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ODA 19.13: odacli update-dbhome raises DCS-10001 and PRGH-1153

Introduction While patching ODAs from 19.10 to 19.13, the update-dbhome could fail if some databases inside this dbhome are stopped or only mounted. Job would then stop with a DCS-10001:Internal error encountered: PRGH-1153 : RHPHelper call to get runing nodes(…)

Oracle Database Appliance: ODA patch 19.10 is out

Introduction 4 months after the 19.9, here comes the 19.10 version of the Oracle Database Appliance patch. Let’s have a look at what’s new. Will my ODA supports this 19.10 patch? The 19.10 release will be the same for all(…)

ODA 19.9 software release is out

Introduction 6 months after the 19.6, the first 19c production release, here comes the 19.9 Oracle Database Appliance patch with major improvements. Will my ODA supports this 19.9 patch? First, the 19.9 release will be the same for all ODAs,(…)

ODA 19.6 is available

Introduction It’s been 1 year now that 19c is available on-premise. Finally, 19c is now available today on ODA too, in a real production release. Let’s have a glance of what’s inside. Is 19.6 available for my old ODA? The(…)

Patching ODA from 18.3 to 18.8

Introduction 19c will soon be available for your ODAs. But you may not be ready. Here is how to patch your ODA from 18.3 to 18.8, the very latest 18c release. This patch has here been applied on X7-2M hardware.

Should I go for ODA 19.5 or should I wait until 19.6?

Introduction As you may know, Oracle Database 19c is available for new (X8-2) or older Oracle Database Appliances since several weeks. Current version is 19.5. But when you go to the official ODA documentation , it(…)

Patching or reimaging your ODA?

Introduction One of the key features of the ODA (Oracle Database Appliance) is the ability to patch the entire stack every three months, the goal being to keep all the components up-to-date. Most of the customers won’t patch so often,(…)

How to patch your ODA lite to 18.3.0.0.0

Even you don’t need 18c, or you’re not ready for this release, this patch will also update your 11gR2, 12cR1 and 12cR2 databases to the latest PSU available on ODA, it means for example the patchset from last July if(…)

OEM Cloud Control 13c – Agent Gold Image

Introduction I am currently setting up a new “Base Image” virtual machine (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6) which will be used to create 6 brand new Oracle database servers requested by a customer. Besides installing and configuring the OS, I(…)

Reimaging an old X3-2/X4-2 ODA

Introduction X3-2 and X4-2 ODAs are still very capable pieces of hardware in 2018. With 256GB of RAM and at least 16 cores per node, and with 18TB RAW disk capacity as a standard these appliances are far from obsolete(…)