This article was originally published on May 18, 2020
EDB Postgres Advanced Server (Database Server 9.6.18.25)
This update is notifying you of a new software release EDB Postgres™ Advanced Server 9.6.18.25. EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.6 is built on the open source PostgreSQL 9.6, which introduces an impressive number of improvements that enable databases to scale up and scale out in more efficient ways. PostgreSQL 9.6 also includes new monitoring capabilities that offer more visibility into the internal operations of the system such as vacuum progress monitoring and exposure of low level wait states in pg_stat_statements.
PostgreSQL has now introduced a common YUM repository, details of which can be found in this newsletter: https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2027/
Highlights of 9.6.18.25 release include:
- Merge with community release 9.6.18
- More information about this and other fixes in community PostgreSQL can be found https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2038/ and https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release-9-6-18.html
- For Linux, Merge with OpenSSL 1.1.1g library.
- On Windows, OpenSSL 1.0.2v is supported.
- The sslutils 1.3 version, which is a Postgres extension that provides SSL certificate generation functions to Advanced Server.
- Please note that this is the last release supporting UpdateMonitor and it will be deprecated from the forthcoming releases.
- DB-225 - Fix get_actual_variable_range() to cope with broken HOT chains.
This announcement is for EDB customers who are using, or are interested in, EDB Postgres Advanced Server and have a database subscription purchased for:
- EDB Postgres Enterprise Edition
HOW TO GET THE SOFTWARE
This update is available via StackBuilder Plus.
This update is also available as an RPM and SLES package that can be downloaded from the yum.enterprisedb.com and https://zypp.enterprisedb.com/ repository respectively.
To setup your credentials and gain access to the yum repository, please submit a request: https://www.enterprisedb.com/repository-access-request.
Please refer the Installation Guide for more details:
- HTML: https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/en/9.6/instguide/toc.html
- PDF: https://get.enterprisedb.com/docs/EDB_Postgres_Advanced_Server_Installation_Guide_v9.6.pdf
If you experience any problems installing the new software please contact Technical Support at:
Email: support@enterprisedb.com
Phone: US: +1-732-331-1320 or 1-800-235-5891
UK: +44-2033719820
Brazil: +55-2139581371
India: +91-20-66449612