What’s New in This Release

1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24 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 19.24. 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 19.24.

For Oracle Database 19c and Oracle Database 23ai 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:

Support for Oracle Database 23ai databases on Oracle Database Appliance DB Systems
This release supports creation of databases of Oracle Database release 23ai on DB systems. Oracle Grid Infrastructure release 23ai and Oracle Database 23ai are installed. The version is specified in the DB system JSON payload, with the attribute version for database. When you provision DB system of release 23ai, then you cannot provision any other database versions, such as 19c, in the DB system at the same time.
You can create, delete, modify the shape, and modify the networks for databases of version Oracle Database 23ai on Oracle Database Appliance DB systems in this release.

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You cannot upgrade Oracle Database 19c databases to Oracle Database 23ai on Oracle Database Appliance DB systems in this release.

Note:
Oracle Database Appliance release 19.23 software supports 23.5.0.0.0 DB system image for July 2024 (23.5.0.24.07) database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure clones. Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24 supports an updated DB system image (23.5.0.1.0) with the same database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure clones. To view the DB system image version, log into the DB system and run the odacli describe-dbsystem-image command. Oracle recommends that after you patch your bare metal system to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24, you delete the 23.5.0.0.0 DB system that you installed with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.23 software. You can then create the DB system with the DB system image (23.5.0.1.0) that is available with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24 and deploy Oracle Database 23ai databases.

For details on the JSON file changes for creating Oracle Database 23ai, 21c and 19c databases on DB systems, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Provisioning and patching of Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments, KVM, and DB systems
This release supports provisioning and patching of bare metal deployments, KVM, and DB systems with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24 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.
See the chapter Upgrading Oracle Database Appliance to Release 19.23 Using Data Preserving Reprovisioning in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Support for Oracle Database 23ai, 21c, and 19c databases on Oracle Database Appliance DB Systems
This release supports creation of databases of Oracle Database 23ai, 21c, and 19c databases on DB systems. The version is specified in the DB system JSON payload, with the attribute version for database. When you provision DB system of release 23ai, then you cannot provision any other database versions, such as 19c in the DB system at the same time.
For details on the JSON file changes for creating Oracle Database 23ai, 21c and 19c databases on DB systems, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Support for Modifying Oracle ASM Listener Port on Oracle Database Appliance
Starting with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24, you can customize Oracle ASM listener port number as a postinstallation task. All DB systems that you provision after changing the Oracle ASM listener port number use the new Oracle ASM port number.
See the topic Modifying Oracle ASM Listener Port After Deployment in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Support for Passwordless Multi-User Access on Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal and DB Systems Using BUI
This release supports passwordless multi-user access on bare metal and DB systems using BUI. With passwordless multi-user access, you are not prompted for any password when you use BUI or run ODACLI commands. You can use this feature in the case where you do not log into the appliance with your Oracle Database Appliance account credentials, but use a third-party utility to log in and connect to Oracle Database Appliance. Or, you can set up a one-time SSH connection to an Oracle Database Appliance configured with passwordless multi-user access. Passwordless multi-user access supports all capabilities of role separation that are available with multi-user access.
For details on enabling passwordless multi-user access and for the JSON file changes, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.
Support for Multiple Databases on Oracle Database Appliance DB Systems
This release supports deployment of multiple databases on a DB system on Oracle Database Appliance using ODACLI commands and BUI.
For details on enabling this feature and creating the DB system with multiple databases, 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.
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 2024 Oracle Database Release Update for bare metal systems are available in this release:
- 19.24.0.0.240716
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 and Oracle Database Update 23.5.0.24.07 for DB system are also available with this release.

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

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.24 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 19.24 from the drop down list.

Oracle Database Appliance 19.24.0.0.0 Server Patch for Bare Metal Systems: Use patch 36873445 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24. You must download the Server Patch, Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file, and the Oracle Database clone file to update your deployment to release 19.24.
Oracle Database Appliance 19.24.0.0.0 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 19.24.0.0.240716 Software Clone file to create 19.24.0.0.240716 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 19.24.0.0.0 DB System Image Download for KVM: Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for Oracle Database Appliance release 19.24. Patch 32451228 provides the software for this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 23ai DB System Image Download for KVM: Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for DB system of version 23ai. Patch 36524660 provides the software for this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 23ai GI Clone for DB Systems: Use patch 36524627 to perform an initial deployment of Oracle Database Appliance on DB Systems for creating Oracle Database 23ai databases. This patch is for Oracle Database Appliance hardware models with DB systems only.
Oracle Database Appliance 23ai Database Clone File for DB Systems: Use the Oracle Database 23ai Software Clone file to create 23ai Oracle Database homes. Patch 36524642 provides the database clone for this update. This patch is for Oracle Database Appliance hardware models with DB systems only.
Oracle Database Appliance 19.24.0.0.0 OS ISO Image for all Platforms: Use this patch to reimage the operating system for Oracle Database Appliance 19.24. 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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