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Certification Information for Oracle Database on Linux x86-64 (Doc ID

1304727.1)

Modified: 03-Mar-2014 Type: REFERENCE

In this Document

Purpose

Details  Certification Information for Oracle Database on Linux x86-64

  Platform Information

  Product Information

  Release Information

  Certification Details for Specific Releases

References

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 and later

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 and later

Oracle Database - Personal Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 and later

Linux x86-64

PURPOSE

This document collects into one place all the individual platform and certification notes for Database on Linux x86-64

that were in the older My Oracle Support certification system. This document can be used as a standalone reference

and index to important details about the certification of all active Database releases on the Linux x86-64 platform. In

addition, all individual certifications will refer to this note so there is a single consistent source of certification details.

DETAILS

Certification Information for Oracle Database on

Linux x86-64

This document contains general information pertaining to all releases of the Oracle Database, and information about

individual releases

Platform Information

Processor Chip Information:

Linux x86-64, support on AMD64/EM64T and Intel Processor Chips that adhere to the x86-64 architecture with

supported Linux releases.

Running 32-bit Linux x86 Oracle Database server on Linux x86-64 AMD64/EM64T (64-bit OS) is not supporte

.

32-bit Client software:

The only release of 32-bit RDBMS Client software that will properly install on an x86_64 Linux OS syste

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is 11.2.

32-bit client software from any earlier Oracle Database release (9.2, 10.1, 10.2 or 11.1) is NOT

supported and will NOT install on any x86_64 Linux OS system

Oracle 32-bit running on AMD64/EM64T with a 32-bit OS is supported, refer to platform Linux x86 for

more information on product availability.

OS Information:

Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel information:

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux is available for x86-64 platforms. It is based on a recent stable mainlineLinux kernel, and also includes optimizations developed in collaboration with Oracle Database, Oracle middlewar

and Oracle hardware engineering teams to ensure stability and optimal performance for the most demanding

enterprise workloads. New releases of Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel occur approximately every 18 months.

 When choosing Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, please be aware of its support schedule and grace periods,

documented here: http://linux.oracle.com/supported.html

ZFS - use of ZFS with Oracle Database on Linux x86-64 is not supported.

For additional information on Linux Operating System support refer to Support of Linux and Oracle Products on

Linux (Doc ID 266043.1).

 Virtualization and Partitioning Information:

Customers should review Supported Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Database and RAC

Product Releases

Oracle Single Instance Databases on Linux with HP Virtual ConnectFlexFabric (FCoE with 10gE technologies) ar

supported.

Product Information

For general information relating to certification for the Oracle Database product, including virtualization,

interoperability, binary compatibility, general release and patch set information, see Core Database

Certification Information (Doc ID 1306539.1).

Release Information

Patch set release information can be found in Release Schedule of Current Database Releases [ID 742060.1]

Certification Details for Specific Releases

NOTE: The details provided here are a summary of the information provided in the Readme and Installation Guides

for the various releases and platforms, provided for your convenience. In a few cases information is included here

before it is published in the Readme. You can tell that this is the case when this document contains details not

found in the Readme or Install Guide. In all other cases, when there is a conflict between this document and the

Readme, you should rely on the Readme / Install Guide.

UPDATES/SPs: When a platform release is certified, all updates to that release (e.g. SP) are considered certified.

For example, if a release is shown as certified with OEL 5, when any SPs are released they are also certified.

12.1

OS versions and minimum levels:

Oracle Linux 6.x

Red Hat compatible Kernel

Update 2 or higher - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R2) 2.6.39-100.5.1 or higher

Update 4 or higher - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R3) 3.8.13-16 or higher

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Oracle Linux 5 Update 6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6

SLES 11 SP2: 3.0.13-0.27 or later

See Oracle Database Installation Guide 12c Release 1 (12.1) for Linux, Chapter 3.7.1 for supported kernels and

package information for all the above Linux versions

11.2

OS versions and minimum levels:

 Asianux 3 SP2 and higher

Oracle Linux 4 Update 7 and higher

Oracle Linux 5 Update 2 and higher

Red Hat compatible Kernel

Update 5 or higher - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R1) 2.6.32-100.28.5.el5.x86_64

or higher

Update 8 and higher - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R2) 2.6.39-100.5.1 or higher

Oracle Linux 6.x - Database 11.2.0.3 and higher

Red Hat compatible Kernel

Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R1) 2.6.32-100.28.5.el6.x86_64 or higher

Update 2 or higher - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R2) 2.6.39-100.5.1 or higher

Update 4 or higher with 11.2.0.4 - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R3) 3.8.13-16 orhigher

Red Hat Enterprise 4 Update 7 and higher

Red Hat Enterprise 5 Update 2 and higher

Update 5 or higher - Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R1) 2.6.32-100.28.5.el5.x86_64

or higher

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x - Database 11.2.0.3 and higher

Red Hat kernel 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 or later

Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK R1) 2.6.32-100.28.5.el6.x86_64 or later

SLES 10 SP2 and higher

SLES 11 or higher

See Oracle Database Installation Guide 11g Release 2 (11.2) for Linux sections 2.3.1 "Operating System

Requirements", 2.3.2 "Kernel Requirements", and 2.3.3 "Package Requirements" for details about minimumrequirements for your specific configuration.

RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for UNIX Platforms

Starting with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2), the Security Enhanced Linux (SE Linux) feature is

supported for Oracle Linux 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Oracle Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

11.1

OS versions and minimum levels

 Asianux 2

 Asianux Server 3.0

Oracle Linux 4

Oracle Linux 5

Red Hat Enterprise 4

Red Hat Enterprise 5

SLES-10

SLES-11

11.1 Linux Installation Guides

See Oracle Database Installation Guide 11g Release 1 (11.1) for Linux for the Minimum Operating System

Requirements.

RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for Linux Clusters

10.2

OS versions and minimum levels

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 Asianux 2

 Asianux Server 3.0

Monta Vista Carrier Grade Edition 5 (Requires 10.2.0.4)

Oracle Linux 4

Oracle Linux 5 (10.2.0.3 or later for RAC)

Red Hat Enterprise 4

Red Hat Enterprise 5 (10.2.0.3 or later for RAC)

SLES-9

SLES-10 (10.2.0.4 or later)

SLES-1110.2 Installation Guides

See Database Installation Guide for Linux x86-64 for the Minimum Operating System Requirements.

RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for Linux Clusters

 Asianux 3.0 notes - For the installationof 10.2 on Asianux Server 3 X86-64 bit platform:

For 10.2.0.1, issue 'runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs' to proceed the installation

For 10.2.0.4, suggest to install asianux-lsb-3.0-4AX.x86_64.rpm before Oracle products installation. For

getting this rpm, visit asianux official website to download.

Oracle Linux 4 notes:

binutils on RHEL4 Update 1 is not available.

Customers need to apply an hotfix available at: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-

oracle/files/RedHat/ choose binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13.0.0.0.2.x86_64.rpmOracle Linux 5 notes:

See Requirements for installing 10gR2 RHEL/OEL 5 (x86_64) (Doc 421308.1).

RHEL4 notes:

binutils on RHEL4 Update 1 is not available.

Customers need to apply a hotfix available from http://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-

oracle/files/RedHat/ choose binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13.0.0.0.2.x86_64.rpm

 SLES-11 notes:

Novell Bug # 517098:

Description: OCFS2 * datavolume problem with Oracle RAC

Fix: Update OCFS2 Kernel module for SLES11 - Download from Novell here

To add SuSE-11 support use "-ignoreSysPrereqs" option. Provide the edits required in orapaparm.ini foboth database & clusterware.

RAC installation - see 10.2 RAC Install issues on Oracle EL5 or RHEL5 or SLES10 (VIPCA / SRVCTL / OU

Failures) (Doc ID: 414163.1)

SLES 2.6.27.19 or later is required

10.1

10.1 is in Extended Support as of February 1, 2009. See Oracle Lifetime Support Policy - Technology for more

details.

OS versions and minimum levels

 Asianux 1

 Asianux 2

Oracle Linux 4

Red Hat Enterprise 2.1

Red Hat Enterprise 3

Red Hat Enterprise 4

SLES 9

SLES 8 (10.1.0.4 or later)

9.2

 All support for 9.2 ended as of July 31, 2010. See Oracle Lifetime Support Policy - Technology for more detail

OS versions and minimum levels

 Asianux 2 (9.2.0.7 minimum)

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Oracle Linux 4

Red Hat Enterprise 3 (9.2.0.4 required, no 9.2.0.5)

Red Hat Enterprise 4 (9.2.0.7 minimum)

SLES 8 (9.2.0.4 minimum - Patches needed for for EMT64T 4261532 & 4233179)

SLES 9 (9.2.0.6 minimum - Patches needed for for EMT64T 4261532 & 4233179)