Upgrade Oracle Database 19c (Long Term Release) using the Console and the APIs.

For more information, see:

• Upgrading Oracle Databases

Update the operating system image on Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster nodes in an automated manner from the OCI console and …

Validate and inspect the network validation failure report without active involvement from Oracle Cloud Ops in troubleshooting networking configuration issues. …

Upgrade Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) on an Exadata Cloud@Customer VM cluster using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or APIs.

For …

You can now specify the Data Guard protection mode for Exadata Cloud Service instances and bare metal and virtual machine …

Performance Hub now includes the ability to create, view, and download an active report that contains external database performance data, and the …

Create Autonomous Databases that use less than 1 OCPU by assigning a fractional unit from 0.1 to 0.9. You can …

Create Autonomous Databases with less than 1 OCPU count using fractional units from 0.1 to 0.9 OCPU and GB sizing …

PDB management is now available for Database Cloud Service. With this release, you can create and manage pluggable databases (PDBs) …

The Events service now provides "critical" events for DB systems, and database nodes and databases located in DB systems. Critical …

Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-S) integrated with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault provides data encryption using a customer-managed encryption …

With elastic storage expansion, you can dynamically increase your storage capacity to meet your growing workload requirements.

Expand the storage …

Integrate your on-premises Oracle Key Vault (OKV) with Autonomous Data Guard enabled Autonomous Databases on Exadata Cloud@Customer and use customer-managed …

You can now set up network access control lists (ACLs) to allow specific IP addresses or CIDR blocks to access …

You can now configure Exadata infrastructure patching to take place in a non-rolling fashion across the database nodes. This option …

ADB-Dedicated maintenance involves patching Exadata Infrastructure (EI) Autonomous VM Cluster, and Autonomous Container Database (ACD).

For more information, see:

• Patching …

Oracle Operator Access Control is a compliance audit system that enables you to maintain close management and audit trails of …

When you enable Oracle Data Guard on an Autonomous Database on dedicated Exadata infrastructure, you can locate the standby database …

You can now register and manage RAC databases located outside of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) alongside your OCI Oracle Databases …

You can now provision an Always Free Autonomous Database with the JSON or APEX workload type. See Overview of the …

The External Database service now offers Operations Insights, providing a 360-degree insight into the resource utilization and capacity of …

You can select X8M as a model when provisioning an Autonomous Exadata Infrastructure resource.

You can choose to specify up to 10 valid email addresses to which Oracle sends maintenance notifications when updates are …

Customer-managed keys for Exadata Cloud Service is an encryption key management service that enables you to encrypt your data using …

Database software images enable you to create a customized Oracle Database software configuration that includes your chosen updates (PSU, RU, …

You can now clone virtual machine DB systems that use Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC). See Cloning a Virtual Machine …

You can view the maintenance history for a specific Autonomous Database on shared Exadata infrastructure. See Checking the Scheduling of …

The Performance Hub for External Databases feature extends the capability of using Performance Hub to monitor the performance of OCI …

For non-RAC DB systems, you can now define the IP address of the new DB system during provisioning. This is …

One-off patching is available for certain resources on dedicated Exadata Infrastructure when customers file a service request with My Oracle …

DomU OS Patching is a feature which enables ExaCS customers to upgrade the Exadata OS image on their domU nodes in …

The Performance Hub user interface has been updated to allow customers to view the Performance Hub data more easily and efficiently, …

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) now offers a way to register, manage, and monitor Oracle Databases that are located outside of …

Database Management provides comprehensive database performance diagnostics and management capabilities to monitor and manage Oracle Databases located on premises and …

An access control list (ACL) provides additional protection to your database by allowing only the clients with specific IP addresses …

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault service integration with Exadata Cloud Service enables database encryption with customer-managed keys. For more information, see …

You can monitor the health, capacity, and performance of your Autonomous Databases with metrics, alarms, and notifications. You can use …

Oracle APEX Application Development (APEX Service) provides citizen and professional developers with a fully-managed, low-code application development and deployment platform …

You can now schedule a maintenance window for Oracle-managed Exadata Cloud@Customer infrastructure patching.

For more information, see:

• Maintaining an Exadata …

You can now provision a new bare metal or virtual machine DB system with Oracle Database 21c. For more information …

You can rotate the security certificates for Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in an Autonomous …

\this topic explains the steps to identify and resolve the issues when troubleshooting Exadata Data Guard during the Data Guard …

You can now upgrade Exadata Cloud Service databases to Oracle Database version 19c using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console or …

While configuring an Always Free Autonomous Database you can now select the version of the database to use. The user interface …

You can now perform an in-place database upgrade for bare metal and virtual machine DB systems that use the Oracle …

Enabling Autonomous Data Guard on an Autonomous Container Database on dedicated Exadata infrastructure creates a standby (peer) Autonomous Container Database …

You can now manage your administrator and TDE wallet passwords for bare metal and virtual machine DB system databases from …

You can now create custom Oracle Database software images to use for provisioning Database Homes and and patching databases in …

An access control list (ACL) provides additional protection to your database by allowing only the clients with specific IP addresses …

Integrate your on-premises Oracle Key Vault (OKV) with Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer to secure your critical data on-premises.

Oracle …