We often get asked how best to keep up to date with the latest information being published in My Oracle Support (MOS). Given the sheer volume of products and services at Oracle, it can be somewhat daunting to trawl through this vast ocean of useful information and find what you are looking for AND then keep updated with what is specifically useful for you in your day to day operations.
So, what should you keep a close eye on in MOS? I’m glad you asked! This post is intended to give you an up-to-date list of the most useful and important MOS notes related to Exadata.
With the move to the new MOS system, there is a remapping of what are now called “Legacy documents” to the new MOS Article IDs. Ive started mapping the old to new in the table below, but for those I haven’t gotten to yet, or if you’re looking for another article I don’t track below, you should read and bookmark/favorite this one:
NEWS20 – Finding knowledge articles in My Oracle Support
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We recently migrated knowledge articles to the new My Oracle Support portal. Some older bookmarks and in-article anchors may not open the expected page. Your content is still available, but article IDs and link structures may have changed. Use the steps below to locate your articles and update your bookmarks.
Without further ado, here is a list of MOS Notes I keep a very close eye on. This is not a definitive list of all notes that pertain to Exadata, or Oracle Database & GI, but the really important ones I think you should check on a very regular basis (more on how to do this shortly).
| Topic Area | Legacy MOS # | New MOS Article ID | My Oracle Support Note Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | 888828.1 | KB153930 | Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions |
| 1270094.1 | KB623062 | Exadata Critical Issues | |
| 556.1 | KB403624 | Oracle Exadata: Exadata and Linux Important Recommended Fixes | |
| 2724126.1 | Exadata X9M/X8M (RoCE-based systems) Software Requirements and Recommendations | ||
| KB467937 | |||
| 1570460.1 | PNEWS1580 | Exadata Software and Hardware Support Lifecycle | |
| 1070954.1 | KB74841 | Oracle Exadata Database Machine Exachk | |
| Exadata Updates/Patching/Upgrades | 1262380.1 | Exadata Patching Overview and Patch Testing Guidelines (Doc ID 1262380.1) | |
| 2207063.1 | HOWTO: Install ksplice kernel updates for Exadata Database Nodes (Doc ID 2207063.1) | ||
| Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Technology Products (PDF) | |||
| Security | 2751741.1 | Oracle Exadata Database Machine Security FAQ (Doc ID 2751741.1) | |
| 2256887.1 | How to research Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) for Exadata packages (Doc ID 2256887.1) | ||
| 1405320.1 | Responses to common Exadata security scan findings (Doc ID 1405320.1) | ||
| Database & GI | 742060.1 | PNEWS1360 | Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (Doc ID 742060.1) |
| 2700151.1 | Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.4 on Exadata / Oracle Linux 7 Transitional Support (Doc ID 2700151.1) | ||
| 3081878.1 | Starting DBRU 19.27 and 23.8 Small Pages Are Not Allowed for RDBMS SGA In Exadata | ||
| Database & GI Upgrade/Updates | 2542082.1 | 19c Grid Infrastructure and Database Upgrade steps for Exadata Database Machine running on Oracle Linux (Doc ID 2542082.1) | |
| 1919.2 | 19c Database Self-Guided Upgrade with Best Practices (Doc ID 1919.2) | ||
And some useful tools to keep on your radar
| Tool | Latest Release |
|---|---|
| Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) | Patch 30640393 |
| Exadata configuration audit – exachk | Patch 30166242 – See MOS Note 1070954.1, MOS Note 2550798.1 |
| Exadata Storage Server update – patchmgr | Supplied with Exadata Storage Server software |
| Exadata Database Server update – patchmgr | Patch 21634633 – See MOS Note 1553103.1 |
| Exadata Admin and Fabric Switch update – patchmgr | Exadata 19.3 and higher: Supplied with Exadata Admin/Fabric/RDMA/InfiniBand Switch software (separate from Storage Server software). Exadata 19.2 and lower: Supplied with Exadata Storage Server software. See MOS Note 888828.1 |
| Grid Infrastructure home and Database home patching – OPatch | Patch 6880880 |
Hopefully, this is useful and helps keep you better updated on changes in MOS as they relate to Exadata. If you have suggestions for notes that should be included – please let me know on Bluesky @alexblyth.net or @exadatapm.bsky.social and I’ll see if it should be included.
Updates (DD-MM-YYYY):
15-11-2022 – added link to Lifetime Support Policy document
29-04-2025 – added MOS note on changes to USE_LARGE_PAGES for database releases 19.27 and 23.8
25-09-2025 – added Exadata Extreme Availability Matrix
10-12-2025 – Updated with new MOS article IDs