Ephemeral Packaging for Oracle Databases

For Oracle databases, two new backup restore methods are available that allow teams to create a temporary, or ephemeral, Ref DB for packaging changes. The functionality uses Oracle’s multi-tenant technology and requires the first database in the pipeline to be a pluggable database (PDB). A copy is created of this database during the packaging operation. Scripts eligible for packaging are applied to the copied database and the copy is destroyed at the end of the packaging operation. There are options to create the ephemeral database in the same CDB container as the first database in the pipeline using the BackupRestoreOracleEphemeralInternalPdb backup restore method or to create the copy in a second, or external CDB container using the BackupRestoreOracleEphemeralExternalPdb backup restore method.

Associated Tickets: DAT-13287

Associated Documentation: https://datical-cs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDOC/pages/3623649281

Labels Filter added to Reports in DMC

A new column for Labels and an accompanying filter are available in the DMC under the Reports section. The label column allows users to search reports by script name or any other labels being used by the pipeline, such as release or ticket number.

Associated Tickets: DAT-16057

Update of Oracle Instant Client and SQLPlus

Customers using Oracle should note that the Oracle Instant Client packaged with Liquibase Enterprise has been updated from 12c to 19c in Release 8.6. Customers using a SQLPlus native executor hosted outside the Liquibase Enterprise installation should consider updating their client to a 19c version as new versions of Oracle may not be compatible with the 12c client.

Associated Tickets: DAT-16005