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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(…)

Reimage your ODA from scratch

Reimage your ODA from scratch: is it a good alternative to patching?(…)

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(…)

ODA: Check your DB homes before applying server patch

Introduction Patching an Oracle Database Appliance is divided in 4 main steps with 4 odacli commands in this order: odacli update-dcs[admin|components|agent]: the easiest part dedicated to update the ODA tooling, including odacli itself odacli update-server: the most complex part.

ODA: ASR Manager RPM update stuck

When updating ODA, ASR Manager RPM update is stuck(…)

ODA version 19.18 is available: how to patch?

Applying 19.18 patch on your Oracle Database Appliance(…)

Deploying 11.2.0.4 on a recent ODA

How to deploy 11gR2 database on a modern ODA(…)

DB Systems backup on ODA

How to backup DB Systems on Oracle Database Appliance(…)