Oracle Database Maintenance/Clone Page

Changes to the schedules below will be communicated via the email distribution list Oracle.Developers@cloud.dartmouth.edu and Slack for ITC staff members.

Oracle Developers Slack Channel 

Oracle OS Patching Events

Environment Event Date
Non-Production Servers Monthly Patching The Thursday following the 2nd Tuesday of each month (7:00-10:00 AM)
Production Servers Monthly Patching The Thursday of the following week after non-production patching (4:00-7:00 AM)

Pre-production Environment Cloning

Pre-production databases will be cloned on a quarterly basis.  Please note the quarterly schedule follows the financial calendar.

  • Consolidated PreProd aka cons-db01-pre fka "Iron"
  • ETLTST aka etl_db01_pre aka "IRA Test"
  • EBSTST aka ebs_db01_pre aka "Oracle EBS Test"
Status Environment Event Start Date/Time (System Outage) Estimated End Date/Time (System Restored)*
Proposed Pre-Production FY25 Q1 Clone 07/17/2023 7:00 AM 07/19/2023 5:00 PM
Proposed Pre-Production FY25 Q2 Clone 10/09/2023 7:00 AM 10/11/2023 5:00 PM
Proposed Pre-Production FY25 Q3 Clone 01/02/2024 7:00 AM 01/04/2024 5:00 PM
Proposed Pre-Production FY25 Q4 Clone 04/08/2024 7:00 AM 04/10/2024 5:00 PM 
Proposed Pre-Production FY26 Q1 Clone 07/08/2024 7:00 AM 07/10/2024 5:00 PM
Proposed Pre-Production FY26 Q2 Clone 10/07/2024 7:00 AM 10/09/2024 5:00 PM

*Note: The estimated end date and time may vary depending on any issues or unforeseen problems that may come up during the cloning process. 

Development Environment Cloning

Development databases will be cloned on a semi-annual basis.  Please note the semi-annual schedule follows the financial calendar.

  • Consolidated Dev aka cons-db01-dev fka "Zinc"
  • ETLDev aka etl_db01_dev aka "IRA Dev"
  • EBSDev aka ebs_db01_dev aka "Oracle EBS Dev"
Status Environment Event Start Date/Time (System Outage) Estimated End Date/Time (System Restored)*
Scheduled Development FY24 Fall/Winter Clone January 29, 2024 Start Date + 3 Days
Scheduled Development FY24 Spring/Summer Clone July 25, 2024 Start Date + 3 days

*Note: The estimated end date and time may vary depending on any issues or unforeseen problems that may come up during the cloning process. 

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