Detailed System Requirements
Abstract
This document describes the system requirements for IBM® Db2® for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows®.
Content
The detailed system requirements information is the complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.
There are several versions and editions of the IBM Db2 software. You can use the online evaluation tool to help you decide which edition is best for your environment.
Hardware Embedded Full Virtualization Environment
Db2 supports hypervisors fully embedded in hardware/firmware as long as operating system requirements are met. Some examples are systems equipped with Power Hypervisor, VMware ESX 3i, or Hitachi Virtage.
Note: Any enhancements in hypervisor function that come in the form of separate software are not included in the definition of Hardware Embedded
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Virtualization and Db2 V11.5
Db2 V11.5 (non-pureScale) runs on any operating system (OS) that is virtualized by any virtualization technology that runs on the following platforms:
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IBM Processor Resource/System Manager hypervisor and IBM z/VM and z/KVM on IBM System z.
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IBM PowerVM hypervisor and IBM Workload Partitions on IBM Power Systems.
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VMware, Red Hat KVM, SUSE KVM, Novel, Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure on x86-64 platforms.
OS virtualization that supports Db2 V11.5 is available to enterprise-ready and licensed hypervisors that have the write-thru feature enabled.
Note: This statement does not apply to Db2 pureScale clusters in any Db2 releases. For a detailed list of supported virtualization for pureScale, refer to the reports for each release.
If IBM believes that an issue is specific to a virtualization technology (such as performance or communication with peripheral and hardware components), IBM might require that the customer reproduce the issue in a non-virtualized configuration.
For releases prior to V11.1 see the reports below for each individual release. The hypervisors must be running on hardware supported by the level if Db2 being used. The provided guest host OS level must be supported by the level of Db2 being run.
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Editions (11.5.4)
Db2 Advanced Edition
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Db2 Standard Edition
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Db2 Base Edition
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Editions (11.5)
Db2 Advanced Edition
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Db2 Standard Edition
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Editions (11.1 Mod 1-4)
Advanced Enterprise Server Edition
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Advanced Workgroup Server Edition
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Enterprise Server Edition
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Workgroup Server Edition
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Direct Advanced Edition
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Direct Standard Edition
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Editions (11.1 GA)
Advanced Enterprise Server Edition
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Advanced Workgroup Server Edition
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Enterprise Server Edition
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Workgroup Server Edition
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Direct Advanced Edition
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Direct Standard Edition
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Editions (10.5)
Advanced Enterprise Server Edition
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Advanced Workgroup Server Edition
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Enterprise Server Edition
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Workgroup Server Edition
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Express Edition
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SPCR tool available for all software products
IBM has created a Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) tool where you can locate and find complete lists of supported operating systems, system requirements, prerequisites, and optional supported software for InfoSphere® Optim™ Performance Manager versions.
You can access the tool for any product and obtain the supported operating systems, system requirements, and optional supported software for your product version.
- Click the following link to reach the front page of SPCR: Detailed system requirements for a specific product in SPCR
- Then choose the following options to obtain the supported operating systems, system requirements, and optional supported software for your product version.
- Select the desired product.
- Select the desired version.
- Select your operating system or your product component.
Original Publication Date
26 June 2019
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Modified date:
01 July 2020
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