Release of Audit Vault and Database Firewall 12.1.2 Bundle Patch 1

Earlier today, Oracle has released the first Bundle Patch for Audit Vault and Database Firewall 12.1.2. The patch can be downloaded on Oracle Metalink as Patchset 18728905 for existing installations or on Oracle eDelivery as full installation image for new installations. The installation image is split in two parts which need to be merged before use. A short description on how to merge the image can be found on my blog post about Audit Vault and Database Firewall 12.1.2.

According the readme, the Release 12.1.2 BP1 contains the April 2014 PSU 11.2.0.3.10 for the database as well several bug fix for the base platform. These include security and stability fixes to Java and the underlying Linux operating system.

Before installing the bundle patch it is absolutely recommended, that you create a backup of the AVDF Installation and ensure that there is free space in the following Audit Vault Server partitions.

  • 5 GB in /var/lib/oracle
  • 5 GB in /var/tmp
  • 4.5 GB in /root

The upgrade will fail, if the partitions does not have enough free space. The bundle patch readme describes the different upgrade scenarios. I’ll upgrade my AVDF 12.1.2 Test VM once the download of the 3GB bundle patch is finished.

References

Some links related to the Audit Vault and Database Firewall: