oracle Database Appliance X9, X8, and X7 hardware models. All deployments must upgrade the operating system in this release.

    See the chapter Upgrading Oracle Database Appliance to Release 19.21 Using Data Preserving Reprovisioning in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Provisioning and Patching of Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Systems, KVM, and DB Systems on Oracle Database Appliance X10

    You can provision and patch Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal systems, KVM, and DB systems on Oracle Database Appliance X10 to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21.

    See the chapter Patching Oracle Database Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance X10 Deployment and User's Guide.

  • 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, 19.21, 19.20, 19.19, 19.18, and 19.17 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.

  • Storage Expansion on Oracle Database Appliance X10

    You can now configure additional storage on Oracle Database Appliance X10 when you deploy your appliance.

    See the chapter Managing Storage in the Oracle Database Appliance X10 Deployment and User's Guide.

  • Use of HTTPS in Oracle ASR configuration

    Starting with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21, Oracle Database Appliance does not use SNMP protocol to send alerts to Oracle ASR. Instead, test alerts and disk alerts are sent as XML payload to Oracle ASR manager running on the HTTPS port.

    See the chapter Configuring and Using Oracle ASR in 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.

  • 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 (October 2023 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems are available in this release:

    • 19.21.0.0.231017
    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 19.21 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 19.21 from the drop down list.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.21.0.0.0 Server Patch for Bare Metal Systems: Use patch 35938481 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21. You must download the Server Patch, Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file, and the Oracle Database clone file to update your deployment to release 19.21.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.21.0.0.0 GI Clone for ODACLI/DCS Stack: Use patch 30403673 to update your deployment to this Oracle Database Appliance release. 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 RDBMS Clone for ODACLI/DCS Stack: Use the Oracle Database 19.21.0.0.231017 Software Clone file to create 19.21.0.0.231017 Oracle Database homes. Patch 30403662 provides the database clone for this update. This patch is for all Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models (bare metal systems).
  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.21.0.0.0 DB System Image Download for KVM: Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for Oracle Database Appliance release 19.21. Patch 32451228 provides the software for this update.
  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.21.0.0.0 OS ISO Image for all Platforms: Use this patch to reimage the operating system for Oracle Database Appliance 19.21. Patch 30403643 provides the software 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.

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