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AutoUpgrade Patching – From Zero to Hero – Part 3: Download Patches

Posted on July 8, 2026 by AutoUpgrade Oracle AI Database 26ai Oracle Database 19c Patch Recommendation 48

You completed Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog post series already? Then you are ready for AutoUpgrade Patching – From Zero to Hero – Part 3: Download Patches. Let us start simple, and then increase the scope to fetch the patches for various operating system platforms in your local patching folder.

AutoUpgrade Patching - From Zero to Hero - Part 3: Download Patches

 

Which download?

Strange headline – but you’ll see what I mean. At first, we need to clarify the various download options for patches.

  1. Download patches directly from MOS/ARU by yourself
    This usually means that you go to the various MOS notes, such as KB106822 /
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April 2026 Release Updates (RUs) 19.31 and 23.26.2 are delayed

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Patch Recommendation 69

Yesterday, I delivered a full-day workshop for ora2know in Düsseldorf. And we discussed the most recent RUs as well, especially since “Database Patching” consumed a significant part of the day content-wise. I learned that the RUs have now a target date of April 28 for Linux, and May 12 for other ports. Which means that the April 2026 Release Updates (RUs) 19.31 and 23.26.2 are delayed.

April 2026 Release Updates (RUs) 19.31 and 23.26.2 are delayed

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Why are the April 2026 Release Updates (RUs) 19.31 and 23.26.2 delayed?

I don’t know the reason, and there is (as far as I can see) no official …

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Transportable Tablespaces with M5 scripts support now 26ai

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Minimal Downtime Transportable 4

We have a lot of information in our seminars and blogs about Transportable Tablespace migrations. And since we have the M5 scripts for RMAN incrementally rolled forward backups and new RMAN functionality which avoids the spare storage, life has gotten so much easier. Now, some great news from the authors of the M5 scripts: Transportable Tablespaces with M5 scripts support now 26ai.

M5? Almost as fast as the car!

Some of you may still know the V4 PERL scripts. They had an evolution from V1 to V4 over the years and were our …

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Finally … Oracle AI Database 26ai is going to be available on non-Oracle hardware

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Oracle AI Database 26ai 65

Many of you have read my blog post from October during Oracle AI World in Las Vegas about Oracle AI Database 26ai replacing Oracle Database 23ai. But the main question remained: When is it available on-prem on non-Oracle hardware? It’s December now, and Christmas is coming soon, it is time for presents. Yes, finally … Oracle AI Database 26ai is going to be available on non-Oracle hardware.

Finally ... Oracle AI Database 26ai is going to be available on non-Oracle hardware

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When is it going to be released?

You still need to wait a few weeks, potentially until the 2nd half of January 2026. The CPU …

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Oracle Database 19c (19.3.0) for HP-UX and AIX is available for download

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Oracle Database 19c 6

Oracle Database 19c (19.3.0) for HP-UX and AIX is available for downloadFor a few days, in addition to Linux and SPARC Solaris, Oracle Database 19c (19.3.0) for HP-UX and AIX is available for download now as well. The missing platforms, Windows, Intel Solaris and zLinux should be available soon as well.

Oracle Database 19c on premises for HP-UX and AIX

You can download Oracle Database 19.3.0 on-prem for HP-UX ia64 and IBM AIX from the usual sources:

Oracle 19c Documentation

And of course you can find the Oracle 19c Documentation here:

See especially the operating …

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Oracle 18.4.0 installation on AIX may fail with ORA-40238

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Installation 0

Oracle 18.4.0 for IBM AIX is available since mid November 2018. But I’ve received several emails from people saying that Oracle 18.4.0 installation on AIX may fail with ORA-40238. And it’s true, this can happen. But there’s a simple workaround which unfortunately is not in the documentation yet. We’ll take care that it will be added soon.

Oracle 18.4.0 installation on AIX may fail with ORA-40238

Oracle 18.4.0 installation on AIX may fail with ORA-40238

First of all, this is an error pattern you may see on IBM AIX only. You may receive the following error message either during installation or startup of ASM or any …

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Oracle Database 18c for AIX, HP-UX and zLinux available

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Release Schedule 4

I rarely blog twice a day – but this message is the one a good number of people have waited for quite a while. Oracle Database 18c for AIX, HP-UX and zLinux available for download from eDelivery as of now. The software is not on OTN or oracle.com yet in the usual download section. I’m blindly guessing that it will be there soon, maybe tonight already.

Oracle Database 18c for AIX, HP-UX and zLinux available

→ Please go to eDelivery (also known as the Oracle Software Cloud) and type into the search line:
“Oracle Database” – then hit …

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Migration IBM AIX ==> SPARC Solaris with Data Guard

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Data Guard RMAN Upgrade / Migration 12

Can we migrate our database with Oracle Data Guard?

We are getting this question asked quite often during our workshops or via email. And if you are staying within the same operating system family (such as Red Hat 5.8 to OL 7) all is fine, and this is one of the best and most simple approaches to jump between servers. Even when you add a subsequent database upgrade all is very straight forward.

But what if you mix operating systems?

The Support Note for Heterogeneous Data Guard Configurations explains which combinations are allowed beginning with specific releases:

MOS Note: 413484.1…

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Simplify your Migration from AIX to Solaris

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Upgrade / Migration 0

Oracle Solaris 11There is a brand new white paper available that will be of interest to anybody contemplating a database and/or application migration from AIX to Solaris. Simplify the Migration of Oracle Database and Oracle Applications from AIX to Oracle Solaris gives a good description of the steps involved in planning and executing a migration project, along with the benefits you can expect to achieve and a solid example of migration using Oracle Data Pump, complete with scripted steps.…

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Oracle Database 12c for AIX, HP-UX IA and zLinux now available

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Oracle Database 12c 0

It took a while … but finally Oracle Database 12c is available for:

Oracle Database 12c Release 1
Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, and Enterprise Edition

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