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Release
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Patching End Date
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Notes and Exceptions
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23c
Long Term Release
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April 2032
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- Initially available on OCI
Base Database Service. Will become available on other platforms (cloud
and on-premises) starting 1H CY2024.
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21c
Innovation Release
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April 30, 2025
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- Error Correction /
Patching is available until April 30, 2025
- 21c is not eligible for
Extended Support (ES)
- Only quarterly Release
Updates (RUs) are provided for 21c.
- 21c is not available with
Exadata Database Service
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19c
Long Term Release
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April 30, 2026 with no ES/ULA
April 30, 2027 with ES/ULA
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- Premier Support (PS) ends
April 30, 2024, two years of waived Extended Support (ES) fees will be
in effect from May 1, 2024 until April 30, 2026. Fees will be required
beginning May 01, 2026 through April 30, 2027
- Error Correction /
Patching is available through April 30, 2027 with paid ES. Without paid
ES, patching is only available until April 30, 2026
- Beginning with the October
2022 patching cycle, 19c RURs will no longer be provided for 19.17.0
and above. No additional RURs will be delivered on any platform after
the delivery of Oracle Database 19c RUR 19.16.2 in January 2023. (Refer
to Sunsetting of 19c RURs and FAQ (Doc ID 2898381.1) for further
details.)
To provide customers more frequent access to recommended and
well-tested collections of patches, Oracle is pleased to introduce
Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs) starting Nov 2022. MRPs are
supported only on the Linux x86-64 platform. (Refer to Introducing
Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs) and FAQ (Doc ID 2898740.1) for
further details.)
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18c
Innovation
Release
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Jun 30, 2021
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- Error Correction /
Patching was available until Jun 30, 2021. 18c is now in Sustaining
Support.
- 18c is not eligible for
Extended Support (ES)
- 18c is not supported on
Exadata Database Service, Base Database Service or Exadata
Cloud@Customer
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12.2.0.1
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March 31, 2022
Restricted Upgrade Support Jan 1, 2024- Dec 31, 2024
Contact CSS for details
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- Error Correction /
Patching has ended for this release.
- 12.2.0.1 is not eligible
for Extended Support (ES)
- Upgrade Support (MDS)
required to provision and/or run 12.2.0.1 on Exadata Database Service,
Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer
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12.1.0.2
Terminal
Release
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Jul 31, 2022 with paid ES, ULA, or EBS waiver
Upgrade Support (restricted/custom) through Dec 31,
2024 - contact CSS for details
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- Error Correction /
Patching has ended for this release.
- Premier Support (PS) ended
Jul 31, 2018 and one year of free Extended Support (ES) was in effect
until July 31, 2019.
- ES fees or a ULA was
required beginning 01-Aug-2019 through 31-Jul-2022. Without paid ES or
ULA, patching ended 31-Jul-2019.
- A global ES uplift fee
waiver was in place for E-Business customers. For details and dates of
expiration see: Extended Support Fee Waiver for Oracle Database 12.1
and 11.2 for Oracle E-Business Suite (Doc ID 2522948.1) or Technical
Support Policy Document.
- Apple
Macintosh platform patching end date (Error Correction end date) was
July 31, 2021.
- Microsoft
Windows: Regardless of the version used to run the 12.1.0.2 Database,
Oracle built the 12.1.0.2 Database on Microsoft Windows 2008. This
platform reached end-of-life support on January 14, 2020. Oracle made
reasonable efforts to deliver patches for the Database 12.1.0.2 on
Windows until July 2022 but that support has expired.
- Upgrade
Support (MDS) required to provision and/or run 12.1.0.2 on Exadata
Database Service, Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer
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12.1.0.1
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Aug 31, 2016
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- Error Correction /
Patching has ended for this release.
- 12.1.0.1 is not eligible
for Extended Support (ES)
- 12.1.0.1 was the last
release of Standard Edition (SE) and Standard Edition One (SE1)
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11.2.0.4
Terminal
Release for 11.2
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Dec 31, 2020 (with paid Extended Support or ULA
Extended Support or EBS Waiver)
Upgrade Support (restricted/custom) through Dec 31,
2024 - contact CSS for details
Dec 31, 2021 for the OpenVMS platform
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- Premier Support (PS) ended
31-Jan-2015 and one year of free Extended Support (ES) was in effect
until Dec 31, 2018.
- ES fees or a ULA was
required beginning Jan 1, 2019 through Dec 31, 2020.
- A global Extended Support
Uplift Fee waiver in place for E-Business customers. For details and
dates of expiration see: Extended Support Fee Waiver for Oracle
Database 12.1 and 11.2 for Oracle E-Business Suite (Doc ID 2522948.1)
or Technical Support Policy Document.
- Gen 1 and Gen 2 ExaCC, OCC
DBCS, OCI DBCS,OCI ExaCS and ODA had 3 additional months of Extended
Support. The end of Extended Support for 11.2.0.4 databases on these
platforms was: 31-March 2021. New instances could be created up until
the end of extended support; however, Oracle made no
commitment that any 11.2.0.4 DBCS instances will continue to run after
the end of Support.
- Market Driven Support was
only available for the following Database Cloud Services: Gen 1 and Gen
2 ExaCC, OCC DBCS, OCI DBCS (non-PSM), OCI ExaCS. New instances
could be created up until the end of Market Driven Support. Oracle made
no commitment that any 11.2.0.4 DBCS instances would continue to run
after the end of MDS support. Market Driven Support was not available
for PSM-based OCI DBCS, OCI-C DBCS and OCI-C ExaCS.
- Upgrade Support (MDS)
required to provision and/or run 11.2.0.4 on Exadata Database Service,
Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer
- 11.2.0.4 is the terminal
release on OpenVMS. During calendar year 2021, customers received
Severity 1 Fixes and Security Updates for no additional charge beyond
standard Premier Support costs. Coverage did not extend to new
certifications, third-party products, or any Java/JDK functionality
including Java components embedded in the database. Coverage also
excluded any updates related to cryptography and network encryption.
This offering did not include standard Security Patch Updates (SPUs).
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