Exadata System Software Updates - May 2023
May 25, 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 May 2023 releases.
Exadata System Software 23.1.2.0.0 Update is now generally available.
Exadata System Software 23.1.x is recommended release to get the latest functionality
Exadata 23.1.2.0.0 is a maintenance release that adds critical bug fixes and security fixes on top of the 23.1.x release. It contains the following:
- Exadata Software updates for important bugs discovered after 23.1.1.0.0 released in April 2023
- Latest Linux Kernel Update for Oracle Linux 8 with critical and security updates
- Latest Ksplice uptrack updates for Oracle Linux 7 with critical and security updates
- Updated InfiniBand (IB) Switch Firmware version (2.2.16-7)
- Latest JDK version update
- 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 23.1.2.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 35382209 (Doc ID 2933849.1)
Exadata System Software 22.1.11.0.0 Update is now generally available.
Exadata System Software 22.1.x is recommended for all systems to get the latest bug fixes and security fixes.
Exadata 22.1.11.0.0 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 22.1.10.0.0 released in April 2023
- Latest Ksplice uptrack updates for Oracle Linux 7 with critical and security updates
- Updated InfiniBand (IB) Switch Firmware version (2.2.16-7)
- Latest JDK version update
- 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 22.1.11.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 35382176 (Doc ID 2941282.1)
Exadata System Software 21.2.24.0.0 Update is now generally available.
This is the final release for the Exadata 21.2 series. All systems should update to the latest Exadata 22.1 release.
Exadata 21.2.24.0.0 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 21.2.23.0.0 released in April 2023
- Latest Ksplice uptrack updates for Oracle Linux 7 with critical and security updates
- Updated InfiniBand (IB) Switch Firmware version (2.2.16-7)
- Latest JDK version update
- 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 21.2.24.0.0, please refer to the README for Patch 35382993 (Doc ID 2941283.1)
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.