What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Gen2
Oracle is constantly adding new capabilities to Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer and ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer. This preface provides a brief overview of all new features as they are released.
What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
- Customize SCAN Listener Port
- Creating DG Association/Standby Database Using Existing Database Home
- Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM Cluster
- Updating Guest VM Operating System
- Upgrading Oracle Databases
- Download Network Validation Report
- Elastic Storage Expansion
- Oracle Database Software Images
- Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure Patching Automation
- Customer Maintenance Contacts
- X8M-2 System Support
- Enable and Manage Data Guard Associations
- Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Deployment Assistant
- Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Patching
- Per-Second Billing for OCPU Usage
- Shared Database Home Resource Tags
- Create and Manage Multiple Virtual Machines per Exadata System (MultiVM)
- Scale OCPUs Without Cloud Connectivity
- Configure Oracle Database Character Set and National Character Set
- Specify a Time Zone While Provisioning Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure
- Shared Database Homes for Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
- X7-2 System Support
Parent topic: What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Gen2
Customize SCAN Listener Port
- Services: Database
- Release Date: August 27, 2021
Customize SCAN Listener Port feature is rolled out only to
VCP
region
and will be rolled out to other regions in a phased manner.
- Using the Console to Create a VM Cluster Network
- Using the Console to View SCAN Listener Port Configured
Creating DG Association/Standby Database Using Existing Database Home
- Services: Database
- Release Date: August 08, 2021
Select an existing Database Home or create a new one for the standby while enabling Data Guard association. For more information, see Using the Console to Enable Data Guard on an Exadata Cloud@Customer System.
Parent topic: What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM Cluster
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 20, 2021
Upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or APIs. For more information, see Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM Cluster.
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Updating Guest VM Operating System
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 20, 2021
Update the operating system image on Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster nodes in an automated manner from the OCI console and APIs. For more information, see Updating Guest VM Operating System.
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Upgrading Oracle Databases
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 20, 2021
Upgrade Oracle Database 19c (Long Term Release) using the Console and the APIs. For more information, see Upgrading Oracle Databases.
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Download Network Validation Report
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 20, 2021
Validate and inspect the network validation failure report without active involvement from Oracle Cloud Ops in troubleshooting networking configuration issues. For more information, see Using the Console to Download Network Validation Report.
Parent topic: What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Elastic Storage Expansion
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 15, 2021
- Overview of Elastic Storage Expansion
- Using the Console to Scale Infrastructure Storage
- Using the Console to Download Scale Infrastructure Storage Configuration File
- Using the Console to Activate New Storage Servers
- Using the Console to Make Storage Capacity from New Server Available for VM Clusters Consumption
- Using the Console to View Details of Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure with Scaled Storage Capacity
- Permissions Required for Each API Operation
- exadata-infrastructures
- Storage Expansion Event Types
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- Overview of Elastic Storage Expansion
- Using the Console to Scale Infrastructure Storage
- Using the Console to Download Scale Infrastructure Storage Configuration File
- Using the Console to Activate New Storage Servers
- Using the Console to Make Storage Capacity from New Server Available for VM Clusters Consumption
- Using the Console to View Details of Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure with Scaled Storage Capacity
- Permissions Required for Each API Operation
- exadata-infrastructures
- Storage Expansion Event Types
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Oracle Database Software Images
- Services: Database
- Release Date: April 08, 2021
- Oracle Database Software Images
- Using the Console to Create Oracle Database Home on Exadata Cloud@Customer
- Using the Console to Perform a Patch Operation on a Database Home
Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure Patching Automation
- Services: Database
- Release Date: December 08, 2020
You can now schedule a maintenance window for Oracle-managed Exadata Cloud@Customer infrastructure patching. For more information, see Maintaining an Exadata Cloud@Customer System.
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Customer Maintenance Contacts
- Services: Database
- Release Date: September 22, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Customer Maintenance Contacts
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X8M-2 System Support
- Services: Database
- Release Date: August 18, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: X8M-2 System Support
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Enable and Manage Data Guard Associations
- Services: Database
- Release Date: August 18, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Enable and Manage Data Guard Associations
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Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Deployment Assistant
- Services: Database
- Release Date: August 08, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Deployment Assistant
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Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Patching
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 28, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Patching
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Per-Second Billing for OCPU Usage
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 14, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Per-Second Billing for OCPU Usage
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Shared Database Home Resource Tags
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 23, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Shared Database Home Resource Tags
Parent topic: What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Create and Manage Multiple Virtual Machines per Exadata System (MultiVM)
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 13, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Create and Manage Multiple Virtual Machines per Exadata System (MultiVM)
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Scale OCPUs Without Cloud Connectivity
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 13, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Scale OCPUs Without Cloud Connectivity
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Configure Oracle Database Character Set and National Character Set
- Services: Database
- Release Date: May 7, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Configure Oracle Database Character Set and National Character Set
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Specify a Time Zone While Provisioning Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure
- Services: Database
- Release Date: May 7, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Specify a Time Zone While Provisioning Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure
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Shared Database Homes for Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
- Services: Database
- Release Date: March 31, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Shared Database Homes
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X7-2 System Support
- Services: Database
- Release Date: March 19, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: X7-2 System Support
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What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
- Fractional OCPU and GB Storage
- Autonomous Data Guard Enabled Autonomous Database and Oracle Key Vault (OKV) Integration
- Infrastructure Patching
- Access Control List (ACL) to Restrict Access to Autonomous Data Guard Enabled Autonomous Databases
- ADB-D on Exadata Cloud@Customer: Monitor Performance with Autonomous Database Metrics
- ADB-D on Exadata Cloud@Customer: Autonomous Data Guard
- Access Control List (ACL) to Restrict Access to Autonomous Databases
- Oracle Key Vault (OKV) Integration
- X8M-2 System Support
- Per-Second Billing for Autonomous Database OCPU Usage
- Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Parent topic: What’s New in Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer Gen2
Fractional OCPU and GB Storage
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 15, 2021
Create Autonomous Databases with less than 1 OCPU count using fractional units from 0.1 to 0.9 OCPU and GB sizing between 32 GB and the maximum usable storage for your Exadata shape.
Autonomous Data Guard Enabled Autonomous Database and Oracle Key Vault (OKV) Integration
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 15, 2021
Integrate your on-premises Oracle Key Vault (OKV) with Autonomous Data Guard enabled Autonomous Databases on Exadata Cloud@Customer and use customer-managed keys stored in Oracle Key Vault to secure your critical data.
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Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Infrastructure Patching
- Services: Database
- Release Date: May 04, 2021
ADB-Dedicated maintenance involves patching Exadata Infrastructure(EI) Autonomous VM Cluster, and Autonomous Container Database (ACD).
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Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Access Control List (ACL) to Restrict Access to Autonomous Data Guard Enabled Autonomous Databases
- Services: Database
- Release Date: January 26, 2021
An access control list (ACL) provides additional protection to your database by allowing only the clients with specific IP addresses to connect to the database. You can add IP addresses individually, or in CIDR blocks.
ADB-D on Exadata Cloud@Customer: Monitor Performance with Autonomous Database Metrics
- Services: Database
- Release Date: December 15, 2020
You can monitor the health, capacity, and performance of your Autonomous Databases with metrics, alarms, and notifications. You can use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console or Monitoring APIs to view metrics.
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Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
ADB-D on Exadata Cloud@Customer: Autonomous Data Guard
- Services: Database
- Release Date: November 17, 2020
Enabling Autonomous Data Guard on an Autonomous Container Database on dedicated Exadata infrastructure creates a standby (peer) Autonomous Container Database that provides data protection, high availability, and facilitates disaster recovery for the primary database.
Access Control List (ACL) to Restrict Access to Autonomous Databases
- Services: Database
- Release Date: November 10, 2020
An access control list (ACL) provides additional protection to your database by allowing only the clients with specific IP addresses to connect to the database. You can add IP addresses individually, or in CIDR blocks.
Oracle Key Vault (OKV) Integration
- Services: Database
- Release Date: October 27, 2020
Integrate your on-premises Oracle Key Vault (OKV) with Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer to secure your critical data on-premises.
Oracle Key Vault integration enables you to take complete control of your encryption keys and store them securely on an external, centralized key management device.
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Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
X8M-2 System Support
- Services: Database
- Release Date: September 25, 2020
- Release Notes: ADB-D on Exadata Cloud@Customer: X8M-2 System Support
Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Per-Second Billing for Autonomous Database OCPU Usage
- Services: Database
- Release Date: July 21, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Per-Second Billing for Autonomous Database OCPU Usage
Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
Oracle Autonomous Database on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer
- Services: Database
- Release Date: June 23, 2020
- Release Notes: Exadata Cloud@Customer: Oracle Autonomous Database
Parent topic: What’s New in ADB-D on Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer