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

1 What’s New in This Release

Oracle Database Appliance release 19.9 supports Oracle Database 19c functionality on Oracle Database Appliance hardware models.

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 or virtualized platform deployment on Oracle Database Appliance or patch your existing bare metal or virtualized platform deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.9. Read the chapter Known Issues with Oracle Database Appliance in This Release for critical fixes before deploying Oracle Database Appliance release 19.9.

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 Bare Metal Deployments

    This release supports provisioning of bare metal deployments, and patching of bare metal deployments from Oracle Database Appliance releases 19.5 and later.

  • Provisioning and Patching of Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform

    This release supports provisioning of virtualized platform, and patching of virtualized platform from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.8.

  • Support for Managing Resource Allocation Using CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance

    Oracle Database Appliance provides support for CPU pools to manage resources on Oracle Database Appliance bare metal and KVM deployments.

    See the chapter Managing CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model for more information.

  • Support for Oracle Linux Kernel Virtualization KVM

    KVM virtualization uses a kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) to create a virtualized environment for your Linux applications. You can use Oracle KVM to optimize your system resource use for databases and applications on Oracle Database Appliance.

    See the chapter Managing an Oracle Database Appliance KVM Deployment in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

  • Support for Transparent Database Encryption (TDE) on Oracle Database Appliance

    Oracle Database uses authentication, authorization, and auditing mechanisms to secure data in the database. Oracle Database provides Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect operating system data files where data is stored.

    See About Transparent Database Encryption (TDE) in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model for more information.

  • ODACLI Command Enhancements

    There are new odacli commands and new options for existing odacli commands to manage CPU Pools, KVM deployments, and Transparent Database Encryption (TDE). A new command odacli modify-dbstorage enables to modify the database storage size.

    The option --resetDBID, -rDBID in the odacli irestore-database command is deprecated. The Database ID of a restored database is always reset to a value different from the Database ID of the source database.

    See the Oracle Database Appliance Command Line Reference chapter in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model for more information.

  • 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. 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 2020 Oracle Database Release Update) for bare metal systems and virtualized platform deployments are available in this release:

    • 19.9.0.0.201020
    • 18.12.0.0.201020
    • 12.2.0.1.201020
    • 12.1.0.2.201020
    • 11.2.0.4.201020

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

See the chapter Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.9 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 19.9 from the drop down list.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.9.0.0.0 Server Patch for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use patch 31922078 to update your bare metal deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.9.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.9.0.0.0 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 19.9.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 19.9.0.0.201020 Software Clone file to create 19.9.0.0.201020 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 18.12.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone File for ODACLI/DCS stack: Use the Oracle RDBMS 18.12.0.0.201020 Software Clone file to create 18.12.0.0.201020 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 12.2.0.1.201020 Software Clone file to create 12.2.0.1.201020 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 12.1.0.2.201020 Software Clone file to create 12.1.0.2.201020 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 11.2.0.4.201020 Software Clone file to create 11.2.0.4.201020 database homes. Patch 23494997 provides this update.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.9.0.0.0 Server Patch for Virtualized Platform: Use patch 31922080 to update your Virtualized Platform to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.9.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.9.0.0.0 ISO Image (Virtualized Platform): Use patch 16186163 to re-image the server with an operating system that includes virtualization capabilities. After re-imaging, use the VM Template to deploy ODA_BASE for the Virtualized Platform. The bundle contains the latest Grid Infrastructure components for deployment.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.9.0.0.0 VM Template (ODA_BASE) for Virtualized Platform: Use patch 16186172 to deploy ODA_BASE for the Virtualized Platform.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 19.9.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone for Virtualized Platform: Use the Oracle RDBMS 19.9.0.0.201020 Software Clone file to create 19.9.0.0.201020 database homes for Virtualized Platform. Patch 30403653 provides this update.
  • Oracle Database Appliance 18.11.0.0.0 RDBMS Clone for Virtualized Platform: Use the Oracle RDBMS 18.12.0.0.201020 Software Clone file to create 18.12.0.0.201020 database homes for Virtualized Platform. Patch 28864456 provides this update.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 12.2.0.1 RDBMS Clone File for Virtualized Platform: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.2.0.1.201020 Software Clone file to create 12.2.0.1.201020 database homes for Virtualized Platform. Patch 27449599 provides the database clone for this update.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 12.1.0.2 RDBMS Clone File for Virtualized Platform: Use the Oracle RDBMS 12.1.0.2.201020 Software Clone file to create 12.1.0.2.201020 database homes for Virtualized Platform. Patch 19520042 provides the database clone for this update.

  • Oracle Database Appliance 11.2.0.4 RDBMS Clone File for Virtualized Platform: Use the Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.4.201020 Software Clone file to create 11.2.0.4.201020 database homes for Virtualized Platform. Patch 17770873 provides the database clone for this update.

Desupport 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 desupported.

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