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Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22

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Abstract

This document details the hardware & software requirements for Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22.

Content

IBM Storage Protect for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22 supports valid Oracle environments that meet all requirements defined by that product, and also meet the specific requirements listed in this document.


This document is divided into linked sections for ease of navigation. Use the following links to jump to the section of the document that you require.


 

Note: The product now known as IBM Storage Protect was named IBM Spectrum Protect in levels earlier than 8.1.19. To learn more about the brand change, see IBM Spectrum brand change to IBM Storage.



 

Software requirements

The following information describes the minimum operating system and software requirements when you use Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22.
Note: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22 is updated only for Microsoft Windows platform.

 

Operating systems

Table 1. Coverage matrix for supported operating systems
Data Protection for Oracle
Operating systems (64-bit) Release 8.1
Latest fix pack 8.1.22 (Microsoft Windows platform)
Latest fix pack 8.1.19 (Unix platforms)
IBM AIX platform AIX 7.1 and later TL levels and fix packs
AIX 7.2 and later TL levels and fix packs
AIX 7.3 and later TL levels and fix packs (beginning with 8.1.13)
HP Itanium platform HP-UX 11iv3, and later mod levels and fix packs
Linux x86_64 platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.0, and later mod levels and fix packs (beginning with 8.1.9)
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 15.0, and later mod levels and fix packs (beginning with 8.1.9)
Linux on System z platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Update 2, and later mod levels and fix packs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11.0, and later mod levels and fix packs  
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12.0, and later mod levels and fix packs
Solaris SPARC platform Solaris 10, and later mod levels and fix packs Solaris 11, and later mod levels and fix packs
Solaris x86_64 platform Solaris 10, and later mod levels and fix packs
Solaris 11, and later mod levels and fix packs
Windows platform Windows Server 2012, or later Service Pack levels: Essential x64, Standard x64, or Datacenter x64 editions
Windows Server 2012 R2, or later Service Pack levels: Essential x64, Standard x64, or Datacenter x64 editions
Windows Server 2016, or later Service Pack levels: Standard x64, or Datacenter x64 editions
Windows Server 2019, or later Service Pack levels: Standard x64, or Datacenter x64 editions (beginning with 8.1.9)
Windows Server 2022, or later Service Pack levels: Standard x64, or Datacenter x64 editions (beginning with 8.1.13)


 

Applications

Table 2. Coverage matrix for supported applications
Data Protection for Oracle
Applications (64-bit) Release 8.1
Latest fix pack 8.1.22 (Microsoft Windows platform)
Latest fix pack 8.1.19 (Unix platforms)
On IBM AIX platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
On HP Itanium platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
Oracle 21c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0)
On Linux x86_64 platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
Oracle 21c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0)
On Linux on System z platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
On Solaris SPARC platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
On Solaris x86_64& platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
On Windowsx64 platform Oracle 11gR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 12cR2: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels
Oracle 18c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2)
Oracle 19c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.9.0)
Oracle 21c: Standard or Enterprise Server, and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0)


 

Operating Environments

The following operating environments are also supported:

  • Oracle Real Application Clusters as supported by the level of Oracle used in your environment
  • Solaris 10 and 11 global zones as supported by the Oracle database used in your environment
  • Solaris 10 and 11 nonglobal (local) zones as supported by the Oracle database used in your environment

     

Installation prerequisites

  • For the Linux x86_64 platform, Linux on Z, Solaris SPARC, and Solaris x86_64 platforms:
    The following prerequisites are required by the product installer:
    • Java JRE 8 and later 8.x levels
        
  • Windows x64 platform
    The following prerequisites are also required, and are installed automatically by Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22, if not already present on your machine.
    • 64-bit Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package
      Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
      .....\ISSetupPrerequisites\ "{915387C3-E260-4985-861D-E7A891A4F74B} "\vcredist_x64.exe
      Note: The installation package includes the previous prerequisites, which are installed automatically if not already installed onto the system. Installation of these prerequisites might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that these prerequisites are installed before you start the Data Protection for Oracle installation process.


 

More software requirements

  • On all 64-bit platforms: 64-bit IBM Storage Protect API 8.1.22 or later update levels, releases, and versions
    Note: The 64-bit IBM Storage Protect API 8.1.22 is included and automatically installed with Data Protection for Oracle on 64-bit platforms.
     
  • All platforms: Any Tivoli Storage Manager or IBM Storage Protect Server currently in support, which is supported by the version of the IBM Storage Protect API Client, or IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client, used in the environment
    Note: IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client or API and Server compatibility information see: IBM Storage Protect Server-Client Compatibility and Upgrade Considerations
     
  • All platforms except Windows and AIX: IBM or Oracle Java 8, and later mod levels and fix packs
     

The following software is required for usage of IBM Storage Protect Central Scheduling:

  • On all 64-bit platforms except for Solaris SPARC and HPUX:
    • 64-bit IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client 8.1.22 or later update levels, releases, and versions.
    • For Solaris SPARC, use the latest 7.1.x 64-bit IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client supported by Solaris SPARC, which as of this writing is 7.1.6.
    • For HPUX, use the latest 7.1.x 64-bit IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client supported by HPUX, which as of this writing is 7.1.6.


 

Virtualization support

Information regarding the virtualization environments supported by IBM Storage Protect for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle is documented here: IBM Storage Protect and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager guest support for virtual machines and virtualization.



 

Hardware requirements

The following information describes the minimum hardware and disk space requirements when you use Data Protection for Oracle.
 

Table 3. Minimum hardware requirements
On AIX platform Minimal requirement
System
  • IBM system p
  • IBM system i
  • Compatible hardware supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 75 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 12 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
On HP Itanium platform Minimal requirement
System
  • 64-bit HP Integrity Server (Itanium) or later
  • Compatible hardware supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 25 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 11 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
Note: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirements prerequisites detailed in the Installation prerequisites section of this document are installed before you start the Data Protection for Oracle installation process.
On Linux x86_64 platform Minimal requirement
System
  • 64-bit x86 based PC architecture hardware (such as Pentium)
  • 64-bit AMD64/EM64T architecture hardware
  • Compatible hardware supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 20 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 10 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
Note: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirements prerequisites detailed in the Installation prerequisites section of this document are installed before you start the Data Protection for Oracle installation process.
On Linux on System z platform Minimal requirement
System
  • Any System z machine that is supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 20 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 13 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
Note: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirements prerequisites detailed in the Installation prerequisites section of this document are installed before you start the Data Protection for Oracle installation process.
On Solaris Sparc platform Minimal requirement
System
  • Sun-4 SPARC, or newer hardware
  • Compatible hardware supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 20 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 10 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
On Solaris x86_64 platform Minimal requirement
System
  • Systems based on x86-64 processor architecture such as Intel 64 or AMD64
  • Compatible hardware supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 20 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 10 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
On Windows x64 platform Minimal requirement
System
  • Compatible hardware supported by the operating system and Oracle
Disk space
  • A minimum of 80 MB of disk space
  • Optionally: At least 25 MB disk space for prerequisites included in the installation package (which are installed automatically if they are not already installed on the system).
  • Optionally: At least 5 MB of disk space for each language lack to be installed (there are 9 available).
Note: The installation package includes the previous referenced prerequisites, which are installed automatically if not already installed onto the system. Installation of the prerequisite might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirements prerequisites detailed in the Installation prerequisites section of this document are installed before you start the Data Protection for Oracle installation process.



 

IBM Storage Protect for Databases

Where to download IBM Storage Protect for Databases

The IBM Storage Protect for Databases download document provides information about how and where to obtain the IBM Storage Protect for Databases 8.1.22 packages, see Download Information: IBM Storage Protect for Databases 8.1.22.

Note: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22 is a component of IBM Storage Protect for Databases 8.1.22.


 

Hardware and Software requirements for other releases of IBM Storage Protect for Databases

The hardware and software requirements for other releases and fix packs for all IBM Storage Protect for Databases components are located in the website: Requirements Documents: IBM Storage Protect for Databases.


 

Known Issues and Limitations

The known issues and limitations in all 8.1.x levels of IBM Storage Protect for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle are located in the website: Known Issues and Limitations: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.x.

 

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