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. A possible rollback may be needed. For sure, there is no possible rollback for firmwares, BIOS and ILOM (it’s unlikely you…
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 by an odacli update-servercomponents. Until now, in the rare cases you would need to do a rollback, you could only rely on…
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 decided to use DB Systems on your ODA, you might think that migration will not be that easy. But it’s…
Introduction Patching an Oracle Database Appliance is divided in 4 main steps with 4 odacli commands in this order: It’s always recommended to update all the components, but it’s possible to stop after storage update if you want to keep older versions of the DB homes. Normally, the update-server wouldn’t need looking into DB homes, but it requires your DB…
Introduction It’s been several months now that Oracle released new Oracle Database Appliance X9-2 series. And my first project with 4 of these servers is coming to an end as moving to production is planned for the next weeks. What is the real speed of the Xeon CPUs inside these new servers? Let’s find out. Intel Xeon and CPU speed…
