5 Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Review information about Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall changes, deprecations, and desupported features.

In addition to new features, Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall release updates can modify, deprecate, or desupport features and introduce upgrade behavior changes.

Be aware of the implications of deprecated and desupported.
  • Deprecated features are no longer being enhanced but are still supported for the current release update (RU) of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall. A deprecated feature can be desupported in the next release update of Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall.
  • Desupported features are no longer supported by fixing bugs related to that feature. Often, Oracle can choose to remove the code required to use the feature.

5.1 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.11

  • OpenSSL 1.1.1 and earlier on Windows platforms was deprecated in Oracle AVDF 20.11, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases. To prevent issues, you should move to OpenSSL 3.0.13 or later.

5.2 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.10

  • Oracle Linux 6 was deprecated in Oracle AVDF 20.10, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.

5.3 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.9

  • Solaris - x86-64 was deprecated in Oracle AVDF 20.9, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.

  • HP-UX on Itanium was deprecated in Oracle AVDF 20.9, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.

  • Java SE Requirement Java 8 was deprecated in Oracle AVDF 20.9, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.

5.4 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.8

5.5 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.7

5.6 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.6

5.7 Behavior Changes, Deprecation, and Desupport Notices in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.1