Why multiple Infrastructure patches QDFSP?
The July full stack patch contains this:
├── Infrastructure
│ ├── 24.1.14.0.0
│ │ ├── ExadataDatabaseServer_OL8
│ │ │ ├── p38038644_241000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ │ └── README.html
│ │ ├── ExadataDatabaseServer_OVS
│ │ │ ├── p38038645_241000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ │ └── README.html
│ │ ├── ExadataStorageServerPatch
│ │ │ ├── p38148925_241000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ │ └── README.html
│ │ └── FabricSwitch
│ │ ├── p38038646_2411400_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ └── README.txt
│ ├── 25.1.7.0.0
│ │ ├── ExadataDatabaseServer_OL8
│ │ │ ├── p38038718_251000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ │ └── README.html
│ │ ├── ExadataDatabaseServer_OVS
│ │ │ ├── p38038719_251000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ │ └── README.html
│ │ ├── ExadataStorageServerPatch
│ │ │ ├── p38148948_251000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ │ └── README.html
│ │ └── FabricSwitch
│ │ ├── p38038720_251000_Linux-x86-64.zip
│ │ └── README.txt
I'm quite desperate to understand why there are 2 different patch versions. 24.1.14.0.0 and 25.1.7.0.0
Why would I choose one over the other?
We run 19c and are not ready to move to 23ai yet. I need to patch, but I've never quite understood why the quarterly package has multiple versions in it.