Jérôme Dubar

New Oracle Database Appliance X11 series for 2025

Introduction Oracle Database Appliance X10 is not so old, but X11 is already out, available to order. Let’s find out what’s new for this 2025 series. What is an Oracle Database Appliance? ODA, or Oracle Database Appliance, is an engineered(…)

DPR and Dbvisit Standby on ODA

Introduction Since patch version 19.21 (current one is 19.25), Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X7, X8 and X9 will require the use of Data Preserving Reprovisioning (DPR) to apply the patch coming from 19.20 and previous releases. Unlike traditional patching, DPR(…)

Is DPR compatible with 12.1 databases running on your ODA?

Introduction Since patch version 19.21 (current one is 19.23), ODA (Oracle Database Appliance) X7, X8 and X9 will require the use of Data Preserving Reprovisioning (DPR) to get the patch. Unlike traditional patching, DPR erases the system disks but keeps(…)

ODA X10-L storage configuration is different from what you may expect

Introduction Oracle Database Appliance X10 lineup is available since September 2023. Compared to X9-2 lineup, biggest changes are the AMD Epyc processors replacing Intel Xeons, and new license model regarding Standard Edition 2, clarified by Oracle several weeks ago.

ODA patching: ASR manager stuck to old version

Introduction Patching an Oracle Database Appliance is mainly applying 3 patches: the system patch, including OS and Grid Infrastructure updates, the storage patch for data disks and disk controllers, and the DB patch for DB homes and databases. ASR manager(…)

ODA X10 lineup now supports Standard Edition 2

Introduction 6 months ago, Oracle introduced the new Oracle Database Appliance X10 lineup. The biggest surprise came from the supported editions: these new ODAs were Enterprise Edition only! This was because Standard Edition 2 license conditions were not compatible with(…)

How to patch your ODA to 19.21?

Introduction Patch 19.21 is now available for Oracle Database Appliance series. Let’s find out what’s new and how to apply this patch. What’s new? The most important new component is Linux 8. X10 series were already running on Linux 8(…)

ODA hybrid patching: 19.20/19.19

Introduction Patching your Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) is highly recommended: once a year being the minimum you could do. It prevents security risks, fixes some bugs and eventually provides new features. And it also keeps your appliance supported: according to(…)

Easy PDB migration with ODA and DB Systems

Introduction Oracle 23c is not yet available on Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), but it should be ready in 2024. As 23c is the next Long Term release, 19c databases will probably migrate to 23c in the coming years. If you(…)

Vdisk backup on ODA

Introduction Oracle Database Appliance now includes a powerful virtualisation layer based on KVM and fully integrated with odacli. For sure, an ODA is mostly dedicated to Oracle databases, but you can also benefit from unused cores to run application VMs(…)