ANBOB™

Long Term Release

Premier Support – December 31, 2031

Extended Support – TBD

• Because of the importance of the breakthrough AI technology in this release, we are renaming it from Oracle Database 23c to Oracle Database 23ai
• Now available in cloud, Oracle Exadata and Oracle Database Appliance.  See details in the Oracle Database Schedule table below.
• Premier Support ends December 31, 2031
• Error Correction / Patching with Extended Support fees or ULA – end date is TBD

Innovation Release

• Error Correction / Patching is available until July 31, 2027
• 21c is not eligible for Extended Support (ES)
• Only quarterly Release Updates (RUs) are provided for 21c.
• 21c is not available with Exadata Database Service

Long Term Release

December 31, 2029 with Premier Support

December 31, 2032 with ES/ULA

• Premier Support (PS) ends December 31, 2029. Extended Support (ES) will be Jan 01, 2030 through December 31, 2032
• Error Correction / Patching is available through December 31, 2032 with paid ES. Without paid ES, patching is only available until December 31, 2029
• Beginning with the October 2022 patching cycle, 19c RURs will no longer be provided for 19.17.0 and above. No additional RURs will be delivered on any platform after the delivery of Oracle Database 19c RUR 19.16.2 in January 2023. (Refer to Sunsetting of 19c RURs and FAQ (Doc ID 2898381.1) for further details.)
  To provide customers more frequent access to recommended and well-tested collections of patches, Oracle is pleased to introduce Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs) starting Nov 2022. MRPs are supported only on the Linux x86-64 platform. (Refer to Introducing Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs) and FAQ (Doc ID 2898740.1) for further details.)

Innovation Release

• Error Correction / Patching was available until Jun 30, 2021. 18c is now in Sustaining Support.
• 18c is not eligible for Extended Support (ES)
• 18c is not supported on Exadata Database Service, Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer

Terminal Release

• Error Correction / Patching has ended for this release.
• Premier Support (PS) ended Jul 31, 2018 and one year of free Extended Support (ES) was in effect until July 31, 2019.
• ES fees or a ULA was required beginning 01-Aug-2019 through 31-Jul-2022. Without paid ES or ULA, patching ended 31-Jul-2019.
• A global ES uplift fee waiver was in place for E-Business customers. For details and dates of expiration see: Extended Support Fee Waiver for Oracle Database 12.1 and 11.2 for Oracle E-Business Suite (Doc ID 2522948.1) or Technical Support Policy Document.
• Apple Macintosh platform patching end date (Error Correction end date) was July 31, 2021.
• Microsoft Windows: Regardless of the version used to run the 12.1.0.2 Database, Oracle built the 12.1.0.2 Database on Microsoft Windows 2008. This platform reached end-of-life support on January 14, 2020. Oracle made reasonable efforts to deliver patches for the Database 12.1.0.2 on Windows until July 2022 but that support has expired.
• Upgrade Support (Restricted Availability) (aka MDS) is required to provision and/or run 12.1.0.2 on Exadata Database Service, Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer

Terminal Release for 11.2

Upgrade Support (Restricted Availability) through Dec 31, 2025  Contact CSS for details

Dec 31, 2021 for OpenVMS platform

• Premier Support (PS) ended 31-Jan-2015 and one year of free Extended Support (ES) was in effect until Dec 31, 2018.
• ES fees or a ULA was required beginning Jan 1, 2019 through Dec 31, 2020.
• A global Extended Support Uplift Fee waiver was in place for E-Business customers. For details and dates of expiration see: Extended Support Fee Waiver for Oracle Database 12.1 and 11.2 for Oracle E-Business Suite (Doc ID 2522948.1) or Technical Support Policy Document.
• Gen 1 and Gen 2 ExaCC, OCC DBCS, OCI DBCS,OCI ExaCS and ODA had 3 additional months of Extended Support. The end of Extended Support for 11.2.0.4 databases on these platforms was: 31-March 2021. New instances could be created up until the end of extended support; however, Oracle made no commitment that any 11.2.0.4 DBCS instances will continue to run after the end of Support.
  
• Market Driven Support was only available for the following Database Cloud Services: Gen 1 and Gen 2 ExaCC, OCC DBCS, OCI DBCS (non-PSM), OCI ExaCS. New instances could be created up until the end of Market Driven Support. Oracle made no commitment that any 11.2.0.4 DBCS instances would continue to run after the end of MDS support. Market Driven Support was not available for PSM-based OCI DBCS, OCI-C DBCS and OCI-C ExaCS.
• Upgrade Support (Restricted Availability) (aka MDS) required to provision and/or run 11.2.0.4 on Exadata Database Service, Base Database Service or Exadata Cloud@Customer
• 11.2.0.4 is the terminal release on OpenVMS. During calendar year 2021, customers received Severity 1 Fixes and Security Updates for no additional charge beyond standard Premier Support costs. Coverage did not extend to new certifications, third-party products, or any Java/JDK functionality including Java components embedded in the database. Coverage also excluded any updates related to cryptography and network encryption. This offering did not include standard Security Patch Updates (SPUs).