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ODA version 19.17 is available: how to patch?

How to patch your ODA to 19.17(…)

Why ODA reimaging doesn’t work on the first try?

Introduction Reimaging an ODA is a good practice for a lot of reasons. To make your ODA cleaner if it’s running for many years and if you patch regularly. To simplify patching because if you’re late you could have to(…)

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(…)

Patching ODA lite to 12.2.1.4.0

Here is how to apply the latest patch for your ODA. As usual the Oracle documentation is not 100% accurate. I applied this patch on 2 ODAs X7-2M previously deployed in 12.2.1.2.0, no intermediate patch was needed. 1) Download the(…)

How reimaging detects the ODA hardware?

A long time ago, ODA referred to the only model that existed (nearly). Actually, not so long time ago, as ODA X3, X4 and X5 were released between 2013 and 2015. And it was quite the same hardware. Now there(…)