VMware Postgres v12.6 Release Notes
This document describes features, fixes, and known issues in VMware Postgres v12.6.1.
Software Component Versions
| VMware Postgres Version | Component | Component Version |
|---|---|---|
| 12.6.1 | PostgreSQL | 12.6 |
| pgBackRest | 2.31 | |
| pg_auto_failover | 1.4.0 | |
| Patroni | 1.6.5 | |
| psqlODBC | 11.01-0000 | |
| pgjdbc | 42.2.18 | |
| PL/Java | 1.5.7 | |
| PL/R | 8.4.1 | |
| Orafce | 3.13.4 | |
| PostGIS with psycopg2 (v2.8.6), geos (v3.8.1), proj (v4.9.3), gdal (v2.4.4) |
2.5.5 |
Features
VMware Postgres 12.6.1 updates the PostgreSQL database version to 12.6. Postgres version 12.6 fixes an important issue:
- CVE-2021-3393: Fix information leakage in constraint-violation error messages
Version 12.6 also includes numerous bug fixes and improvements, as highlighted in E.1.2. Changes.
This VMware Postgres release includes pg_auto_failover 1.4.0, enabling high availability configurations.
This release deprecates Patroni as the preferred HA solution. Existing Patroni customers are encouraged to migrate to pg_auto_failover. See Migrating from Patroni High Availability to pg_auto_failover.
Upgrading to VMware Postgres 12.6
See Installing or Upgrading VMware Postgres for information about the RPM package contents and upgrade instructions.
Known Issues and Limitations
- 884 - pg_auto_failover does not support extra table spaces.
- You cannot install VMware Postgres alongside an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux PostgreSQL installation.
- VMware does not support using the deprecated XML2 module.
- All software components in this release, including the client ODBC and JDBC drivers, are supported only on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7 and CentOS 7 systems.