oracle database appliance

Temporary tablespace and ODA 19.31.

I recently patched Oracle Database Appliances (ODAs) to 19.31. For DBs with more than 1 tempfile in the temporary tablespace I got an error during the “odacli update-dbhome” : # odacli describe-job -i 2ff3fd5d-f611-4ae6-aae0-63df7c08ec71 Job details ---------------------------------------------------------------- ID: 2ff3fd5d-f611-4ae6-aae0-63df7c08ec71(…)

Not enough space for using ODABR? Reduce /u01 and /opt size on your ODA

Introduction The patching of an Oracle Database Appliance needs to be secured. This is because it won’t limit to patching the databases: there is plenty of other components embedded with the patch, the goal being to keep everything updated.

How to patch your ODA to 19.30?

Introduction Patch 19.30 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 real new feature is the possibility to rollback a server component patch done(…)

How to patch your ODA to 19.29?

How to patch your Oracle Database Appliance to 19.29(…)

odacli create-appliance failed on an ODA HA

I recently had to install an Oracle Database Appliance X11 HA and it failed when creating the appliance: [root@oak0 ~]# odacli create-appliance -r /u01/patch/my_new_oda.json ... [root@mynewoda ~]# odacli describe-job -i 88e4b5e3-3a73-4c18-9d9f-960151abc45e Job details ---------------------------------------------------------------- ID: 88e4b5e3-3a73-4c18-9d9f-960151abc45e Description: Provisioning service(…)

PRGH-1030 when doing restore-node -g on ODA

Introduction Patching your Oracle Database Appliance from 19.20 or earlier release to 19.21 or newer release implies the use of Data Preserving Reprovisioning (DPR). Most of the time, and with an adequate preparation, the DPR works fine. But if(…)

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,(…)

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,(…)

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(…)

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(…)