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The Services Tools Bundle (STB) is a self-extracting installer bundle that supports all Solaris standard operating systems and architectures, enabling customers to get the most from their Oracle Premier Support contracts.
The 18.2 release is the first in a new versioning scheme, following the “year.quarter” nomenclature (i.e., “18.2”). This aligns it more closely with other software products and allows simpler version tracking.
Another significant update in this release is that new functionality in Oracle Explorer 18.2 includes a module to collect ExaWatcher diagnostics from SuperClusters. It also adds support for Sun Cluster 4.x to the cluster module and collects additional logs in the Fault Management Architecture (FMA) module.
STB 18.2 includes:
For further information on STB, including download locations, review Oracle Services Tools Bundle (STB) – RDA/Explorer, SNEEP, ACT (Doc ID 1153444.1).