Oracle Database 21c for Windows is available as EE, SE2 and XE now for download following the Linux version with a few weeks of delay.
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Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
Please find the download for Oracle Database 21c and Oracle Grid Infrastructure 21c for Windows here:
Express Edition
Regarding Oracle Database 21c XE, please see this blog post regarding the Linux version:
I just posted a few week ago.
Further Links and Information
Downloads
- https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/oracle-database-software-downloads.html
- https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/oracle21c-windows-downloads.html
- https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/xe-downloads.html
Documentation
- https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/21/ntdbi/
- https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/21/ntcli/
- https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/21/cwwin/
Oh, I think it took us years to get rid of recommendations in MOS notes saying before this or that change you must take an offline backup. These recommendations dated back to times where not almost everybody was using RMAN for online backups. But the times have changed. Still, there are situations where the “Offline Backup” word can be mentioned. And in this blog post I will describe a Fallback Strategy: Partial Offline Backup.
