3 Oracle Database Appliance 19.12 Patches

Get information about Oracle Database Appliance patches for this release, the download locations, and how to apply the patches.

Patching from Previous Releases

Understand the minimum versions for patching Oracle Database Appliance to later releases.

Oracle recommends that you patch your Oracle Database Appliance deployment to within the previous four releases. There may be a minimum patch-level requirement for upgrades to certain releases. With this release of Oracle Database Appliance, there are a few changes to the patching procedure. Ensure that you follow the sequence of steps for patching your appliance as described in the Oracle Database Appliance Deployment and User's Guide for your hardware model.

Use the following table as an indicator for minimum requirements for patching to a release.

Table 3-1 Minimum Patch Requirements for Oracle Database Appliance Releases

Oracle Database Appliance Release (To patch to this release...) Earliest Supported Release To Patch From (Oracle recommends this release...)
19.12.0.0

For bare metal systems:

  • 19.11.0.0
  • 19.10.0.0
  • 19.9.0.0
  • 19.8.0.0
19.11.0.0

For bare metal systems:

  • 19.10.0.0
  • 19.9.0.0
  • 19.8.0.0
  • 19.7.0.0
19.10.0.0

For bare metal systems:

  • 19.9.0.0
  • 19.8.0.0
  • 19.7.0.0
  • 19.6.0.0
19.9.0.0

For bare metal systems:

  • 19.8.0.0
  • 19.7.0.0
  • 19.6.0.0
  • 19.5.0.0

For virtualized platform deployments:

  • 19.8.0.0
19.8.0.0

For bare metal systems:

  • 19.7.0.0
  • 19.6.0.0
  • 19.5.0.0

For virtualized platform deployments:

  • 18.8.0.0
19.7.0.0
  • 19.6.0.0
  • 19.5.0.0
19.6.0.0
  • 18.8.0.0
18.8.0.0
  • 18.7.0.0
  • 18.5.0.0

  • 18.3.0.0
18.7.0.0
  • 18.5.0.0

  • 18.3.0.0
18.5.0.0
  • 18.3.0.0

18.3.0.0
  • 12.2.1.4.0

  • 12.2.1.3.0
  • 12.2.1.2.0

  • 12.1.2.12

12.2.1.4.0
  • 12.2.1.3.0

  • 12.2.1.2.0

  • 12.1.2.12

12.2.1.3.0
  • 12.2.1.2.0

  • 12.1.2.12

12.2.1.2.0
  • 12.1.2.12

Note: 12.2.1.2.0 is not supported on virtualized platform.

12.1.2.12
  • 12.1.2.11

  • 12.1.2.10

  • 12.1.2.9

  • 12.1.2.8

12.1.2.11
  • 12.1.2.10

  • 12.1.2.9

  • 12.1.2.8

  • 12.1.2.7

12.1.2.10
  • 12.1.2.9

  • 12.1.2.8

  • 12.1.2.7

  • 12.1.2.6

12.1.2.9
  • 12.1.2.8

  • 12.1.2.7

  • 12.1.2.6

12.1.2.5 12.1.2.0 to 12.1.2.4
12.1.2.0.0 2.2.0.0.0 to 2.10.0.0.0
2.2.0.0.0 2.1.0.3.1 or earlier

Release 12.2.1.1.0 is only supported on X7–2 models and hence is not listed in the table.

Minimum Software Version Requirements

Review the minimum software version requirements for installing this release of Oracle Database Appliance.

You can provision Oracle Database Appliance release 19.12 on Oracle Database Appliance bare metal systems. You can patch your bare metal systems to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.12 from Oracle Database Appliance release 19.8 or later. You can also patch Oracle Database Appliance DB systems on KVM to release 19.12.

Oracle Database Appliance Patches

Download the patches available for Oracle Database Appliance in My Oracle Support, get information on the prerequisites, and how to apply the patches.

When downloading a patch from My Oracle Support, select Oracle Database Appliance release 19.12 from the release list.

Table 3-2 Oracle Database Appliance Patches for Oracle Database Appliance Release 19.12

Patch Type Patch Number Description Resources

Oracle Database Appliance Server Patch for ODACLI/DCS Stack

33152232

Use the server patch to update your deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.12. You must download the Server Patch, Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file, and the Oracle Database clone file to update your deployment to release 19.12.

Patching Oracle Database Appliance

Oracle Database Appliance Grid Infrastructure Clone for ODACLI/DCS stack

30403673

Use patch 30403673 to update your deployment to Oracle Database Appliance release 19.12. You also use this patch to perform an initial deployment of Oracle Database Appliance. The bundle contains the latest Oracle Grid Infrastructure and database components for deployment on an Oracle Database Appliance after re-imaging Oracle Database Appliance with the Oracle Database Appliance ISO Image for release 19.12.

Provisioning Oracle Database Appliance Software

Oracle Database Appliance Database Clone 19.12.0.0.210720 for ODACLI/DCS stack

30403662

Use Oracle Database Appliance Database Clone 19.12.0.0.210720 for ODACLI/DCS stack to create 19.12 database homes for the ODACLI/DCS stack.

Updating Oracle Database Appliance Repository with Database Clone Files

Oracle Database Appliance Database Clone 12.2.0.1.210720 for ODACLI/DCS stack

27119402

Use Oracle Database Appliance Database Clone 12.2.0.1.210720 for ODACLI/DCS stack to create 12.2.0.1 database homes for the 19.12 ODACLI/DCS stack.

Updating Oracle Database Appliance Repository with Database Clone Files

Oracle Database Appliance Database Clone 12.1.0.2.210720 for ODACLI/DCS stack

23494992

Use Oracle Database Appliance Database Clone 12.1.0.2.210720 for ODACLI/DCS stack to create 12.1.0.2 database homes for the 19.12 ODACLI/DCS stack.

Updating Oracle Database Appliance Repository with Database Clone Files

Oracle Database Appliance ISO Image

30403643

Use the ISO image to re-image the operating system for Oracle Database Appliance 19.12. Re-imaging a server installs the new operating system on the local disks on that server.

Re-imaging Oracle Database Appliance

Oracle Database Appliance KVM Database System Template

32451228

Use the KVM Database System template to deploy KVM-based virtualization for Oracle Database Appliance 19.12.

Managing DB Systems in KVM Deployment

Oracle Database Appliance 21.3.0.0.210720 GI Clone for DB Systems

33152235

Use the Oracle Grid Infrastructure 21c clone file to deploy Oracle Database 21c database on DB system.

Managing DB Systems in KVM Deployment

Oracle Database Appliance 21.3.0.0.210720 Database Clone for DB Systems

33152237

Use the Oracle Database Appliance 21.3.0.0.210720 clone file to deploy Oracle Database 21c database on DB system.

Managing DB Systems in KVM Deployment