Recently I have created an Oracle 12.2 database in the Oracle Cloud (Extreme Performance). I was able to test some of the new features.
And usually, when I test a new release of Oracle, I have a look into the ins_rdbms.mk file to see if there are some new options to link the Oracle kernel, and in this release I found some interesting stuff.
As I said before, my instance was in the Extreme Performance, it was normal that, when connected, I got this banner:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c EE Extreme Perf Release 12.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
And when I had a look to the V$INSTANCE view, there’s a column EDITION. This column is already here in 12.1 and is documented.
If you have a closer look to the documentation (12.1), you can see different editions:
CORE EE: CORE Enterprise EditionCORE SE: CORE Standard EditionEE: Enterprise EditionPO: Personal EditionSE: Standard EditionXE: Express Edition
Ok for EE, PO, SE and XE … they are well known edition, but what about those “Core” Editions (Standard and Enterprise).
Note: on 1st December, 12.2 documentation mention only Core EE, EE, PO and XE (Might be a doc bug)
I had a look to both (12.1 and 12.2) ins_rdbms.mk files (located in $ORACLE_HOME/lib folder). For On premises installations (11.2 & 12.1), no trace of these new editions, but they are available on Oracle Cloud Platform
$ grep -i edi /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk
edition_corestandard:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Core Standard Edition"
edition_coreenterprise:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Core Enterprise Edition"
edition_standard:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Standard Edition"
edition_enterprise:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition"
edition_highperf:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition High Performance"
edition_extremeperf:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance"
$ grep -i edi /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk
edition_corestandard:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Core Standard Edition"
edition_coreenterprise:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Core Enterprise Edition"
edition_standard:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Standard Edition"
edition_enterprise:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition"
edition_highperf:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition High Performance"
edition_extremeperf:
$(SILENT)$(ECHO) "Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance"
ohoohhh ;), let’s try to activate those rules and relink the kernel
$ make -f ins_rdbms.mk edition_coreenterprise ioracle
Deploying Oracle Database Core Enterprise Edition
mv -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12.a /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12_backup.a.dbl
cp /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12_cee.a.dbl /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12.a
chmod 755 /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin
- Linking Oracle
rm -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/oracle
/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/orald -o /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/oracle -m64 -z noexecstack -Wl,--disable-new-dtags -L/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/stubs/
-Wl,-E /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/opimai.o /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ssoraed.o /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/ttcsoi.o -Wl,--whole-archive -lperfsrv12 -Wl,--no-whole-archive /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/nautab.o
/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/naeet.o /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/naect.o /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/naedhs.o /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/config.o
-ldmext -lserver12 -lodm12 -lofs -lcell12 -lnnet12 -lskgxp12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lxml12 -lcore12 -lunls12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lnls12 -lclient12 -lvsn12 -lcommon12
-lgeneric12 -lknlopt `if /usr/bin/ar tv /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/libknlopt.a | grep xsyeolap.o > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo "-loraolap12" ; fi` -lskjcx12 -lslax12 -lpls12 -lrt -lplp12
-ldmext -lserver12 -lclient12 -lvsn12 -lcommon12 -lgeneric12 `if [ -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libavserver12.a ] ; then echo "-lavserver12" ; else echo "-lavstub12"; fi`
`if [ -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libavclient12.a ] ; then echo "-lavclient12" ; fi` -lknlopt -lslax12 -lpls12 -lrt -lplp12 -ljavavm12 -lserver12 -lwwg `cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/ldflags`
-lncrypt12 -lnsgr12 -lnzjs12 -ln12 -lnl12 -lngsmshd12 -lnro12 `cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/ldflags` -lncrypt12 -lnsgr12 -lnzjs12 -ln12 -lnl12 -lngsmshd12 -lnnzst12 -lzt12 -lztkg12 -lmm -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12
-lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lxml12 -lcore12 -lunls12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lnls12 -lztkg12 `cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/ldflags` -lncrypt12 -lnsgr12 -lnzjs12 -ln12 -lnl12 -lngsmshd12 -lnro12
`cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/ldflags` -lncrypt12 -lnsgr12 -lnzjs12 -ln12 -lnl12 -lngsmshd12 -lnnzst12 -lzt12 -lztkg12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lxml12 -lcore12 -lunls12
-lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lnls12 `if /usr/bin/ar tv /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/libknlopt.a | grep "kxmnsd.o" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo " " ; else echo "-lordsdo12 -lserver12"; fi`
-L/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/ctx/lib/ -lctxc12 -lctx12 -lzx12 -lgx12 -lctx12 -lzx12 -lgx12 -lordimt12 -lclsra12 -ldbcfg12 -lhasgen12 -lskgxn2 -lnnzst12 -lzt12 -lxml12 -lgeneric12 -locr12 -locrb12 -locrutl12 -lhasgen12
-lskgxn2 -lnnzst12 -lzt12 -lxml12 -lgeneric12 -lgeneric12 -lorazip -loraz -llzopro5 -lorabz2 -lipp_z -lipp_bz2 -lippdcemerged -lippsemerged -lippdcmerged -lippsmerged -lippcore -lippcpemerged -lippcpmerged -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12
-lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lxml12 -lcore12 -lunls12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lnls12 -lsnls12 -lunls12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lcore12 -lsnls12 -lnls12 -lxml12 -lcore12 -lunls12 -lsnls12 -lnls12
-lcore12 -lnls12 -lasmclnt12 -lcommon12 -lcore12 -laio -lons -lfthread12 `cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/sysliblist` -Wl,-rpath,/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib -lm
`cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/sysliblist` -ldl -lm -L/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib `test -x /usr/bin/hugeedit -a -r /usr/lib64/libhugetlbfs.so &&
test -r /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/shugetlbfs.o && echo -Wl,-zcommon-page-size=2097152 -Wl,-zmax-page-size=2097152 -lhugetlbfs`
test ! -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/oracle || (\
mv -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/oracle /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/oracleO &&\
chmod 600 /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/oracleO )
mv /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/rdbms/lib/oracle /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/oracle
chmod 6751 /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/bin/oracle
That seems to work, now let’s start the instance and let’s connect:
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Nov 28 16:41:28 2016
Copyright (c) 1982, 2016, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition - Core 12.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
New banner … but are there any new features ?
If we compare EE Core edition and EE Extreme perf, it seems there are some difference in the field of enabled options:
SQL> select parameter,value from v$option where value!='TRUE' order by 1;
PARAMETER VALUE
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ASM Proxy Instance FALSE *
Active Data Guard FALSE
Adaptive Execution Plans FALSE
Advanced Analytics FALSE
Automatic Storage Management FALSE *
Cache Fusion Lock Accelerator FALSE
Change Data Capture FALSE
DICOM FALSE
Data Mining FALSE
Exadata Discovery FALSE
Global Data Services FALSE
I/O Server FALSE *
Management Database FALSE *
OLAP FALSE
Oracle Data Guard FALSE
Oracle Database Vault FALSE *
Oracle Label Security FALSE *
Partitioning FALSE
Real Application Clusters FALSE *
Real Application Security FALSE
Real Application Testing FALSE
Spatial FALSE
Unified Auditing FALSE *
- EE Extreme Perf Edition and High Perf Edition (12.2)
SQL> select parameter,value from v$option where value!='TRUE' order by 1;
PARAMETER VALUE
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ASM Proxy Instance FALSE
Automatic Storage Management FALSE
I/O Server FALSE
Management Database FALSE
Oracle Database Vault FALSE
Oracle Label Security FALSE
Real Application Clusters FALSE
Unified Auditing FALSE
And if we have a look to “traditional” EE that we can choose from the Cloud Interface … (12.2)
SQL> select parameter,value from v$option where value!='TRUE' order by 1;
PARAMETER VALUE
------------------------------ ----------------------------------------
ASM Proxy Instance FALSE
Automatic Storage Management FALSE
I/O Server FALSE
Management Database FALSE
Oracle Database Vault FALSE
Oracle Label Security FALSE
Real Application Clusters FALSE
Unified Auditing FALSE
OK, so Enterprise Core Edition and Enterprise Edition look differents in terms of available options. And like Franck Pachot pointed it out, the Core EE is like a traditional EE but with all paid options disabled and other EE features disabled (DataGuard for example).
On the field of licensing, these Core editions seem to be unavailable. If you buy Oracle License, on-premises or in the cloud, you only have the choice between SE, EE and EE High Perf and EE Extreme perf (in the cloud for HP and XP), no Core Editions.
If we go back to ins_rdbms.mk file, it’s possible to link these editions only in Oracle Cloud Service for 12.1 and 12.2, but Oracle Enterprise Edition 12.2 is impossible to link (because of missing libraries), but if Core Edition is a core based license model, Core Edition and Actual Enterprise Edition are licensed per core not per socket, no difference on this field:
$ make -f ins_rdbms.mk edition_enterprise ioracle
Deploying Oracle Database Enterprise Edition
mv -f /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12.a /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12_backup.a.dbl
cp /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12_ee.a.dbl /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12.a
cp: cannot stat `/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libvsn12_ee.a.dbl': No such file or directory
make: *** [edition_enterprise] Error 1
Oracle Standard Edition and Standard Core Edition are both able to be linked.
As a conclusion, the “Core” Edition could be :
- A new licensing model for Cloud and On Premises platform and will be released later. As a consequence, a new licensing model will appear for Standard Edition, not per Socket, but per Core like EE (the Socket model would be abandoned ?)
- A new licensing model for Cloud platform … only
- A bug ?
The future will tell us 😉
Data ... as usual 