Exadata Database Service Software Versions

 

Exadata Database Service Software Versions (Doc ID 2333222.1) Current Software Versions for Exadata Database Service Deployments The versions in the table below represent the latest certified and available VM software for updating Exadata and Grid Infrastructure/Database software on systems already provisioned.  Customers may update systems already provisioned to the latest certified version as desired.  Note the following: Certified versions for new provisioning revise less frequently, hence systems newly provisioned may deploy with an earlier certified release than what is shown in the table. New software versions are listed in the table below when they first become available in the commercial realm.  New software version availability may vary and lag in government and dedicated realms. Date code fields in version numbers (e.g. 240416) are in YYMMDD format. Cloud Platform Latest Certified Exadata Version 3,6 Latest Certified GI/DB Version 4 Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure (ExaDB-D) ExaOL8X - 25.1.8.0.0.250828 ExaOL8X - 24.1.14.0.0.250706 23ai - 23.9.0.25.07 5 19c - 19.28.0.0.250715 Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer (ExaDB-C@C / Gen2) 1 ExaOL8X - 25.1.8.0.0.250805 ExaOL8X - 24.1.15.0.0.250805 23ai - 23.9.0.25.07 5 19c - 19.28.0.0.250715 Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer 1 (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) ExaOL7X - 23.1.27.0.0.250706 19c - 19.28.0.0.250715 2 Notes: 1. Latest certified versions for Cloud at Customer are shown in this table when they are released and ready to be staged to customer systems.  Staging to customer systems so that a new version is available to be applied may take additional time.  If the latest certified version shown in this table is not yet available on your system, but is required for immediate use, please open a service request. 2. To update Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer systems to Database and Grid Infrastructure 19c, refer to the following documents: Document 2709296.1 - Upgrading to 19c Oracle Grid Infrastructure on Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer Document 2709284.1 - Upgrading to 19c Oracle Database on Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer 3. ExaOL8X / ExaOL7X   ExaOL8X signifies Exadata software releases that include Oracle Linux 8.  ExaOL7X signifies Exadata software releases that include Oracle Linux 7. See section "Virtual Machine OS update from an ExaOL7X release to an ExaOL8X release" in this document for important details before performing this update. 4. Refer to Document 2997504.1 for information about Database releases older than what is shown in the table. 5. Virtual Machine OS requires an ExaOL8X Exadata version (e.g., Exadata 23.1) before updating Grid Infrastructure and Database to 23ai. 6. The table below indicates the planned date of the final Maintenance Release for each Exadata Release for Virtual Machine OS Update. Software Date Exadata for Virtual Machine OS Update Final Maintenance Release 25.1 (ExaOL8X) Pending 24.1 (ExaOL8X) Dec-2025 23.1 (ExaOL8X) May-2025 22.1 (ExaOL7X) Mar-2025   Grid Infrastructure / Database Cloud Release Update Content and Inventory April 2025 - KB177324 January 2025 - KB171742 October 2024 - Document 3058167.1 July 2024 - Document 3042427.1   Update Exadata System Software on Database Servers Virtual Machine OS update from an ExaOL7X release to an ExaOL8X release VM OS update from an ExaOL7X release to an ExaOL8X release performs an in-place Oracle Linux upgrade from OL7 to OL8, which is considered a major operating system upgrade.  While planning a VM OS update from an ExaOL7X release to an ExaOL8X release, please note the following: The software requirements to update from an ExaOL7X release to an ExaOL8X release are as follows: Exadata VM OS Current ExaOL7X version must be 22.1.0 (May 2022) and later 22.1, or 21.2.10 (March 2022) and later 21.2 Grid Infrastructure Release 19c, Release Update (RU) 19.15 (Apr 2022) and later.  Grid Infrastructure 19.15 through 19.22 requires ACFS patch 36114443. Database Release 19c, Release Update (RU) 19.15 (Apr 2022) and later Additional supported database releases under Market Driven Support or Quarterly Updates exception approval: Release 12.2.0.1, Release Update (RU) 12.2.0.1.220118 (Jan 2022) and later Release 12.1.0.2, Bundle Patch 12.1.0.2.220719 (Jul 2022) and later - requires patch 30159782 Release 11.2.0.4, Bundle Patch 11.2.0.4.210119 (Jan 2021) and later - requires patch 30159782, patch 33991024 The above are just the minimum requirements. If you need to update Exadata, Grid Infrastructure, or Database software to meet Exadata requirements, the recommendation is to update to the latest available version, and not to the minimum. Verify compatibility of customer-installed software and/or customer-written scripts with OL8 before updating to an ExaOL8X release. Customer software installed via operating system packages (also known as custom RPMs) must be removed prior to the update to an ExaOL8X release, then an OL8-compatible version installed after the update.  VM OS Update Precheck will fail if customer-installed packages exist on the system. Customer software installed via other means must be verified for OL8 compatibility.  VM OS Update will proceed, but customer-installed software may not function until it is updated to an OL8-compatible version. Customer-written script functionality must be verified for OL8 compatibility due to changes in operating system software it depends on (e.g. Python), or changes in OL8 operating system functionality compared to OL7. Once a VM cluster is upgraded to an ExaOL8X release, you cannot add a new VM or database server to the VM cluster if Exadata Cloud Infrastructure is running on an ExaOL7X release. Update to ExaOL8X using Oracle Cloud Console or command line patchmgr-based approach The preferred approach for updating the Exadata image version in the VM is to use the Oracle Cloud Console, which always performs a rolling update of all nodes with no delay between nodes.  However, there are circumstances where the command line patchmgr-based approach described in Document 2936828.1 is needed, such as the following: Updating one node at a time, which may be necessary when customer actions are required on each node before or after the update before proceeding to the next node. Updating a subset of nodes at a time. Updating all nodes in the VM cluster in a non-rolling manner.   Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure (ExaDB-D) Available Exadata software versions and YUM repository URLs to use for update are shown below.  Refer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation for details about Region Identifier (region_identifier) that is used in the URL. Example YUM repository URL with region_identifier - http://yum.us-ashburn-1.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/23.1.16.0.0/base/x86_64/ Latest release ExaOL8X : 25.1.8.0.0.250828 ExaOL8X : 24.1.14.0.0.250706 - Patch 38038644 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/24.1.14.0.0/base/x86_64/ Prior releases ExaOL8X releases 25.1.7.0.0.250711 - Patch 38038718 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/25.1.7.0.0/base/x86_64/ 25.1.6.0.0.250622 - Patch 37915100 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/25.1.6.0.0/base/x86_64/ 25.1.5.0.0.250530 25.1.5.0.0.250517 - Patch 37801184 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/25.1.5.0.0/base/x86_64/ 25.1.4.0.0.250426 - Patch 37678711 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/25.1.4.0.0/base/x86_64/ 25.1.3.0.0.250313 - Patch 37565319 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/25.1.3.0.0/base/x86_64/ 25.1.2.0.0.250213.1 - Patch 37471710 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/25.1.2.0.0/base/x86_64/ 24.1.13.0.0.250621 - Patch 37915204 24.1.12.0.0.250517 - Patch 37801221 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/24.1.12.0.0/base/x86_64/ 24.1.11.0.0.250413 - Patch 37678444 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/24.1.11.0.0/base/x86_64/ 24.1.10.0.0.250313 - Patch 37565382 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/24.1.10.0.0/base/x86_64/ 24.1.9.0.0.250213 - Patch 37471649 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/24.1.9.0.0/base/x86_64/ 23.1.26.0.0.250516 - Patch 37801239 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/23.1.26.0.0/base/x86_64/ 23.1.24.0.0.250306.1 - Patch 37565460 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/23.1.24.0.0/base/x86_64/ 23.1.23.0.0.250207 - Patch 37471579 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/23.1.23.0.0/base/x86_64/ ExaOL7X releases 22.1.33.0.0.250304 - Patch 37565492 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/22.1.33.0.0/base/x86_64/ 22.1.32.0.0.250205 - Patch 37471397 or http://yum.<region_identifier>.oci.oraclecloud.com/repo/EngineeredSystems/exadata/dbserver/22.1.32.0.0/base/x86_64/ Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer (ExaDB-C@C / Gen2) Available Exadata software versions for update: Latest release ExaOL8X : 25.1.8.0.0.250805 - Patch 38165679 ExaOL8X : 24.1.15.0.0.250805 - Patch 38165764 Prior releases ExaOL8X releases 25.1.7.0.0.250711 - Patch 38038718 25.1.6.0.0.250622 - Patch 37915100 25.1.5.0.0.250530 25.1.5.0.0.250517 - Patch 37801184 25.1.4.0.0.250426 - Patch 37678711 25.1.3.0.0.250313 - Patch 37565319 24.1.14.0.0.250706 - Patch 38038644 24.1.13.0.0.250621 - Patch 37915204 24.1.12.0.0.250517 - Patch 37801221 24.1.11.0.0.250413 - Patch 37678444 24.1.10.0.0.250313 - Patch 37565382 23.1.26.0.0.250516 - Patch 37801239 23.1.24.0.0.250306.1 - Patch 37565460 ExaOL7X releases 22.1.33.0.0.250304 - Patch 37565492 Customers who do not have My Oracle Support patch download privilege may obtain the Exadata patchmgr update utility and recent Exadata System Software releases using the Exadata Cloud@Customer Gen 2 utility exadata_updates.sh.  See Document 2730739.1 for details. Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer Update instructions available in Document 2391164.1. Available Exadata software versions for update: Latest release ExaOL8X : 23.1.27.0.0.250706  Prior releases ExaOL7X 23.1.26.0.0.250516 - Patch 37801239 22.1.33.0.0.250304 - Patch 37565492 22.1.32.0.0.250205 - Patch 37471397 Cloud Tools Releases For information about Cloud Tools RPM (dbaastools_exa RPM) releases refer to Document 2404336.1.