1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.29 supports Oracle Database 19c functionality on Oracle Database Appliance hardware models.

New Features

This release supports Oracle Database Appliance models X11-HA, X11-L, X11-S, X10-HA, X10-L, X10-S, X9-2-HA, X9-2L, X9-2S, X8-2-HA, X8-2M, and X8-2S. 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 19.29. 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 19.29.

For Oracle Database 19c and Oracle AI Database 26ai 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:

  • Changes in the patching procedure for Oracle Database Appliance

    There are significant changes in the patching procedure in this Oracle Database Appliance release. You do not need to run the odacli update-agent and update-server commands to patch your Oracle Database Appliance. In this release, to update Oracle Database Appliance, run the odacli update-dcsadmin and odacli update-dcscomponents commands, and then run the odacli update-servercomponents command and the odacli update-gihome command.

    For complete details about patching your appliance, see the chapter Patching Your Appliance in 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 19.29 on X11-HA, X11-L, X11-S, X10-HA, X10-L, X10-S, X9-2-HA, X9-2L, X9-2S, X8-2-HA, X8-2M, and X8-2S.

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

  • Support for Oracle AI Database 26ai and 19c databases on Oracle Database Appliance DB systems

    This release supports creation of databases of Oracle AI Database 26ai 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 26ai, 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 AI Database 26ai and 19c databases on DB systems, see the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Collection Utility enhancements

    Oracle Database Appliance configuration collection collects configuration information for all components in the appliance. The utility assists in debugging issues on the appliance and provides a comprehensive record of all object versions and configuration details at a specific date and time. Additionally, it serves as a valuable reference for tracking configuration changes over time. In this release, you can also specify the components to include or exclude in the configuration collection.

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

  • Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is enabled in permissive mode during provisioning and patching of Oracle Database Appliance

    Oracle Database Appliance supports enhanced security by enabling Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

    See the topic About SELinux on Oracle Database Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide.

  • Increased flexibility in configuration of CPU cores and memory on DB Systems

    This release enables increased configuration flexibility for DB systems, CPU cores, and memory, allowing precise resource allocation to match workload demands.

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

  • Improved storage operations on Oracle Database Appliance

    This release provides optimized storage setup (up to 2.4x faster) and expansion operations (up to 3x faster) for significant time savings.

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

  • Enterprise Manager Plug-in Support for Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 and Later Hardware Models with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.29

    With this plug-in release, you can use Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 5 (13.5) to manage and monitor your Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 and later systems for Oracle Database Appliance release 19.29.

    For more information, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Plugin for Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes.

  • Deprecation of STIG on Oracle Database Appliance

    The security of Oracle Database Appliance has been further strengthened with the implementation of SCAP controls, thus delivering a Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) score of over 90% out-of-the-box. This enhancement reduces dependence on external tools such as Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG) and Center for Internet Security (CIS). STIG scripts are now marked as deprecated and may be removed in a future release of Oracle Database Appliance software.

  • Desupport of odacli update-agent and update-server commands on Oracle Database Appliance

    The odacli update-dcsagent and update-server commands are desupported in this release. The commands are not required to be run during patching of the appliance.

    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 (October 2025 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems are available in this release:

    • 19.29.0.0.251021

    Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle AI Database Update 23.26.0.0.0 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 19.29 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 19.29 from the drop down list.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.29.0.0.0 Server Patch for Bare Metal Systems: Use patch 38427251 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.29. You must download the Server Patch, Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file, and the Oracle Database clone file to update your deployment to release 19.29.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.29.0.0.0 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 19.29.0.0.251021 Software Clone file to create 19.29.0.0.251021 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 19.29.0.0.0 DB System Image Download for KVM: Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for Oracle Database Appliance release 19.29. Patch 32451228 provides the software for this update.
  • Oracle Database Appliance 26ai DB System Image Download for KVM: Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for DB system of version 26ai. Patch 36524660 provides the software for this update.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 26ai GI Clone for DB Systems: Use patch 36524627 to perform an initial deployment of Oracle Database Appliance on DB Systems for creating Oracle AI Database 26ai databases. This patch is for Oracle Database Appliance hardware models with DB systems only.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 26ai Database Clone File for DB Systems: Use the Oracle AI Database 26ai Software Clone file to create 26ai 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 26ai DB System Server Patch: Use the KVM DB System template to patch 26ai KVM-based virtualization for Oracle Database Appliance 19.29. Patch 38174300 provides this update. This patch is for Oracle Database Appliance hardware models with DB systems only.
  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.29.0.0.0 OS ISO Image for all Platforms: Use this patch to reimage the operating system for Oracle Database Appliance 19.29. Patch 30403643 provides the software for this update.
For more information about the new features in this release, see the following topics:
Patching Oracle Database Appliance
Recovering Standby Database Using Primary Database Backup After Non-CDB to CDB Database Conversion on Oracle Database Appliance
About SELinux on Oracle Database Appliance
About STIG Compliance on Oracle Database Appliance
Provisioning Oracle Database Appliance X11 Bare Metal System
About Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Collection Utility
Oracle Database Appliance Command-Line Interface
Oracle Enterprise Manager Plugin for Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes