What’s New in This Release

New Features

This release supports Oracle Database Appliance models X8-2-HA, X8-2M, X8-2S, X7-2-HA, X7-2M, X7-2S, X6-2S, X6-2M, X6-2L, X6-2-HA, and X5-2. You can either create a bare metal deployment on Oracle Database Appliance or patch your existing bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.7. Read the chapter Known Issues with Oracle Database Appliance in This Release for critical fixes before deploying Oracle Database Appliance release 19.7.

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
This release supports provisioning of bare metal deployments, and patching of bare metal deployments from Oracle Database Appliance releases 19.5 and 19.6.
Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Updates

The following Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database updates (April 2020 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems are available in this release:
- 19.7.0.0.200414
- 18.10.0.0.200414
- 12.2.0.1.200414
- 12.1.0.2.200414
- 11.2.0.4.200414

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

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.7 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 19.7 from the drop down list.

Oracle Database Appliance 19.7.0.0.0 Server Patch for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 31220620 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.7.
Oracle Database Appliance 19.7.0.0.0 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 metal).
Oracle Database Appliance 19.7.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 19.7.0.0.200414 Software Clone file to create 19.7.0.0.200414 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 18.10.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 18.10.0.0.200414 Software Clone file to create 18.10.0.0.200414 Oracle Database homes. Patch 27604558 provides the database clone for this update. This patch is forall Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Models (bare metal).
Oracle Database Appliance 12.2.0.1 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.2.0.1.200414 Software Clone file to create 12.2.0.1.200414 database homes. Patch 27119402 provides the database clone for this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 12.1.0.2 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.1.0.2.200414 Software Clone file to create 12.1.0.2.200414 database homes. Patch 23494992 provides the database clone for this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 11.2.0.4 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.4.200414 Software Clone file to create 11.2.0.4.200414 database homes. Patch 23494997 provides this update.
Oracle Database Appliance 19.7.0.0.0 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.

Deprecation Notice for Oracle Java Development Kit (Oracle JDK), available in the /bin/java directory

Starting with Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.6, Java is installed in a new location. Java Runtime environment (JRE) is installed in the /opt/oracle/dcs/java/ directory, and is updated during patching of Oracle Database Appliance. Patching of Oracle Java Development Kit (Oracle JDK), available in the /bin/java directory, during the Oracle Database Appliance server patching process is not supported. Oracle Java Development Kit (Oracle JDK), available in the /bin/java directory, is deprecated.