A brand-new ODA X11-L straight from the factory refused to provision. The cause: the shipped system/DCS stack was out of step with the Grid Infrastructure clone baked into the image - and the GI version string couldn't even be parsed. Here is the full diagnosis and the fix (Bug 38899107).

Two days of Oracle conference at an amusement park in the Lüneburg Heath, a detour through Hamburg, and a community that makes every trip worthwhile. My wrap-up from DOAG Database & APEX Connect 2026.