This is regarding a set of databases that I'm working with (I'm not a DBA, I just verify various settings and check for patching). The DBA is unable to provide the information I need.
What I run is SELECT patch_id, version, action, status, timestamp, description from dba_registry_sqlpatch;
What I need is a way to know when the patch identified by this query was released by Oracle. I have an ordinary Oracle SSO account, but no paid support within my account. The DBA doesn't either, as patches are provided to him and his counterparts at other locations after testing elsewhere.
Or if I'm running down the wrong path here altogether, my end goal is to be able to prove that the database has been patched to either the most current available, or the one released prior to that one.
Best Answer
Patchsets? That is easy.
For PSU/RU/RUR/one-off patches, opatch lists the date they were packaged, e.g.:
Note that this is not the release date, they can be packaged weeks before the actual release.
Another thing to note, Oracle includes the release date in PSU/RU/RUR versions since 2016. So the version
12.2.0.1.180717
above means it is the RU for 12.2.0.1 that was released on 2018-07-17.The list of most recent or the one released prior PSU/RUs:
The patching for 12.1.0.1 ended 2 years ago (2016-08-31).