Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- 1 System Requirements and Limitations
- 2 Supported Architectures
- 3 Shipped Kernels
- 4 New Features and Changes
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Known Issues
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Installation and Upgrade Issues
- Installer kernel fails to boot on systems with a multipath-enabled NVMe controller
- Upgrade from ULN fails if the openscap-containers package is installed
- Graphical installer allows users to edit kickstart settings
- Graphical installer fails to produce error when unacceptable Kdump value is entered
- Graphical installer does not display the reserved memory that is manually set for Kdump
- FCoE boot fails on HPE servers with HPE FlexFabric adapters
- Information about installing on an iSCSI disk
- Information about installing on an HPE 3PAR TPVV
- Installation fails on Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 NVMe device
- Upgrade fails if open files limit is too low and rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit is installed
- 32-bit RDMA packages are installed when upgrading a system that has rdma-core installed
- Package Conflict: PackageKit.i686 and PackageKit.x86_64
- Uninstalling libpcap can result in the removal of a large number of libvirt packages
- Database installation and operation fails if RemoveIPC=yes is configured for systemd
- Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
- File Systems Issues
- ACPI error messages displayed on Dell EMC PowerEdge Server during boot
- grubby fatal error during kernel upgrade when /boot is on a BTRFS subvolume
- Hebrew LaTeX fonts
- InfiniBand CA port generates warnings if disabled
- Kdump fails to start when lockdown is enabled
- Kdump might fail on some AMD hardware
- KVM Issues
- Unable to create Oracle Linux 7 LXC containers on NFS
- Support for Oracle Linux 7 guests on Oracle VM and Xen
- Network Issues
- Power button defaults to ACPI Suspend mode
- sosreport command issues warnings
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Installation and Upgrade Issues
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Installation and Availability
- General Upgrade Information
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Upgrading Oracle-Supported OFED or RDMA Packages
- Upgrading a system with an existing UEK R6 installation
- Upgrading a system with an existing UEK R5 installation to use UEK R6
- Upgrading a system with an existing UEK R5 installation to continue to use UEK R5
- Upgrading a system with an existing UEK R4 installation to use UEK R6
- Upgrading a system with an existing UEK R4 installation to continue to use UEK R4
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Release-Specific Information for Oracle Linux 7.9 (aarch64)
- System Requirements and Limitations (aarch64)
- Shipped Kernel (aarch64)
- New Features (aarch64)
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Known Issues (aarch64)
- Support Limited to Text-Mode Environments and Server Software
- Installation Issues (aarch64)
- btrfs-convert operation results in a file system that cannot be mounted
- Manual execution of shim first-stage boot loader can fail in the UEFI shell
- Kdump tools fail to create a vmcore-dmesg.txt on systems that have multiple CPUs
- Segmentation fault when running bluedevil-wizard
- dsktune command fails with an unsupported error message
- Installation and Availability (aarch64)
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Package Changes from the Upstream Release
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Changes to Binary Packages
- Added Binary Packages for x86_64 by Oracle
- Modified Binary Packages for x86_64
- Modified Optional Binary Packages for x86_64
- Removed Binary Packages for x86_64
- Added Binary Packages by Oracle for aarch64
- Modified Binary Packages
- Modified Optional Binary Packages for aarch64
- Removed Binary Packages for aarch64
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Changes to Source Packages
- Added Source Packages for x86_64 by Oracle
- Modified Source Packages for x86_64
- Modified Optional Source Packages for x86_64
- Removed Source Packages for x86_64
- Added Source Packages for aarch64 by Oracle
- Modified Source Packages for aarch64
- Modified Optional Source Packages for aarch64
- Removed Source Packages for aarch64
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Changes to Binary Packages