Exadata System Software Updates - March 2023
March 8, 2023 | 2 minute readTo 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 March 2023 releases.
Exadata System Software 22.1.9.0.0 Update is now generally available.
Exadata System Software 22.1.x is recommended for all systems to get the latest functionality, latest bug fixes, and latest security fixes.
Exadata 22.1.9.0.0 is a maintenance release that adds critical bug fixes and security fixes on top of the 22.1.x release. It contains the following:
- Exadata Software updates for important bugs discovered after 22.1.8.0.0 released in February 2023
- Latest Uptrack Kernel Update for Oracle Linux 7 with critical and security updates
- Updated ILOM 5.0 firmware on X5-2 and X6-2 servers with the latest important fixes and security updates
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 22.1.9.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 35116005 (Doc ID 2925281.1)
Exadata System Software 21.2.22.0.0 Update is now generally available.
The final proactive Exadata 21.2 release will be May 2023. All systems should update to the latest Exadata 22.1 release.
Exadata 21.2.22.0.0 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 21.2.21.0.0 released in February 2023
- Latest Ksplice uptrack updates for Oracle Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 6 with critical and security updates
- Updated ILOM 5.0 firmware on X5-2 and X6-2 servers with the latest important fixes and security updates
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 21.2.22.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 35116198 (Doc ID 2925282.1)
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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Alex Blyth
Senior Principal Product Manager
Alex Blyth is a Product Manager for Oracle Exadata with over 22 years of IT experience mainly focused on Oracle Database, Engineered Systems, manageability tools such as Enterprise Manager and most recently Cloud. Prior to joining the product management team, Alex was a member of the Australia/New Zealand Oracle Presales community and before that a customer of Oracle's at a Financial Services organisation.