Announcement: Oracle Database Appliance 2.4 patch update now available
- by uwes
The Oracle
Database Appliance 2.4 patch is now available from My Oracle
Support (MOS). If you search for the Oracle Database Appliance
2.4.0.0.0 Kit under Patches it will display the newly uploaded
bundles.
The patch highlights include:
Normal redundancy (double-mirroring) option providing 6TB of
usable storage
Enhanced Diagnostics - Trace File Analyzer and ODACHK
Also, if you review the README, you may see content that says:
"The grid
infrastructure and database patching, both are rolling
upgradable. During
our patching, we patch the node 1
first and when completed, we patch the node 2."
I would like to clarify that the
'infrastructure' updates (OS, Firmware, ILOM, etc) will require
a short downtime of the ODA while it is applied. When you
update the grid infrastructure (--gi), the appliance manager
verifies that the infrastructure was updated so you cannot just
patch the GI without first updating the infrastructure. The high
level update patch steps include (but not limited to):
Download patch update to your ODA
The --infra (infrastructure) is updated and
ODA Databases are down and the ODA is/may be rebooted
ODA and GI/Databases are restarted
Issue the command to update the Grid
Infrastructure/databases (The order of the steps are completed
automatically and you cannot control when the nodes are
brought up and down during the patching)
Node 1 -- shutdown databases and GI
Node 1 -- patch GI/database
Node 1 -- bring up databases and GI
Node 2 -- shutdown databases and GI
Node 2 -- patch GI/database
Node 2 -- bring up databases and GI
A replay from Friday's with Sohan on the 2.4 release can be found
here.
The PDF of the presentation is here. The Data Sheet, WP, and 2.4 Configurator are available on the ODA
OTN site.
