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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Release Notes for Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software

• New Features and Enhancements in EECS 2.0.6.4.0
  • Support of Exalogic Virtual 2.0.6.4.0
  • Support of On-Node Components in Exalogic Virtual 2.0.6.4.0
  • Support of Off-Node Components in Exalogic Virtual 2.0.6.4.0
  • Support of Oracle Linux 7 on Exalogic Physical
  • Support of On-Node Components in Oracle Linux 7
  • Support of Off-Node Components in Oracle Linux 7
• New Features and Enhancements in EECS 2.0.6.3.0
  • Support of New Exalogic X6-2 Rack
  • Support of Oracle Linux 6.8
  • Updates for Exalogic Control
  • Updates for IaaS CLI
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Is Not Supported
  • Exalogic Tools Support of Exalogic X6-2 Rack
• New Features and Enhancements in EECS 2.0.6
  • Deploying Assemblies in the Exalogic vDC Using OVAB Deployer
  • Support for Hybrid Configurations
  • Fewer VMs for the Exalogic Control Stack
  • LVM-Based Disk Partitioning on Guest vServers
  • Exabus/IMB 1.1 and Exalogic Java 1.1.6
  • Configuring DNS for EoIB Networks
  • OSWatcher Included in the Base Image and Guest Template
  • imagehistory and imageinfo Commands Included in the Base Template
  • Linux Server-Based Exalogic Guest Base Template
  • Detailed View of Resource-Allocation by Account
• New Features and Enhancements in EECS 2.0.4
  • CPU Oversubscription
  • High Availability for Guest vServers
• Known Issues
  • Known Issues for Exalogic 2.0.6.4.0 Release
  • Shared Storage Access for Customer vServers
  • Usage of the Maintenance Mode Feature
  • Removing a Public Network from an Account Is Not Supported
  • Suspended State Is Not Supported for vServers
  • Full Job Log Not Visible in the Exalogic Control BUI
  • Cloud Users Cannot Act on Alerts
  • Exalogic Control BUI Should Not Be Used for Upgrading Firmware
  • Limit on Number of Volumes Attached to a vServer
  • Cannot Add Alert Monitoring Rules for vServers Through the vDC Management Accordion
  • Time Zone of Guest vServers is Hard-Coded to PST
  • Exalogic Control BUI May Select the Wrong vServer for Deletion
  • "Navigate to Selected Oracle VM Server and Virtual Server" Buttons Do Not Work
  • Uploading a Server Template May Fail
  • Late Lock Exception
  • vServer Shutdown Failure
  • Booting from ISO through ILOM on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X5-2 Compute Nodes Does Not Work
  • CheckHWnFWProfile Command Incorrectly Reports a Disk Controller Firmware Verification Failure
  • Zero Storage Allocated at VDC Level

2 Release Notes for Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder

• Installation and Configuration Issues and Workarounds
  • Deployer Instance Directory Only Suitable for Use in Deployer-only Installation
  • Disk Warning Causes Installation Failure
  • Errors about Missing Libraries in the VM
  • Incorrect sshd_config File in Base Image
  • Exceptions in Message Log after Upgrade
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Studio Installer May Fail on Large Disks
• General Issues and Workarounds
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Introspection Issues
    • Remote Introspection Must Be Run as Specific Users
    • Unable to Create Secure Connections for Multiple OVMs in a Single Session
    • Do Not Try to Import and Register a Template at the Same Time
    • Time Zones Must Match Between Base Image and Reference Systems
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder File Set Capture Issues
    • Troubleshooting Template Registration Errors
    • Capturing File Sets with a Different userid than userid of Individual Who Installed Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder
    • Template Status Not Updated
    • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Instance Directory Should Not Reside in FMWHOME
    • Non-Root User Cannot Capture File Sets Owned by Root
  • Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Deployment Issues
    • Scale Operations and Failed Deployments
    • Importing Using the ImportAs Option Removes All Deployment Plan Overrides
    • Unresolved IP Addresses Result in Error
    • Complete Editing Operations on Assemblies Before Creating a Deployment Plan
    • NFS Mounting Not Supported in Reference Systems
    • Firewall Implications for Template Registration
    • Recovering from Unexpected Errors During Deployment
    • Deployment Failure Due to 'Too Many Open Files' Error
    • Deployment Plan Does Not Override MAC Address
  • Other Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Issues
    • Add DNS Button Does Not Work When Using OVAB Studio in Japanese Language
    • Large Delete Operations Can Make Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Studio Appear to Lock Up
    • Virtual Machine Swap Space
    • Top-level Delete Messages in English Only
    • Export Operation Requires Temporary Local Storage
    • Non-supported Character When Naming Vnets
    • Obsolete Assembly Archives After Download and Import
    • Zero-count Appliances Cannot Be Scaled in Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Studio
    • Password Field Is Not Editable When Configuring a New Domain
• Component Specific Issues
  • Oracle Virtual Machine
    • Intermittent Errors When Using Oracle VM
    • Limit Virtual Machine Names to 100 Characters or Less
    • Limit Virtual Machine Passwords to 50 Characters or Less
    • Limitation on Number of Virtual Disks
    • VNC Access Only Available through Oracle VM Manager
  • Oracle WebLogic Server Issues
    • Forward Slashes in Server Service Names Cause Oracle WebLogic Server Deployment Failures
    • Applications with JDBC Remap May Need to be Manually Restarted
    • Applications Accessing Web Services Not Updated at Deployment
    • Limitation with Oracle WLS Domains Upgraded from 10.3.1
    • Admin URL Required to be Specified When Managed Server is No Longer Running
    • WLS Plug-in Does Not Support Changing Ownership of File Sets
    • Relocating Node Manager Home Not Supported
    • User-specific Changes to Setdomainenv.sh are Not Preserved
  • Oracle Web Cache Issues
    • Protocol Mismatch Error
    • Oracle Web Cache Administration Port Not a Privileged Port
    • Oracle Web Cache Scaling Issues
    • Update Virtual Host Map Properties When Making Port Changes
  • Oracle Database Issues
    • Deployment Error Due to Database Vault
    • Use default name LISTENER on Reference Systems
    • Limited Database Configuration Support
    • Upgraded 10g Oracle Homes Cannot be Introspected
  • Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports Issues
    • Change nm* Files Ownership
• Documentation Errata

3 Release Notes for Exalogic Hardware Components

4 Release Notes for Oracle Linux on Exalogic

• General Information
• General Issues and Workarounds
  • File Owner Shown as nobody When Shared Drive Is Mounted with NFSv4
  • The limits.conf File May Contain Invalid Entries
  • Need to Remount File Systems After System Reboots When NFSv4 Is Used
  • Multicasting in Multi-Homed Environments for Oracle Linux

5 Release Notes for Oracle Solaris on Exalogic

• Oracle Solaris 11.2 Release Notes
• Oracle Solaris 11.1 Release Notes
• Oracle Solaris 11 Express Release Notes
• Install Package for Oracle Universal Installer
• General Issues and Workarounds
  • Running Oracle Coherence on Oracle Solaris 11 Express
  • Extracting Contents of Repositories and Boot Media
  • Multicasting in Multi-Homed Environments for Oracle Solaris