Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Release Update & Release Update Revision April 2021 Known Issues (Doc ID 12202104.9)

Last updated on JANUARY 19, 2022

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.2 to 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

The Database patch bundles that were released on April 20, 2021 for Release 12.2.0.1 were:

Name	Download Link
Database Release Update 12.2.0.1.210420	<Patch 32507738>
Grid Infrastructure Release Update 12.2.0.1.210420	<Patch 32540149>
OJVM Release Update 12.2.0.1.210420	<Patch 32473172>
(there were no Release Update Revisions for 12.2.0.1 Apr 2021)
Microsoft Windows 32-Bit & x86-64 Bundle Patch 12.2.0.1.210420	<Patch 32392089

Please note that 12.2.0.1 entered Limted Error Correction as of December 01, 2020. Hence, Oracle is only including Security and P1 fixes into the 12.2.0.1 quarterly patch bundles. Therefore as of 2021, there is no content difference between a Release Update and a Release Update Revision, and all 12.2.0.1 customers should use the 12.2.0.1 Release Update.

This is the Known Issues note for the patches listed above. These known issues are in addition to the issues listed in the README file for each individual Release Update (RU), Release Update Revision (RUR), or Bundle Patch (BP). These known issues are also in addition to the issues listed for the 12.2.0.1 Base Release in <Note 2239820.1>, "12.2.0.1 Base Release - Availability and Known Issues".

Scope

This critical issues document will be of interest to Database Administrators who are responsible for bundle patching for Oracle Database / Grid Infrastructure / OJVM Release 12.2.0.1