Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports October 2020 Oracle Patch Set Updates (PSU) and Release Updates (RU), and allows setting database system events

Posted on: Nov 24, 2020

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the October 2020 Patch Set Updates (PSU) for Oracle Database 12.1, and the October 2020 Release Update (RU) for Oracle Database 12.2, 18c, and 19c. October 2020 PSU for Oracle Database 11.2 will be launched soon. 

Oracle PSUs contain bug fixes and other critical security updates. Beginning with Oracle Database version 12.2.0.1, Amazon RDS for Oracle supports Release Updates (RU) in place of the PSU. To learn more about the Oracle PSUs supported on Amazon RDS, see the Amazon RDS patch update documentation.  

Amazon RDS for Oracle also allows you to set system events using the rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.set_system_event procedure. To learn more about how to set events, see the Common DBA system tasks for Oracle DB instances  documentation. 

Amazon RDS for Oracle makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale Oracle Database deployments in the cloud. See the Amazon RDS for Oracle Database Pricing page for complete regional availability information.