Certification

Certifying an application on a specific RU-only is wrong

Well, there are still 80+ comments I need to answer and reply to on the blog. So please be patient – nothing gets deleted or ignored. But it happens that a topic crosses my inbox, and I need to blog about it right now. Today, it is a case where a customer asked me for advice, and mentioned on the side that they are going to 19.6.0 in OCI. In this relation I’d like to explain why Certifying an application on a specific RU- only is wrong.

Certifying an application on a specific RU only is wrong

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What’s the story?

At first, …

Which database version can be used with Grid Infrastructure 19c?

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich ASM / RAC / GI 25

This will be a very short blog post today. But a colleague asked me this question just a few minutes ago: Which database version can be used with Grid Infrastructure 19c? And I realized that I neither put it on the blog yet nor did I bookmark it. But I answered this question several times already.

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Which database version can be used with Grid Infrastructure 19c?

There are 4 sources I did check:

MOS Notes on MyOracle Support
Oracle Documentation
Certification Information on MyOracle Support
Database Upgrade Blog

At first, I answered with MOS …

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich Operating System 39

To be very honest, when I posted a few days ago, Oracle Database 19c is certified on OL8/RHEL8 I didn’t check for the Oracle Clusterware (OCW) certification. I blindly assumed that this is the case. But from comments and discussions on twitter, I realized it may be necessary to point this out explicitly to avoid confusion. Even though my fellow mate, RAC Product Manager Anil Nair has pointed it out already many times: Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well.

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

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Find it on MOS

Your source for certification information …

Oracle Database 19c is certified on OL8 and RHEL8

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich Operating System 59

Oh … I’d say this was the question I’ve got asked the second most often in the past months (after a potential extension for Oracle 12.2.0.1 support): When will Oracle certify OL8 and RHEL8? And I read this question internally even more often. Now thanks to my team mate Daniel Overby Hansen who spotted it on Twitter on the weekend, we can tell you that … finally … drum roll … Oracle Database 19c is certified on OL8 and RHEL8.

Oracle Database 19c is certified on OL8 and RHEL8

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How do you get the information?

Go to MyOracle Support and hit …

Is Oracle Fail Safe 4.2.1 certified with Oracle Database 19c?

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Mike.Dietrich Fail Safe 2

From time to time I get questions regarding the certification of Oracle Fail Safe. And just the other day, a customer asked: Is Oracle Fail Safe 4.2.1 certified with Oracle Database 19c? I briefly browsed my blog posts about Oracle Fail Safe from the past, and even though I mentioned that the certification for 4.2.1 on Oracle 12.2.0.1 may apply to later versions, I never updated it.

Is Oracle Fail Safe 4.2.1 certified with Oracle Database 19c?

Yes, it is. But you may want to know where you can read and find this information.

The latest version of Oracle Fail …

Oracle GoldenGate 12.3 is supported for Oracle Database 12.2.0.1

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Mike.Dietrich GoldenGate 12

Finally … it took a little while but now Oracle GoldenGate 12.3 is supported for Oracle Database 12.2.0.1.

Never heard of Oracle GoldeGate? Then you may look either into our slide deck and see the customer case of Amadeus. Or you may read further on OTN: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/goldengate/overview/index.html

Oracle GoldenGate 12.3 is supported for Oracle Database 12.2.0.1

Roy and I received this question quite often in the past months:
When will Oracle GoldenGate be certified for use with Oracle Database 12.2.0.1?

I just learned about it today via the blog post of my friend YV RaviKumar who wrote about it…

Is “imp” still supported in Oracle Database 12.2?

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Mike.Dietrich Export - Import 2

exp imp

Good question we receive quite often:

Is “imp” still supported in Oracle Database 12.2?

For clarification: I don’t talk about “impdp” but about old “imp” (import). And yes, it is still supported in Oracle 12.2.

The old “exp” got desupported with Oracle Database 11.1.0.6 – but “imp” is still supported, even in Oracle Database 12.2.0.x. You should be able to import your old dumps into the newest release of the database and migrate even VERY old releases directly to Oracle Database 12.2.

Actually, the biggest step upwards we’ve heard about a year …

Is your APEX version certified with your Database release?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Mike.Dietrich APEX 16

+++ Blog post updated on Oct 2, 2019 +++ New additions marked in Red +++

+++ Blog post updated on Aug 3, 2021 +++ New additions marked in Blue +++

Last week I’ve had an interesting discussion with a customer about the certification of APEX and Oracle Database 12.2.0.1.

I did a bit of research and emailing – and thanks to the APEX team – this is the source of truth for APEX certifications.

Is your APEX version certified with your Database release?

Minimum Database version for APEX

See MOS Note:1344948.1: Application Express (APEX) Database and Web Server Certification Reference:

For APEX 4.0, the minimum database version is 10.2.0.3

SuSE SLES 12 certified with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Mike.Dietrich Operating System 15

Puh … I’ve got many mails over several months asking about the current status of certification of SuSE SLES12 for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2. It took a while – and I believe it was not in our hands. But anyhow … finally …

SuSE Enterprise Linux SLES12 is now certified with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

See Release Notes for additional package requirements
Minimum kernel version: 3.12.49-11-default
Mininum PATCHLEVEL: 1

Additional Notes

Edit CV_ASSUME_DISTID=SUSE11 parameter in database/stage/cvu/cv/admin/cvu_config & grid/stage/cvu/cv/admin/cvu_config
Apply Patch 20737462 to address CVU issues relating to lack of reference data
Install libcap1 (libcap2 libraries are installed by default); i.e. libcap1-1.10-59.61.x86_64

Oracle Database certification on Microsoft Windows 10

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Mike.Dietrich Microsoft Windows Operating System Oracle Database 12c 2

The MOS Note: 1307195.1 about

Certification Information for Oracle Database on Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)

got updated right before the 2015 Christmas holidays with the official certification information for Oracle Database 12c on Microsoft Windows 10.

And it says:

Windows 10 O/S Information:
RAC is not certified.
The earliest release certified on Windows 10 is 12.1.0.2.

–Mike

Previous related blog posts from Aug 14, 2015:

Oracle Databases and Microsoft Windows 10

Oracle Databases and Microsoft Windows 10

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Mike.Dietrich Microsoft Windows Oracle Database 12c 31

Please find a more current blog post about certification of Oracle Database 12c on MS Win 10 here:

Oracle Database certification on Microsoft Windows 10

MS Windows 10

If you have upgraded already or plan to upgrade to Microsoft Windows 10 in the near (or later) future, you may find this Statement Of Direction by Oracle regarding Microsoft Windows 10 certification quite useful:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/whatsnew/oracle-db-win10-sod-2626195.pdf

In summary:

Oracle plans to certify Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 by October 2015
Oracle plans to certify the next major version of the database as well on MS Win 10 – 64bit

Addition [Oct, 22, 2015]:

Oracle VirtualBox 5.0.8 released

SAP on Oracle Database 12c now with Oracle In-Memory

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Mike.Dietrich in-Memory Oracle Database 12c SAP 3

Oracle SAP On March 31, 2015 SAP has been certified to run on Oracle Database 12.1.0.2:

SAP is now certified on Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

As of June 30, 2015, Oracle Database In-Memory is supported and certified for SAP environments for all SAP products based on SAP NetWeaver 7.x. on Unix/Linux, Windows and Oracle Engineered Systems platforms running Oracle Database 12c – in single instance and Oracle Oracle Real Application Clusters deployments.

Oracle Database 12c is the database of choice for SAP customers based on In-Memory Technology which is fully supported for SAP BW and SAP OLTP applications.

For …

SAP is now certified on Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Mike.Dietrich Oracle Database 12c SAP 6

SAP certified Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 as of March 31, 2015!

Yes, it’s true. Our colleagues in the Oracle/SAP/CompetenceCenter in Walldorf worked really hard to complete the certification for SAP with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 But finally it happened. Actually it was announced long time before as planned. And it happened right in time.

Please find the official documents here:

SAP Service Marketplace ==> Products ==> Installation & Upgrade Guides ==> Database Upgrades (login required) ==> Oracle

And here’s the link to the official …

OEL6 and RHEL6 certification

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Mike.Dietrich Operating System 1

Well, it took some time until Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 got finally certified on Oracle Unbreakable Linux 6 (OEL6) and RHEL6 (see the official announcement here). One really interesting change is that effective immediately, Oracle will provide its Red Hat compatible Linux binaries, updates and errata for free http://public-yum.oracle.com

Finally MOS now has been updated as well (please go to the CERTIFICATION tab):

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Certification

Certifying an application on a specific RU-only is wrong

What’s the story?

Which database version can be used with Grid Infrastructure 19c?

Which database version can be used with Grid Infrastructure 19c?

Of course, Oracle Clusterware is certified on OL8/RHEL8 as well

Find it on MOS

Oracle Database 19c is certified on OL8 and RHEL8

How do you get the information?

Is Oracle Fail Safe 4.2.1 certified with Oracle Database 19c?

Is Oracle Fail Safe 4.2.1 certified with Oracle Database 19c?

Oracle GoldenGate 12.3 is supported for Oracle Database 12.2.0.1

Oracle GoldenGate 12.3 is supported for Oracle Database 12.2.0.1

Is “imp” still supported in Oracle Database 12.2?

Is “imp” still supported in Oracle Database 12.2?

Is your APEX version certified with your Database release?

Minimum Database version for APEX

SuSE SLES 12 certified with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

Oracle Database certification on Microsoft Windows 10

Oracle Databases and Microsoft Windows 10

SAP on Oracle Database 12c now with Oracle In-Memory

SAP is now certified on Oracle Database 12.1.0.2

OEL6 and RHEL6 certification

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