To give you a single place to keep up with Exadata technical news, we’ll post Exadata System Software releases here on blogs.oracle.com/exadata as soon as they are available.

This post details the July 2022 releases.

Exadata System Software 22.1.1.0.0 Update is now generally available.

Exadata 22.1.1.0.0 is a maintenance release that adds critical bug fixes and security fixes on top of the 22.1.0.0.0 release. It contains the following:

  1. Exadata Software updates for important bugs discovered after 22.1.0.0.0 released in May 2022
  2. Latest Linux Kernel Update for Oracle Linux 7 with critical and security updates
  3. Updated ILOM 5.0 firmware on X5-2, X6-2, X7-2, X8-2 and X5-8 servers with the latest important fixes and security updates
  4. Updated RDMA Ethernet Card firmware
  5. Updated Ethernet Card firmware on X9M Database servers
  6. Latest JDK version update
  7. Latest Jetty version update

For further information, see:

  • Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (Doc ID 888828.1)
  • For a detailed list of bug fixes addressed in 22.1.1.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 34384005 (Doc ID 2874493.1)

Exadata System Software 21.2.14.0.0 Update is now generally available.

Exadata 21.2.14.0.0 is a maintenance release that adds critical bug fixes and security fixes on top of 21.2.x releases. It contains the following:

Exadata Software updates for important bugs discovered after 21.2.13.0.0 released in June 2022

  1. Latest Linux Kernel update for Oracle Linux 7 & Ksplice uptrack update for Oracle Linux 6 with critical and security updates
  2. Updated ILOM 5.0 firmware on X5-2, X6-2, X7-2, X8-2, X9-2 and X5-8 servers with the latest important fixes and security updates
  3. Updated RDMA Ethernet Card firmware
  4. Updated Ethernet Card firmware on X9M Database servers
  5. Latest JDK version update
  6. Latest Jetty version update

Beginning with 21.2.11, Columnar Cache Persistence and Storage Index Persistence are automatically enabled on supported hardware.

For further information, see:

  • Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (Doc ID 888828.1)
  • For a detailed list of bug fixes addressed in 21.2.14.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 34384028 (Doc ID 2874494.1)

Big thank you to the Exadata Sustaining Engineering Team, who continually provide these releases to protect and enhance the value of your Exadata investments.

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