JDK 8u131, 7u141, and 6u151 releases are now available. You can download the latest JDK releases from the Java SE Downloads page.
For information on features and fixes included in these releases, see the following release notes:
This release of JDK 8u131 also includes JDK 8u131 for ARM. Information about this product is included in the Java™ Development Kit for ARM Release Notes 8 Update 131.
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The Critical
Patch Update for April 2017 was released on April 18th, 2017.
Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.
The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant
information. It includes the list of products affected, pointers to obtain the
patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities for each product suite, and
links to other important documents. Supported products that are not listed in
the "Affected Products and Components" section of the advisory do not
require new patches to be applied.
Also, it is essential to review the Critical Patch Update supporting
documentation referenced in the Advisory before applying patches, as this is
where you can find important pertinent information.
Critical Patch Update Advisories are available at the following location:
Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html
The Critical Patch Update Advisory for April 2017 is available at the following
location:
Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html
Important information can also be found at:
https://blogs.oracle.com/security/
The next four dates for Critical Patch Updates are:
Major releases are the primary vehicle for delivering new product functionality to the SaaS fleet. In addition, the SaaS fleet receives a monthly update. Monthly updates address product issues discovered mid-release. But they can also serve as a vehicle for delivering "new features". The purpose of this communication is to provide visibility into new and enhanced functionality that is delivered off-cycle via monthly updates.
Review these specific announcements:
最近一直有朋友来询问oracle 的集群管理软件从11.2 这个版本开始开始出现的新的组件mdns, gipc, 和gpnp 是做什么的，以及他们是如何协调工作的。所以就花了时间写了这篇文章来解释一下这些新组件的基本功能和它们之间是如何协同工作的。
首先来回顾一下历史。对于10g版本的oracle 集群管理软件（CRS），当集群启动的时候，集群节点的列表和每个节点的公网地址，私网地址是可以从OCR当中获得的，而且如果集群包含多块私有网卡的话，是需要依赖于OS层面的网卡绑定软件（例如：linux 的bonding）的，也就是说集群的私网网卡数量是对CRS透明的，集群只需要知道经过聚合之后的网卡名称就可以了。
但是，在11.2 这个版本开始，oracle的集群管理软件（GI）开始需要自己来管理集群的网卡，也就是说GI要能够管理多块私网网卡；另外，由于集群启动的流程发生了改变，OLR的出现改变了11.2 集群启动的行为，OCR在集群最初启动时不再被使用了，而完全变成了集群应用资源层的一个注册表（registry）。所以，就需要一些组件来完成节点发现，集群节点列表构建的工作（这部分信息在10.2中都是在OCR中写好的）。所以，就出现了：
1.mdns：这个组件以mdmsd.bin 的方式出现，他负责在集群启动时找到本地节点集群需要使用的所有网卡，以便为节点发现提供基本的网络通信功能。
2.gpnpd：这个组件以gpnpd.bin 的方式出现，它通过维护gpnpd profile 的方式把构建集群所需要的核心信息在节点之间进行同步。当然，这种信息同步的过程是需要借助mdns来实现的。具体说，gpnpd再启动之后会：
步骤1：读取本地的gpnp profile得到构建集群的核心信息。
步骤2：和mdns进行通行，通过mdns发现的网卡向网络中发送消息，找到集群中的其他节点。
步骤3：和其他的节点建立链接，同步彼此的gpnp profile 文件。
当gpnp 正常启动成功之后，实际上节点发现，集群节点列表构建的工作就结束了
3.gipc：这部分功能是以gipcd.bin 的方式出现的，它负责管理集群中节点的私网网卡。并建立节点和节点之间通过私网的点对点通信。它相当于gpnp 的一个重要客户，因为集群的核心信息是要通过gpnp来提供的。关于gipc的详细功能，请参考我之前的文章“11gR2新特性---gipc守护进程”。
通过上面的三个组件，就可以完成节点发现，集群节点列表构建的工作，以及管理节点私有网络的工作。而这种设计的另外一个好处在于，它能够使集群的结构更加的灵活和有弹性。如果简单的解释着三个组件的关系的话，可以认为,Mdns 为gpnp 提供了网络通信服务， gpnp相当于mdns的客户；gpnp相当于集群的其他上层资源的一个服务组件，它能够向集群的其它组件提供集群的基本核心信息。gipc相当于gpnpd的一个重要客户，它负责管理集群节点的私有网络。
望这篇文章对于大家理解这三个11.2新出现的组件有所帮助。
Oracle Cloud is the industry’s broadest and most integrated public cloud. It offers best-in-class services across software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and even lets you put Oracle Cloud in your own data center. Oracle Cloud helps organizations drive innovation and business transformation by increasing business agility, lowering costs, and reducing IT complexity. The workshop content shows different aspects of Application Development in the cloud with different set of Oracle Cloud Services.
The workshop is intended to work with an Oracle PaaS trial account. To get an account look into here. Get the following account details ready to complete the tutorial and replace to your values when it is required:
NOTE: Before you start to use your new Oracle Public Cloud services make sure that the replication policy has been set for your account. Otherwise you can not create storage container which is necessary for most of the services. See Selecting a Replication Policy for Oracle Storage Cloud Service.
During the execution you will create several public cloud service instances what will be available on the world wide web. Even if these instances are for demo purposes keep in mind it is not a best practice to use weak or known (stored here in the tutorial) passwords especially in such open environment. Thus this workshop content does not recommend any password so you need to define those. You will be asked to provide password at certain points and please remember them for later usage.
The content contains several independent modules that cover different aspects of the application development in the Oracle Cloud. These modules could be executed independently unless you find in the Prerequisites that they are dependent on each other.
Get the workshop material here.
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The Critical
Patch Update for April 2017 was released on April 18th, 2017.
Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.
The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant
information. It includes the list of products affected, pointers to obtain the
patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities for each product suite, and
links to other important documents. Supported products that are not listed in
the "Affected Products and Components" section of the advisory do not
require new patches to be applied.
Also, it is essential to review the Critical Patch Update supporting
documentation referenced in the Advisory before applying patches, as this is
where you can find important pertinent information.
Critical Patch Update Advisories are available at the following location:
Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html
The Critical Patch Update Advisory for April 2017 is available at the following
location:
Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html
Important information can also be found at:
https://blogs.oracle.com/security/
The next four dates for Critical Patch Updates are:
Apr 2017 PSU's for Exalogic have been released. These PSUs are applicable to X2-2, X3-2, X4-2 and X5-2 racks.
Please refer to the following MOS Docs for detailed information.
- Exalogic Patch Set Update (PSU) Release 2.0.6.2.170418 (Linux - Physical) for April 2017 (Doc ID 2251393.1)- Exalogic Patch Set Update (PSU) Release 2.0.6.2.170418 (Solaris - Physical) for April 2017 (Doc ID 2251394.1)
- Exalogic Patch Set Update (PSU) Release 2.0.6.2.170418 (Linux - Virtual) for April 2017 (Doc ID 2251415.1)
- Exalogic Infrastructure Apr 2017 PSU – Fixed Bugs List (Doc ID 2251392.1)
The Master Note for all Exalogic PSU's is Doc ID 1314535.1
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Supported Platforms: See Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations Bugs Resolved by This Patch:
Review the Read Mefile prior to proceeding with this Bundle Patch implementation for important information that includes a full list of the defects fixed, along with additional support information, prerequisites, details for applying patch. It is important to ensure that the requirements and support paths to this patch are met as outlined within the Readme file. The Readme file is available from the Patches & Updates download screen.
To locate the latest Bundle Patch Updates for the WebCenter Content products visit the My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article:
To share your experience about installing this patch ... In the MOS | Patches & Updates screen for Oracle WebCenter Content
For other Oracle WebCenter Content questions and assistance visit the My Oracle Support Community: |
Date: April 27, 2017 10 am ET, 7 am PT, 4 pm CET, 7:30 pm IST
This one-hour Advisor Webcast is recommended for Advanced Collections users who would like to learn more about how to setup and troubleshoot Strategies in Oracle Advanced Collections.
Details & Registration via the My Oracle Support Community thread: Advisor Webast: 27-APR-2017: Setup & Troubleshooting Strategies in Oracle Advanced Collections
By the end of the boot camp each student should be able to design, and implement a RightNow CX environment in many different markets and scenarios. Each student will complete the course with a level of understanding which will allow them prepare to take and pass the Oracle RightNow CX Cloud Service certification exam in the future.
This bootcamp is made available to registered participants only and must be consumed between May 1st and 26th.
See details, prerequisites and registration page here.
You are invited! Have you heard the term "headless CMS" going around? Decoupled/headless CMS architecture is rising in popularity in the development world
and we want to hear from you! If you have something to say about headless CMS or WCM, if you have questions on this topics, if you have experience working with coupled or decoupled CMS or WCM, if you've been following the discussions on this topic or if you are just interested in trying a Twitter Chat out for the first time, we invite you to participate in the live Twitter conversation on "Is headless CMS signaling the end of WCM?" @oraclewebcenter will be kicking off the live Twitter Chat on Thursday, April 20 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET, and we hope to hear from you!
The live Twitter Chat would run about an hour long, and we look to have a meaningful conversation on the topic. So, if you have a Twitter handle, we encourage you to participate in the live discussion. Join or simply follow along using hashtag: #contentdgtl
And, if you have questions in mind, simply send those to us @oraclewebcenter and we will do our best to include or have those addressed by the Digital Experience community.
So, mark your calendar and please join us!
The Critical
Patch Update for April 2017 was released on April 18th, 2017.
Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.
The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant
information. It includes the list of products affected, pointers to obtain the
patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities for each product suite, and
links to other important documents. Supported products that are not listed in
the "Affected Products and Components" section of the advisory do not
require new patches to be applied.
Also, it is essential to review the Critical Patch Update supporting
documentation referenced in the Advisory before applying patches, as this is
where you can find important pertinent information.
Critical Patch Update Advisories are available at the following location:
Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html
The Critical Patch Update Advisory for April 2017 is available at the following
location:
Oracle Technology Network:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html
Important information can also be found at:
https://blogs.oracle.com/security/
The next four dates for Critical Patch Updates are:
Essbase ("Extended Spread Sheet dataBASE") helps you extend
and differentiate your analytics solutions: especially for existing Oracle
BI partners and using the new Oracle Analytics
Cloud with Essbase.
Most analytics tools are essentially “Read-Only”– that is why Excel is so popular, because it lets you input data, work on it with formulae, and then analyse it. But, spreadsheets are essentially 2-dimensional (row-column) and single user. People often try to collaborate with spreadsheets via email, but most would acknowledge this is a messy and error prone approach.
So imagine you could have a multi-user spreadsheet, which is also multi-dimensional (e.g. time, sales-channel, product, customer-segment, accounting-code… etc), and can hold huge amounts of data – which was also easy to use and access with analytics tools such as Oracle BI,Data Visualisation, Excel and Smart-View.
That is Essbase: it un-leashes business people from the limitations of spreadsheets and enriches any analytics application with Workflowto collaborate with 100s or 1000s of people entering new analytic data, forecasting, modeling multiple assumptions and What-if-Analyses to better understandthe effect of decisions on the business. For example, that is why Essbase is the foundation for our pre-built Planning and Budgeting application.
To learn more, take a look at:
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Bugs Resolved by This Patch:
Review the Read Mefile prior to proceeding with this Bundle Patch implementation for important information that includes a full list of the defects fixed, along with additional support information, prerequisites, details for applying patch. It is important to ensure that the requirements and support paths to this patch are met as outlined within the Readme file. The Readme file is available from the Patches & Updates download screen.
Review the Read Me%20id=">%20id=">%20id=">%20id=">%20id=">%20id=">%20id=">file prior to proceeding with this Bundle Patch implementation for important information that includes a full list of the defects fixed, along with additional support information, prerequisites, details for applying patch. It is important to ensure that the requirements and support paths to this patch are met as outlined within the Readme file. The Readme file is available from the Patches & Updates download screen.
Review the Read Mefile prior to proceeding with this Bundle Patch implementation for important information that includes a full list of the defects fixed, along with additional support information, prerequisites, details for applying patch. It is important to ensure that the requirements and support paths to this patch are met as outlined within the Readme file. The Readme file is available from the Patches & Updates download screen.
To locate the latest Bundle Patch Updates for the WebCenter Content products visit the My Oracle Support (MOS) Knowledge Article:
To share your experience about installing these patches ... In the MOS | Patches & Updates screen for each patch - click the "Start a Discussion" and submit your review. The patch install reviews and other patch related information is available within the My Oracle Support Communities. Visit the Patch Reviews - Middleware sub-space:
For other Oracle WebCenter Content questions and assistance visit the My Oracle Support Community: |
By Mike Campbell
The OAM 11.1.2.3.170418 is released today. This patch is a **Suite
Bundle Patch** containing other products and its suite patch description
may not match with the version of Oracle Access Manager it contains:
OAM 11.1.2.3.170418: Released via Oracle Identity Management Suite Bundle Patch 11.1.2.3.170418 MOS Patch: 25654150
This release is identified as Patch 25348595 within the Identity Management Suite Bundle Patch.
To download OAM 11.1.2.3.170418 refers to MOS document;
OAM Bundle Patch Release History (Doc ID 736372.1)
Search for string 11.1.2.3.170418 (BP10) Access Server or directly search for patch 25654150 from the 
My Oracle Support | Patches & Updates section.
By Mike Campbell
The OAM WebGate 11.1.2.3.170418 is released today. This patch is available for the following platforms/webservers:
OAM WebGate 11.1.2.3.170418: Released via MOS Patch: 21118593
To download OAM WebGate 11.1.2.3.170117 Bundle Patch search for and download patch 25491910.
For more detail about other OAM WebGate patch releases, refer document;
OAM Bundle Patch Release History (Doc ID 736372.1)
Search for string 11.1.2.3.170418 (BP06) Webgate or directly search for patch 25654150 from the My Oracle Support | Patches & Updates section.
We’re moving to a new platform in the next few days.
Do not expect significant changes, however comments posted from now till migration will not be migrated.
COLLABORATE17: Earlier this month, the OAUX onsite lab headed to COLLABORATE17, a technology and applications forum for Oracle users in Las Vegas. This conference comprises three user groups: the Independent Oracle (IOUG), the Oracle Applications (OAUG), and Quest, who connect annually at this action-packed event.
For more on where members of the team have been recently, check the UsableApps blog.
MORE RESOURCES: Check in with the UX Innovation Events blog for the latest on our innovation events. Look for new posts soon at our upcoming blog portal, the OAUX blog, which will be the primary publication channel for OAUX authors once it goes live.
Setup & Troubleshooting Strategies in Oracle Advanced Collections
