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Manageability enhancements for Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, you can modify the following properties of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters (AVMCs) for greater post-provisioning control and improved configuration options:
Use Azure Key Management Service (Azure KMS) to manage Master Encryption Keys in Oracle Database@Azure
In Autonomous AI Database on Oracle Database@Azure, you can use Azure Key Management Service (Azure KMS) to manage Master Encryption Keys in Azure.
Certificate rotation for customer-managed certificates with a buffer time
For a customer-managed database SSL certificate, certificate rotation does not invalidate the existing certificate immediately.
Additional Profile Attributes for the DBMS_CLOUD_AI Package
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, the DBMS_CLOUD_AI package includes the object_list_mode, enforce_object_list, and case_sensitive_values profile attributes.
Select AI Agent memory and interoperability enhancements
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, Select AI Agent supports configurable short-term and long-term memory lengths, along with APIs to describe and run tools, discover agent teams, inspect team capabilities and run state, and set the execution state for…
Autonomous Container Database (ACD) cloning enhancements
Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure supports the following ACD clone types:
View total backup storage for an Autonomous Container Database (ACD)
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, the total ACD backup is calculated and displayed on the Details page of your ACD.
Use a Cross-Tenancy OCI Vault and Master Encryption Key for an Autonomous Container Database (ACD)
On Oracle Public Cloud, you can use a customer-managed master encryption key from an OCI Vault in another tenancy when provisioning a new Autonomous Container Database (ACD). Existing ACDs are not supported.
Oracle API Access Control support
Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure now supports Oracle API Access Control. This feature enables organizations to require approval before users perform selected sensitive management operations through the OCI Console or REST APIs.
X11MV systems available for Autonomous AI Database on Oracle Public Cloud and Multicloud deployments.
Oracle now supports the X11MV infrastructure model for Autonomous AI Database on Oracle Public Cloud and Multicloud deployments.
Additional administrative controls for maintenance and recovery operations
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, you have the following capabilities for greater flexibility and control when performing maintenance and recovery operations:
Use AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer-managed keys with Cross-region Data Guard for Autonomous AI Database on Oracle Database@AWS.
In Autonomous AI Database on Oracle Database@AWS, you can now use AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer-managed keys with Cross-region Data Guard configurations.
Manageability enhancements for Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters and Autonomous Container Databases
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, you can modify the following properties for greater post-provisioning control and improved configuration options.
UX Updates for Autonomous AI Database on Cloud@Customer and Dedicated Infrastructure
The landing page experience for Autonomous AI Database on Cloud@Customer and Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure has been enhanced to improve visibility and simplify management across Autonomous AI Database and Exadata Database Services, and includes the following changes:
New informational events for Autonomous AI Database
With Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure deployments, you can get notified when the password rotation for APEX_PUBLIC_USER and ORDS_PUBLIC_USER either completes successfully or fails to complete.
Availability of new Dynamic Performance Views on Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
You can use Dynamic Performance Views to: View History of statistical summary of system performance metrics
Provision an Autonomous Container Database with 19c or 26ai database software version in the same Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
In Multicloud, for all new Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters (AVMCs) provisioned on Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure after April 7 2026, users will be able to provision both 19c and 26ai database software versions in the same AVMC.
Additional log support for OCI Logging Service
In addition to the available logs on Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, the following logs are available to be used with OCI Logging Service: Unified audit logs for capturing the most accurate record of any database activity
Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure on Oracle Database@Azure
Using Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure on Oracle Database@Azure, you can run Oracle Database workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) managed Exadata Infrastructure within Azure public regions and Availability Zones.
Integrate generative AI capabilities into Python workflows
On Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, you can now use Select AI for Python to access DBMS_CLOUD_AI capabilities in Autonomous AI Database from Python applications.
