ODA Server Patch 18.3 available - and installed ...

Since today, Oracle Database Appliance software release 18.3.0.0.0 is available ... I took the chance to download and install the new release - this is the story: Initial Situation: I tested the update on an ODA X7-2M with system version 12.2.1.4.0, running five databases (12.1). There are three vlans configured on that system. Documentation used: Installation Instruction was taken from docs.oracle.com,...

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ODA - Update to 12.2.1.4 - issue with ora.net1.network

Yesterday, I had to update an ODA from Release 12.1.2.12 to 12.2.1.4 . All prerequisite checks including prepatchreport were successful ... but the update itself not! During the update, at stage 'GI Home Cloning', the update process failed and left the system in an 'unknown' state. A detailled analysis has shown the root cause: crs service qosmserver is missing. So, I tried to setup this missing...

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