Block Volume
58 Release Notes
Changed block tracking with Block Volume direct APIs
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Block Volume direct APIs provide changed block tracking. With changed block tracking you can identify the ...
Customer-managed keys for cross region volume operations
- When you enable cross ...
Ultra High Performance support for Multiple Volume Attachments
Block Volume now supports up to 32 Ultra High Performance volume attachments to a Compute instance. The aggregate performance supported ...
Use Cluster Placement Groups to create resources for low-latency networking use cases
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cluster Placement Groups lets you create resources in close proximity to one another to support use cases ...
Increased limit for Block Volume multiple-instance attachments
You can now attach up to 32 instances to a shared volume if the volume is not configured for the ...
Changing the encryption key for a volume backup
Block Volume now supports changing the encryption key for a volume backup. Changing the encryption key doesn’t re-encrypt the volume ...
SCSI UNMAP command support
Block Volume now supports using SCSI UNMAP commands to reclaim unused space with boot volumes and block volumes. This provides ...
Cross availability domain replication of volumes and volume groups
Block Volume now supports replication across availability domains within the same region for block volumes, boot volumes, and volume groups. ...
Dynamic performance scaling with autotuning for Block Volume service
Block Volume now provides dynamic performance scaling with autotuning for attached block volumes. For more information about this feature, see ...
New region pairings available for cross region replication of volumes
New regions pairs are now available for Block Volume's cross region replication feature. For a full list of supported region ...
Block Volume scheduled backup limited to one per volume per day
Block Volume runs only one scheduled backup per volume per day. If more than one backup is scheduled for a ...
Ultra High Performance level support for boot volumes
Boot volumes for VM instances with paravirtualized attachments support the Ultra High Performance level. For more information, see Boot Volumes ...
You can now automatically connect to iSCSI-attached volumes
You can now select the option to automatically connect to iSCSI-attached volumes when you attach a volume. When you select ...
New Metrics for Block Volume Cross Region Replication
You can now track the status of cross region replication operations for Block Volume resources using the new VolumeReplicationSecondsSinceLastUpload
and ...
Support for updating keys when volume is attached
You can now update the key assignment for block volumes and boot volumes without needing to detach the volume first. ...
Cross Region Volume Group Replication
The Block Volume service now supports automatic asynchronous replication of volume groups to other regions. See Volume Group Cross Region ...
Full backups removed from Oracle defined backup policies
Oracle defined backup policies no longer include full volume backups. For compliance scenarios that require scheduled full backups, configure a ...
Additional image support for UHP paravirtualized attachments to VM instances
The Block Volume service's Ultra High Performance level for block volumes is now supported for paravirtualized attachments to VM instances ...
Custom Target Region for Scheduled Cross Region Backup Copies
The Block Volume service now supports specifying a custom target region for scheduled volume backup copies across regions. See Scheduling ...
Cross Region Volume Group Backup Copies
The Block Volume service now supports copying volume group backups across regions. See Volume Group Backups and Copying a Volume ...
Block Volume Ultra High Performance
The Block Volume service now includes an Ultra High Performance level for block volumes.
See Block Volume Performance and ...
In-transit encryption for bare metal instances
The Block Volume service now supports in-transit encryption for the following bare metal shapes:
- BM.Standard.E3.128
- BM.Standard.E4.128 ...
Cross Region Volume Replication
The Block Volume service now supports automatic asynchronous replication of block volumes and boot volumes to other regions. See Cross ...
Cross Region Incremental Volume Backup Copies
The Block Volume service now supports copying incremental volume backups across regions. See Copying a Volume Backup Between Regions - ...
Scheduled Backups for Volume Groups
Policy-based backups are now available for volume groups. For more information, see Policy-Based Volume Group Backups and Policy-Based Backups. ...
Auto-tune volume performance timing update
The performance adjustment timing for the Block Volume service's auto-tune volume performance feature has been updated as follows:
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New Edit Volume form in the Console
You can now edit a volume's settings in the Console from a consolidated Edit Volume form. Previously, these settings were ...
Auto-tune Volume Performance
The Block Volume service now supports the automatic adjustment of a block volume or boot volume's elastic performance setting to ...
Online resizing for block volumes and boot volumes
The Block Volume service now supports expanding the size of an online volume for both block volumes and boot volumes. ...
Extended retention period for daily scheduled volume backups
You can now configure a retention period of up to 365 days for block volumes with a daily schedule for ...
Scheduled volume backup copies across regions
The Block Volume service now supports automated cross-region copies for scheduled block volume backups. For more information, see Scheduling Volume ...
Source volume tags automatically included in volume backups
When a block volume or boot volume backup is created, the source volume's tags are now automatically included with the ...
Copying boot volume backups across regions
You can now copy boot volume backups between regions. See Copying a Boot Volume Backup Between Regions for more information. ...
Block Volume multiple-instance attachments for read/write volumes
You can now attach a volume configured as read/write to multiple instances. See Attaching a Volume to Multiple Instances for ...
Block Volume user-defined backup policies
You can now create custom backup policies for your block volumes with the addition of user-defined backup policies to the ...
Block Volume elastic performance
You can now dynamically change the volume performance of your block volumes and boot volumes with the Block Volume service's ...
OCI Vault Integration with Block Volume Service
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Block Volume integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Vault provides data encryption using a customer-managed encryption key for ...
Always Free resources available as part of the Free Tier
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Free Tier now includes a set of Always Free resources that allow you to explore Oracle's cloud ...
Events for Block Volume
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Events service now supports block volumes, boot volumes, and volume groups (Block Volume service). For more ...
Key Management support for cross-region volume backups
You can now copy block volume backups encrypted using Key Management between regions. See Copying a Volume Backup Between Regions ...
Compartment quotas
You can set compartment-specific limits on a resource or resource family using compartment quotas. For more information, see Compartment Quotas ...
Move Block Volume resources between compartments
You can move Block Volume resources such as block volume, boot volumes, volume backups, and volume groups from one compartment ...
Console support for managing volume groups
You can now manage volume groups from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console. See Volume Groups - Using the Console for ...
In-transit encryption for boot and block volumes
In-transit encryption is now available for volumes with paravirtualized attachments on virtual machine (VM) instances. See Overview of Block Volume ...
Consistent device paths for block volumes
When you attach a block volume to an instance you can now optionally select a device path that will remain ...
Paravirtualized boot volume attachments for virtual machine (VM) instances
By default virtual machine (VM) instances created from Oracle-provided images now launch using a paravirtualized attachment for the boot volume. ...
Copying block volume backups across regions
You can now copy block volume backups between regions. See Copying a Volume Backup Between Regions for more information.
...Volume resizing
You can now resize boot volumes and block volumes. See Resizing a Volume for more information.
Boot volume backup and clones
You can now create backups and clones for your boot volumes. See Overview of Boot Volume Backups and Cloning a ...
Volume groups
You can now group together multiple block volumes in a volume group. For more information, see Volume Groups.
...32 TB volumes
You can now create 32 TB volumes.
Custom boot volume sizes
Paravirtualized attachments
You now have the option of attaching block volumes with a paravirtualized attachment. For more information, see Volume Attachment Types ...
Boot volumes
Now when you launch a virtual machine (VM) or bare metal instance based on an Oracle-provided image or custom image, ...
Cloned volumes
You can now make a copy of an existing block volume without needing to go through the backup and restore ...
16 TB volumes
You can now create 16 TB volumes.
Volume size
When creating a volume, you can select a size in 1 GB increments between 50 GB and 2 TB. The ...