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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>thanks for your answer, I’ll try that as soon as possible and report back if it worked. To connect to an upgraded database with just new connection data, I run spacewalk-setup again with skip populate database setting, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Avi Miller<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 26. August 2015 23:10<br><b>An:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Connect Spacewalk (2.2) to Oracle 12.1 database<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 26 Aug 2015, at 10:23 pm, Souvignier, Daniel <<a href="mailto:Souvignier@itc.rwth-aachen.de">Souvignier@itc.rwth-aachen.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>is there a possibility to connect Spacewalk to an Oracle 12.1 database? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, from Spacewalk 2.3 and higher, or Spacewalk 2.2 provided by Oracle.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I read in <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E64575/E64575.pdf"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E64575/E64575.pdf</span></a> that it is supported, but in <a href="http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/2.2/RHEL/6/x86_64/"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://spacewalk.redhat.com/yum/2.2/RHEL/6/x86_64/</span></a> the packages for 12.1 are missing (like oracle-lib-compat and others). Our dbas want to upgrade all our databases to 12.1, so it would be great if we could upgrade the Spacewalk DB as well. Thanks! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We haven't (yet) upgraded the Instant Client requirements, but the 11.2.0.4 Instant Client is 100% certified with 12c database. You continue to use the existing oracle-instantclient-11.2.0.4 RPMs on the Spacewalk server but you can switch to a 12c database on the backend.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Avi<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<br>Oracle <<a href="http://www.oracle.com">http://www.oracle.com</a>><br>Avi Miller | Product Management Director | +61 (3) 8616 3496<br>Oracle Linux and Virtualization<br>417 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Australia <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>