Oracle Database Monthly News – February 2025 – Quick Links

Database & Cloud Database News

• Single-VM Clusters for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure (ExaDB-XS) – documentation
• Multicloud News
  • Connect Azure Kubernetes to Oracle Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@Azure – reference architecture
  • Deploy Active Data Guard Far Sync to protect data across Oracle Database@Azure regions – reference architecture
  • NFS Options for Oracle ZDM Migrations to Oracle Database@Azure – blog post
  • NFS Options for Oracle ZDM Migrations to Oracle Database@Google Cloud – blog post
• Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-D) February News e.g. 
  • Change the backup destination type of an Autonomous Container database
  • Restore Database to a specific SCN
  • Database Clone from the latest backup
• Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) February News e.g.
  • Offload Queries from Elastic Pool Leader to Member Refreshable Clones
  • Create External Tables Over PAR URLs
  • Database User Password Warning Event
• Data Safe News:
  • Oracle Data Safe now supports Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure: documentation: documentation
  • Track when user passwords will expire in User Assessment: documentation
• Create Long-Term Backups on Autonomous Database Serverless – documentation
• ORAdiff – How to compare Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) weekly changes? – video
• 23ai Free VirtualBox Appliance now available with Version 23.7 – documentation
• Oracle AI Vector Search Professional Certification and Course – blog post
• AutoUpgrade Tool Version 25.1 available – blog post, downlowd

Upcoming Events

• Ask Tom Office Hours events
• Monthly events from Oracle and the APEX Community 
• Oracle CloudWorld Tour 2025 (world-wide)
• March 5: From Risk to Resilience: Oracle Database and Regulatory Compliance (Oracle Tech Lounge)
• March 14: Introduction to Data Guard and Standby Databases (DOAG Websession)
• March 19: Maximizing Data Integration with Oracle GoldenGate 23ai: Unlocking the Power of New Capabilities (Oracle Tech Lounge)
• April 8-10: Analytics and Data Summit – Redwood Shores
• May 13-15: APEX Connect (Europa-Park, Rust)
• May 14-15: DOAG Database with Cloud Infrastructure – Europa Park Rust
• July 1-4: Cloud Native Festival – Heidepark Soltau
• October 13-16: Oracle Cloud World – Las Vegas

Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold

• Release Schedule of Current Database Releases: Doc ID 742060.1, Oracle Database Release Roadmap
  Changes: Added 22-Jul-2024 release dates for 23ai on Compute Cloud@Customer and Private Cloud Appliance

• Database Release 23.7.0.25.01, 21.17.0.0.250121, 19.26.0.0.250121: Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (Doc ID 888.1)

• Enterprise Manager 13.5.0.25: Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (Doc ID 822485.1)

• Exadata Storage server 25.1.2.0.0, 24.1.9.0.0, 23.1.23.0.0, 22.1.32.0.0: Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (Doc ID 888828.1)

• Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.25: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation

• MiniCluster 1.6.1.3: Oracle MiniCluster S7-2: Software Download Center (Doc ID 2153282.1)

• Data Pump Bundle Patch 

  • 19.26,19.26 (Win only) Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (Doc ID 2819284.1)

  • 23.7: Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 23ai (Doc ID 3056856.1)

• AutoUpgrade 25.1.20250212: AutoUpgrade Tool (Doc ID 2485457.1)

• OPatch 12.2.0.1.43: Patch 6880880

• AHF 25.1.0: Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including TFA and ORAchk/EXAchk (Doc ID 2550798.1)

• DBSAT 3.1.0: Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool(DBSAT)(Doc ID 2138254.1)

• SQL Developer 24.3.1: oracle.com/sqldev 

• SQLcl 24.4.1: oracle.com/sqlcl

  • Oracle SQLcl Support Timeline

• ORDS 24.4: oracle.com/ords

  • Oracle REST Data Services Support Timeline

• APEX 24.2.2: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/

• Python Driver 2.5.1: python-oracledb Release Notes

• Node.js Driver 6.7: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb

• Instant Client Linux 23.7, 21.17, 19.26: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html

• Instant Client Windows 23.7, 21.17, 19.26: oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html

Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications

• ORAdiff – How to compare Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S) weekly changes? (YouTube)

• ADB Migration: Why does my SPA report has so many errors? (Mike Dietrich)

• Exploring NFS Storage Options for Oracle ZDM Migrations to Oracle Database@Azure (Sinan Petrus Toma, Thomas Van Buggenhout, Ricardo Gonzalez) 

• Deploy Active Data Guard Far Sync to protect data across Oracle Database@Azure regions (Documentation)

• What’s New with Oracle Multicloud (Wei Han, Jason Monden)

• Power Management with Exadata X11M: Maximizing Performance and Efficiency (Maruti Sharma)

• First Quarterly Update on Oracle Graph (2025) (Rahul Tasker)

• Why Vector Databases Are Here to Stay (Gerald Venzl)

• Oracle SQLcl 24.4.1 available with Excel & Access imports (Jeff Smith) 

• Sessionless Transactions in 23ai (Ulrike Schwinn)

• DBMS_DEVELOPER: the new developer friendly metadata retrieval for database objects (Ulrike Schwinn)

• Getting Started: RDF Knowledge Graphs for Pursuing Hidden Data Connections (Maryam Sajjadian)

• Compiled 23ai links on Github

• Oracle Database 23ai playlist (YouTube)

General 

• Oracle Technology Products (Oracle Lifetime Support Policy)
• Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix for Different Oracle Versions (Doc ID 207303.1)
• OCI Status for all Services
• Cloud Services Quick Reference

What’s New

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes – Database
• What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure
• What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
• What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer
• What’s New in Oracle Base Database Service
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
• What’s New for Oracle Data Safe