This section will provide you with an overview of the new release updates of Dbvisit Standby version 10.
To check your current Dbvisit Standby Version and Release from the command line. ./dbvctl -V |
Dbvisit Standby as of version 10 caters for the following operating systems:
Dbvisit Standby Version 10 is supported only on Windows and Linux platforms |
Dbvisit Standby version 10 supports the following Oracle Database versions:
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It is possible that release updates will include known issues. This section should be reviewed for any new release.
From Dbvisit Standby v10 onwards, there is an option provided to you for choosing the Oracle instant client libraries. By default, the libraries are Oracle 12.2, otherwise you can choose to use Oracle 12.1 libraries. |
New Feature: Oracle Multitenant support - Seamlessly handle creating and deleting up to 3 Pluggable Databases, always ensuring your standby database is correctly kept up to date.
New Feature: Reporting Replicas & Test/Dev Snapshots - Save costs and improve performance by fully utilizing both your production and standby environments. Reporting Replicas enable offloading performance-intensive tasks from your primary database onto your standby database, while ensuring that you always have fresh data to work with. Test/dev Snapshots allow for very quick creation of test/dev environments, often within seconds.
This feature replaces the optional Dbvisit Snapshots feature in Dbvisit Standby version 9+.
New Feature: New & Improved Network Management Utility - A new and upgraded Dbvnet, with all-new logging capabilities, better handling of unstable networks and automatic resolution of remote execution errors. Improve the reliability and resilience of your DR solution by getting the most out of your network.
New Feature: Upgraded Central Console - An updated, more streamlined central console (GUI) with full multi-language support.
STDBY-481: Dbvisit Standby v10 now comes with Oracle Instant Client libraries 12.1 and 12.2 (default 12.2). Selection of which one to use is possible during the installation process.
STDBY-783: Graceful Switchover is now possible on Windows environments with both Oracle Unified Auditing and Oracle versions 12.1 and lower
STDBY-763: Improved interaction of Snapshot creation and Parallel Recovery
STDBY-802: Improvements and fixes for DDC parameter handling during Graceful Switchover on RAC environments
STDBY-525: Host status indicators on the Manage Databases page are now real-time
STDBY-613: Added new options for setting custom DB_DOMAINS on Snapshots
STDBY-788: Added handling for historical Tasks with missing timestamps
STDBY-785: Observer will no longer send emails for all monitored DDCs when only one is updated
STDBY-775: Improved Mail function logging
STDBY-744: Dbvisit Reporting Replica Snapshot creation time interval is now in minutes instead of seconds
STDBY-756: Dbvisit Observer now automatically updates itself with any changes to Host configurations (e.g. passphrase)
STDBY-752: Dbvisit Observer now correctly handles Host passphases containing rare special characters
STDBY-760: New warnings and user notifications implemented for possible interactions of Reporting Replicas and DR Test functionality
STDBY-738: Updated description of update_dbenv_file function in help text