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Detailed System Requirements for v11.3 of the IBM InfoSphere Optim Solutions and Oracle as a Data Source DBMS

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Abstract

This document provides information about prerequisites for the IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ solutions and their features. Requirements for using Oracle as a data source DBMS are provided as well.

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Supported data sources

Click on the DBMS name in the tabs below for the detailed system requirements page for it.

The Optim solutions support data sources heterogeneously. That is, a solution can generally process a business object that consists of data from one or more data sources or extract data from one data source or DBMS and insert it in another.

To prevent inadvertent deletion or alteration of data from system tables for your relational database management system, your Optim solution cannot be used in INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE processing against these tables.

Note that Optim does not currently support Temporal Tables in any data source.

Oracle for the Optim Directory Requirements

For Optim 11.3 solutions that use Optim Designer and Optim Manager, the Optim directory and the IBM InfoSphere Optim Connection Manager database must be Unicode and are supported on the following database management systems only.

In DB2, certain directory tables require an 8K tablespace. The default size for DB2 is 4K. Ensure that the directory owner has authorization to an 8K tablespace or that a specific 8K tablespace is specified when installing or upgrading.

DB2® for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Oracle SQL Server

v9.5 (FP10 or later)

v11gR1 (11.1.0.7 or later)

2008 R1

v9.7

v11gR2 (11.2)

2008 R2

v10.1

12cR1 and 12cR2

See note 1 below

Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.6

2012

v10.5

18C

See note 1 below

Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.8

2014

v11.1

Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.5

19C

See note 1 below

Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.8

2016

Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.5
v11.5
Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.8 with intermediate fix (iFix) 023-A. See "How to Add Toleration of IBM® Db2 11.5 to IBM® InfoSphere Optim 11.3" for detailed installation instructions.

2017

Minimum required level of Optim is 11.3.0.7

Note 1: These versions of Oracle are not supported for the Optim Directory for Optim Server running on Solaris.

Oracle as a Data Source Requirements

 

Supported Oracle character sets.

 
Version Support Level Comments

8.1.7

Supported

Optim 11.3 does not support the download of sample data to Oracle 8.1.7.

9.2

Supported

10.1

Supported

Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE data type.

10.2

Supported

Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE data type.

11gR1

Supported

Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE, DICOM Medical Image, 3D Spatial, and RFID tag data types.

11gR2

Supported

Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE, DICOM Medical Image, 3D Spatial, and RFID tag data types.

12cR1

12cR2

Supported

Support for Oracle 12c was added in 11.3.0.6.

Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE, DICOM Medical Image, 3D Spatial, and RFID tag data types.

In Oracle 12c R2, support for long object names was added. Optim does not currently support > 63 character object (tables, columns, etc.) names.

Oracle 12c on SUSE is supported at Optim 11.3.0.7 and higher.

Oracle 12c is not supported by Optim Server running on Solaris.
18C Supported
Support for Oracle 18c was added in 11.3.0.8.
Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE, DICOM Medical Image, 3D Spatial, and RFID tag data types.
Oracle 18c is not supported by Optim Server running on Solaris.
19c Supported
Support for Oracle 19c was added in 11.3.0.8.
Optim 11.3 does not support the BFILE, DICOM Medical Image, 3D Spatial, and RFID tag data types.
Oracle 19c is not supported by Optim Server running on Solaris.

Support levels

The support level for a version of a database is toleration or supported.

If a database is provided at a toleration level, the Optim solution can connect to the data source. The Optim solution also supports data types and features supported in previous releases of the solution but does not support all features of the data source.

If a data source is supported, the Optim solution also:

  • Supports processing of the most common data types for the data source
  • Might support or exploit other new features of the data source
In addition, for relational databases, the Optim solution supports extracting object definitions for the database as well as preserving and using (with the Optim create utility) extracted objects.

Requirements for Included Products

Use the following links to view additional requirements for each product included in version 11.3 of IBM InfoSphere Optim solutions.

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Modified date:
08 July 2021

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