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

1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.5 supports Oracle Database 19c functionality on Oracle Database Appliance hardware models.

Note:

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.5 only supports Oracle Database 19c and requires re-imaging of your existing deployment. You cannot upgrade to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.5 from an earlier Oracle Database Appliance release. You also cannot upgrade to later Oracle Database Appliance releases from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.5.

New Features

This release of Oracle Database Appliance supports provisioning of Oracle Database 19c on Oracle Database Appliance X8-2, X7-2, X6-2, and X5-2 for bare metal systems. Read the chapter Known Issues with Oracle Database Appliance in This Release for critical fixes before deploying Oracle Database Appliance release 19.5.

For Oracle Database 19c features, see the Oracle Database Documentation Library at https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/index.html.

  • Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Updates

    The following Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database updates (October 2019 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems are available in this release:

    • 19.5.0.0.191015

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

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.5 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 19.5 from the drop down list.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.5.0.0.0 GI Clone for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 30403673 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 mMetal).

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.5.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 19.5.0.0.191015 Software Clone file to create 19.5.0.0.191015 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 19.5.0.0.0 ISO Image (Bare Metal): Use patch 30403643 to perform a bare metal restore (re-image) of the operating system. Bare metal is a non-virtualized Oracle Database Appliance configuration. Use only when you must re-image the operating system.