RDBMS -- Oracle Database 19C & 21C - Release Support Schedule, Innovations, RU and RURs, Patching & Upgrade + some background info

This event will be like the continuation of our previous (physical) event, where we presented our knowledge for almost all of these subjects (given in the title of this blog post) to a private group of Oracle Users (key accounts).

In this event we will have a closer look on the new features of 21C, the latest innovation release. We already started our tests in our Lab, and we will try to show those new features in action, with some appropriate contexts. We will also give you the needs for using these features along with the benefits of using them.. Of course, we will also give the definitions and some background information for making the audience understand the database innovations, that are delivered to us, better..

We will go through the following subjects;

• Oracle Databases Current Releases, Future Releases, and Maintenance Statuses
• Brief information about Bugfix/Patch and Upgrade processes
• Oracle Support Processes -- short background
• New Features of Latest Innovation Version 21C

As you may already know, Oracle is on its way to becoming a converged database. (or let's say an autonomous convered database).. So the new features are exciting for that reason as well.

This will be an online event. It will be in Turkish and it will be done with the contributions of Oracle and Techdata. This event will be held on 31 March 2022 10:00 AM (Istanbul Time).

Note that, I will update this blog post when the Sign Up link will be activated.

UPDATE --> here it is ;

https://gtech-tr.zoom.us/webinar/register/4016469968976/WN_52UymQOXTcq13kX128sANw

Başlık:

GTech ile Oracle Veri Tabanı Webinarı

Tanım:

Güncel Sürümler, Yeni Özellikler ve Bakım Süreçlerinde Anahtar Stratejiler

31 Mart 2022 tarihinde gerçekleşecek webinarımızda, Oracle Veri Tabanı mevcut sürümleri, bakım durumları ve güncel sürümlerin yeni özellikleri hakkında bütün detayları aktaracağız.

İçerik:

Oracle Veri Tabanları Mevcut Sürümler,

Beklenen Sürümler ve Bakım Durumları

Bugfix/Yama ve Upgrade Süreçleri

Oracle Support Süreçleri

Son Innovasyon Sürümü 21C 'nin Yeni Özellikleri

Konuşmacılar:

- Erman Arslan, GTech, Veritabanı ve Sistem Yönetimi Kıdemli Direktörü

- Özer Evci, GTech, Veritabanı ve Sistem Yönetimi Müdürü

Oracle ACE sertifikalı GTech uzmanlarından, Oracle veri tabanları hakkında bütün detayları öğrenmek için webinarımızı kaçırmayın!

Tarih: Mar 31, 2022 10:00 AM in Istanbul

RDBMS -- Oracle Database Event in İstanbul with Oracle, GTech and Techdata / Releases, Patching, Upgrades, 21C & 23C

Last week, we (GTech, Oracle and Techdata) organized a database event in Istanbul..  

In this event, I shared our expertise (along with the key strategies) in areas like database release management, database support, patching and upgrade. Although it was a private event for the key customers, the hall was full. There was a great  interest in our event.

It was a physical event and we found that opportunity to meet the Oracle customers face to face. We discussed the future of Oracle and the things that "we" (oracle users) need to do for being aligned with the latest enhancements in the RDBMS area..

I have also gone through the key new features of 21C and mentioned that, the next long term support release will be 23C.

I shed a light on new patching and upgrades methods and presented some new methods on these contexts.. Things like zero downtime patching,  and zero downtime upgrade... 

I tried to give some insights for explaining the methodology behind the scenes to make the community be familiar with the latest enhancements in the area of database patching and upgrade.. (After all, being in the latest code level requires patching & upgrade. These things just start with patching...)

I also tried to give some background info for the bugfix and development processes that are operated in the development side of Oracle.. The main code line, the branches, the delivery of Oracle releases, the one-offs, merge patches, the release updates, revisions and all that.

I found some room in my speech to include Oracle Support related things as well.. (escalations, requests for backport, inclusion and stuff like that)

We know that 23 is not released yet. That 's too bad but! we know those new features of 21C are the harbinger of the features of 23C..

I will not go any further and explain the things I just mentioned in more details here, because I already decided to write a separate blog post about these subjects.. (-- just after finishing this one:)

Okay.. Sharing the pictures below as memories;