2023 06 02 Makeit Slovenia Huh Is It Fixed in 23c

Huh? Is It Fixed in 23c? Seriously!
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You open an SR
You work with Oracle Support
And at worst case ...
... you hit a bug!!
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But ... don't worry!
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It is fixed! In Oracle 23c!
What??
You mean in
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2023?
THREE PARTIES
• You
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• Oracle Support
• Oracle Development
Insights into the Patching Process
ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION
• Report via My Oracle Support
• Service Request inspected by automation

How many Service Requests are solved
by automation within one day?

60 % of Service Requests get solved
by automation within one single day

• Support Engineer creates a bug
• Help us help you:

• Clear description
• Reproducible test case
• Logs, traces, dumps
• Various release tests
When your case needs
further attention, ask for
management attention the right way

• Developer creates a fix
• Always in MAIN branch first

• Developer verifies the fix
• Regression tests on Farm in OCI

• Subset of tests before merge
• All tests run daily, ~1 million functional tests
(runtime ~25.000 hours)
• In case, fix isn't working as expected?

• Fix the fix
• Regression tests again
• Fix is ok?
• Merge into MAIN
• Merge can only happen with no failing tests
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Should I
upgrade to
Oracle 23c now?
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But there is no Oracle 23c yet, right ...?!
• Backport created on request
• Backports are specific for a release

and usually also for a patch level, e.g., on top of 19.19.0
• opatch lsinventory
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• Automated flow, manual handling might be required

• Some conflicts
• Dependencies
• Manual handling may postpone patch delivery

Why is the patch not in
the next Release Update?

• What goes into a Release Update?
• Screening and monitoring for candidates
• Support can request inclusion via base bug

Request for Inclusion
Request for Inclusion
Automatic Incident Management
Automatic Incident Management
• Scans for incidents
• Monitors also shared autonomous databases
• Automatically creates bugs
• Report and fix bugs before customers

Ensure your Service Request is
associated with the corresponding bug

• Evaluated for Release Update inclusion
• Strict requirements apply

• RAC Rolling
• Standby-First
Inclusion Evaluation and Criteria
Inclusion Evaluation and Criteria
NEVER INCLUDED
• Limited number of fixes per Release Update
• Release Updates and Revisions regression tests

Limitation
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Database 19 Release Updates and Revisions Bugs Fixed Lists (Doc ID 2523220.1)
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WHY DO YOU ALWAYS ASK FOR
OPATCH
lsinventory
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TO AVOID
CONFLICTS
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Basic Facts | Conflicts
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CONFLICT
Always attach the output of
opatch lsinventory to your Service Request

Don't name it
• optch_lsinvt.txt
• tekst_fra_opatch.txt
• alle_meine_patches.txt
• textodeopatch.txt

Just name it opatch_lsinventory.txt

But ... I am on MS Windows ...
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Windows is different ...
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Pro Tip
A Windows Bundle Patch and a Release Update
from the same quarter, e.g., July 2022,
does not contain the same patches

Where do I find
the bundle patches for Windows?

Basic Facts | Patch Availability
MOS Note: 2118136.2 - Assistant: Download Reference for DB and GI Patch Bundles

Basic Facts | Patch Availability
MOS Note: 2844795.1 - Apr 2022 Patch Availability Document (DB-only) (Doc ID 2844795.1)

... Oracle on Windows is different
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But this MOS note is missing ...

MOS Note is not accessible
MOS Notes into UNDER REVIEW state without telling you more details
• See blog post "This MOS note is not available anymore?"

Pro Tip
Just try it again a few days later or open an SR
and check with Oracle Support if you need the
content urgently

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Huh? Is It Fixed in 23c? Seriously!

Insights into database development at Oracle

Photo by Ángel Méndez on Unsplash

2 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

More than 30 hours of technical content,

3 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

Oracle 12.2.0.1 LIMITED

4 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

Oracle Database 23c EXTENDED Support

5 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

LONG TERM SUPPORT INNOVATION

Long Term Support Extended

Long Term Support Extended

7 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

Oracle Database 23c

• Oracle Database 19c

8 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

9 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

10 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

11 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

A true customer story

Photo by Tobias Bjerknes on Unsplash

Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash

Photo by Tobias Bjerknes on Unsplash

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash

Photo by Andre Hunter on Unsplash

Photo by Joris Berthelot on Unsplash

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Report via My Oracle Support

• Service Request inspected by automation

20 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

21 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Support Engineer creates a bug

• Help us help you:

24 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Developer creates a fix

• Always in MAIN branch first

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Developer verifies the fix

• Regression tests on Farm in OCI

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• In case, fix isn't working as expected?

Photo by Andre Hunter on Unsplash

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Backport created on request

• Backports are specific for a release

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Automated flow, manual handling might be required

• Manual handling may postpone patch delivery

35 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• What goes into a Release Update?

• Screening and monitoring for candidates

• Support can request inclusion via base bug

• Scans for incidents

• Monitors also shared autonomous databases

• Automatically creates bugs

• Report and fix bugs before customers

41 Copyright © 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates

ERROR FIX BACKPORT INCLUSION

• Evaluated for Release Update inclusion