The validated service update levels for this distribution are listed below. Depending on availability of critical fixes, the minimum and recommended levels may vary.
DB2 9.5
Distribution Level
Comments
Validated levels
RHEL 3 U1 - 8
Minimum levels *
RHEL 3 U1
Recommended levels **
RHEL 3 U4
* Minimum level - contains fixes that are critical to the stability of DB2.
** Recommended level - contains fixes that are crucial to performance and/or security of DB2
Platform Requirements
The base kernel level and the base library levels listed here are the default levels provided by the Linux Environment in question. Kernel and library levels that differ from this due to update packages provided by the Linux distributor are also supported.
Platform
DB2 Instance
Base Kernel Level
Libraries
Comments
x86
32-bit
2.4.21
glibc-2.3.2
-for updating to DB2 V8 FP10 please update with MI00138
x86_64 AMD64/EM64T
32 and 64-bit
2.4.21
glibc-2.3.2
-for updating to DB2 V8 FP10 please update with MI00141
IA64
64-bit
2.4.21
glibc-2.3.2
-Itanium systems require a minimum of Update 3 of RHEL 3
DB2 Version v8.x and Java Support?
The minimum Service Release Level for the IBM Java SDK are as follows: IBM Java v1.3.1 SR7, v1.4.1 SR1, v1.4.2 SR1
Recommended IBM Java version is 1.4.2
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