1 Introduction

This chapter contains the information about the latest release. It has the links to the latest System Requirements and Certifications.

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Latest Release Information

This document is accurate at the time of publication. Oracle will update the release notes periodically after the software release. You can access the latest information and additions to these release notes on the Oracle Help Center.

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Purpose of this Document

This document contains the release information for Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure 12c (12.2.1.4.0).

System Requirements and Specifications

Oracle Fusion Middleware installation and configuration will not complete successfully unless users meet the hardware and software prerequisite requirements before installation. For more information, see System Requirements and Specifications.

Certification Information

To see versions of platforms and related software for which Oracle Fusion Middleware is certified and supported, go to Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations

Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com.

Deprecated Features

This section covers the deprecated features of Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware products.

Deprecated Features in 12c (12.2.1.4.0)

The table lists the deprecated features or components and their description.

Feature/Component Description

Advanced Viewer

Advanced Viewer is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.

In the future, for equivalent functionality, use the Unified Viewer.

MapViewer

MapViewer is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.

In the future, for equivalent functionality, use Oracle Spatial and Graph (included with Oracle Database 12.2 or later) which includes a map visualization component that is fully compatible with MapViewer and with applications written to the MapViewer V2 API.

OPatchAuto

OPatchAutoFMW (installed in OPatch/auto/fmw directory) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.

You can continue to use OPatchAutoCore (installed in OPatch/auto/core directory) for auto updates during Fusion Middleware installation.

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) Lineage Wizard

OBIEE Lineage Wizard in Oracle Data Integrator is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.

In the future, use Oracle Enterprise Metadata Management for any data lineage needs.

Oracle Traffic Director

Oracle Traffic Director is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.

In the future, for equivalent functionality, use Oracle HTTP Server, Microsoft IIS Web Server, or Apache HTTP Server plug-ins, or a native Kubernetes load balancer, such as Traefik.

Deprecated Feature in 12c (12.2.1.3.0)

The following feature is deprecated:

  • The Fusion Middleware Lifecycle Management Tools is no longer available, and will be removed from the next release.