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.