Behavior Changes Deprecated and Desupported Features

Learn about behavior changes and features, commands, and functionality that are deprecated or desupported in Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF).

Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Support is Deprecated in Release 18.3.0

Starting with release 18.3.0, Oracle Orachk and Oracle Exachk EBS checks are deprecated but remain supported until approximately release 19.3.0, when they will be desupported and removed. Use the EBS Analyzers available through My Oracle Support for all EBS health checks.

Oracle Database Quality of Service (QoS) Management is Deprecated and Desupported in Release 19c

Oracle Database Quality of Service Management is deprecated and desupported beginning with Oracle Database 19c because modern systems provide comparable resource-management capabilities and Autonomous Health Framework offers enhanced health recommendations and mitigation.

Deprecated tfactl Upload Commands in Release 20.2

In release 20.2, wallet-based and user-based tfactl upload commands, along with MOS and database upload configuration commands, were deprecated. Oracle recommends using the newer generic upload mechanism for diagnostic data.

Deprecated SRDC in Release 20.2

The dbblockcorruption SRDC was deprecated in AHF release 20.2.

Deprecated tfactl Commands in Release 21.1

Beginning with release 21.1, AHF functionality exposed through the tfactl command-line interface was deprecated and scheduled for removal in release 22.1. Users should use ahfctl instead for operations including patching, service control, upgrades, uploads, passwords, resource limits, and related administration.

Deprecated Oracle Orachk and Oracle Exachk Commands to Manage Patches in Release 21.1

Beginning with release 21.1, the Oracle Orachk and Oracle Exachk patch-management options applypatch, querypatch, and rollbackpatch were deprecated and scheduled for removal in release 22.1.

Deprecated Oracle Trace File Analyzer Utilities in Release 21.1

The Oracle Trace File Analyzer summary and dbcheck utilities were deprecated in release 21.1 and planned for replacement by new command-line utilities with enhanced functionality.

Deprecated Oracle Trace File Analyzer Receiver in Release 21.1

Beginning with release 21.1, the Oracle Trace File Analyzer Receiver was deprecated and replaced by the enhanced Oracle Autonomous Health Framework Collections Manager.

Deprecated tfactl Commands in Release 22.1.0

In release 22.1.0, tfactl commands for starting, stopping, and checking AHF, sending mail, and displaying the repository were deprecated and removed. Their replacements are the corresponding ahfctl startahf, stopahf, statusahf, sendmail, and showrepo commands.

Deprecated Legacy Oracle Orachk and Oracle Exachk Scheduler Commands in 22.2

Starting with AHF 22.2, legacy Oracle Orachk and Oracle Exachk scheduler options and daemon commands were deprecated, with removal completed in AHF 23.8. Use the autostart, autostop, autostatus, and related replacement commands; obsolete commands may display guidance and invoke equivalents, while scheduler cleanup is supported during upgrades and through the new options.

Deprecated tfactl diagcollect Component in Release 22.3

The tfactl diagcollect dataguard component was deprecated in AHF 22.3. Oracle recommends collecting Data Guard diagnostics with the dbdataguard SRDC instead.

Deprecated ahfctl Commands in Release 23.1.0

Starting with release 23.1.0, ahfctl applypatch, querypatch, and rollbackpatch were deprecated and removed. Use ahfctl applyupdate, queryupdate, and rollbackupdate as their replacements.

Deprecated AHF REST Services

AHF REST services are deprecated and scheduled for desupport in AHF release 24.3.0. To start the services, download ORDS and provide the path to its ords.war file.

Deprecated Oracle Trace File Analyzer Masking in Release 24.1

Beginning with AHF 24.1, the Oracle Trace File Analyzer masking feature was deprecated and may be desupported in a future release. Oracle recommends Adaptive Classification and Redaction for masking or sanitizing sensitive data in collections, enabled globally through tfactl configuration or per collection with the appropriate diagnostic-collection option.

Oracle Database Quality of Service (QoS) Management is Deprecated and Desupported in Release 21c

Oracle Database Quality of Service Management is deprecated and desupported beginning with Oracle Database 21c because comparable resource-management capabilities are increasingly available in deployment platforms and Autonomous Health Framework provides enhanced health analysis and mitigation recommendations.

Autonomous Heath Framework Scope (AHF Scope) Deprecated

The Autonomous Health Framework Scope feature of Cluster Health Advisor is deprecated in Oracle AI Database 26ai as of April 2025. Oracle is discontinuing AHF Scope and recommends using Autonomous Health Framework Insights instead.

Deprecated and Desupported tfactl dbglevel command in Release 25.4.0

The tfactl dbglevel command, formerly used to set Oracle Grid Infrastructure trace levels, was deprecated and desupported in AHF release 25.4.0.
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