Supported Platforms and Requirements for Guardium Data Protection 12.1

Detailed System Requirements

Abstract

This document summarizes the supported databases, operating systems, browsers, recommended hardware, and licensing information for IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1.

Content

For more information about Guardium 12.1, see IBM Documentation for IBM Guardium Data Protection.

Supported platforms for Data Activity Monitoring (DAM), File Activity Monitoring (FAM), and Vulnerability Assessment (VA):

Attention: Guardium Data Protection tries to support new versions of existing data sources as quickly as possible. Typically, new versions are supported within three (3) months of release, but support for some data sources may take longer.

DAM: on-premises and cloud databases

For Guardium version 11.0 and later, most supported platforms information for DAM is available through the Guardium support matrix. Information about data sources supported by data discovery and classification, External S-TAP, Cloud Event Streams, and universal connector is documented in the following sections:

Supported datasources for data discovery and classification

Discovery and classification processes define how Guardium finds and treats sensitive data such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and personal financial information. For more information, access the online IBM Documentation website, select a version, and navigate to Discover > Discover Sensitive Data.

Guardium supports some versions of the following data sources for discovery and classification:

Amazon Redshift
AWS RDS MySQL
AWS RDS PostgreSQL
AWS RDS Oracle
AWS RDS Microsoft SQL Server
AWS MongoDB
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
IBM Db2 for z/OS
IBM D2 for i
IBM Informix
IBM Netezza
MariaDB
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft SQL Server
MongoDB
MySQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL
SAP HANA
Sybase
Sybase IQ
Teradata
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Note: Database vendors are continually updating their software, which makes it difficult to thoroughly validate Guardium support for all releases. As a best practice, we recommend that you validate discovery and classification functionality with specific database releases in a test environment before you deploy to production.

External S-TAP

External Software TAP (S-TAP) is a component of Guardium that can intercept traffic for cloud and on-premises database services without installing an inspection agent on the database server. For more information, see Guardium External S-TAP in the IBM Documentation website.

The External S-TAP service for Cloud Pak for Data can target all databases supported by External S-TAP as well as databases hosted on Cloud Pak for Data for compliance monitoring and data security. For more information, see Guardium External S-TAP in the Cloud Pak for Data content on the IBM Documentation website.

Guardium external S-TAP also supports database container images for the following databases.

Datasources	Supported versions	Notes
Amazon Aurora Mysql	All versions	Available for Amazon RDS cloud.
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL	All versions	Available for Amazon RDS cloud.
Amazon Redshift	All versions	Available for Amazon Redshift.
Amazon DynamoDB	All versions	Available for Amazon DynamoDB
AWS Fargate	All versions	Available for AWS Fargate
CockroachDB	20.1.1, 23.x	Available for on-premises
Db2	9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, 11.5	Available for on-premises and for IBM cloud. Native encryption (DATA_ENCRYPT) not supported.
Db2 Warehouse (SSL enabled and non-SSL enabled)	9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1	Available for on-premises and for IBM cloud. Native encryption (DATA_ENCRYPT) not supported.
Elasticsearch	6.8, 7.4	Elastic search 6.8 available on IBM cloud. Elastic search 7.4 available on AWS.
ElastiCache for Redis	All versions	Available for AWS.
Greenplum	6.1	Available for on-premises.
Google BigQuery	All versions	Available for Google cloud.
Google Cloud SQL	All versions	Available for on-premises and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
MariaDB (SSL enabled and non-SSL enabled)	10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.11, 11.x	Available for on-premises and for Amazon RDS cloud. Work with proxy protocol v2 supported S-TAP.
MemSQL	7.0	Available for on-premises.
Microsoft SQL Server (SSL enabled only)	All Versions	Available for on-premises and for Microsoft Azure cloud, Amazon RDS cloud, and GoogleCloud SQL SSL-enabled encrypted connections are supported (including Force Protocol Encryption).
MongoDB (SSL enabled and non-SSL enabled)	3.x through 7.0.x	Available for on-premises, IBM cloud, AWS, and Azure.
MongoDB Atlas	N/A	Available for IBM cloud, AWS, and Azure.
MySQL (SSL enabled and non-SSL enabled)	5.6, 5.7, 8.x	Available for on-premises, IBM cloud, AWS, Azure and Amazon RDS cloud, and GoogleCloud SQL.
Netezza Performance Server	11.2	Available for on-premises.
Oracle (SSL enabled and non-SSL enabled)	12.1, 19c, 21c, 23ai, 23c (on-premises and autonomous cloud)	Available for on-premises and for Amazon RDS cloud. Note: Oracle ASO (native network encryption) is not supported.
Oracle Autonomous Database	All versions	Available for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
PostgreSQL (SSL enabled and non-SSL enabled)	All versions	Available for: IBM cloud, Amazon AWS Cloud (including RDS), Azure, and GoogleCloud SQL. On-premises. Windows Active Directory is supported for authentication.
Redis	All versions of 4.0, version 5.0, 7.x	Available for on-premises , AWS ElastiCache (Redis and Memcached), AWS, IBM Cloud
S3	All versions	Available for AWS.
SAP HANA	2.0, SPS4, 45, SPS 7	Available for on-premises for encrypted traffic.
Snowflake DB	All versions - Snowflake Services	Available for Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS.
SQL Data Warehouse	All versions	Available for Microsoft Azure cloud.
Sybase	All versions of 15.0 and 16.0	Available for on-premises.
Sybase IQ	All versions of 15.0 and 16.0	Available for on-premises.
Teradata	Non-SSL: all versions. SSL-enabled: 17.0 and later
Vertica	All versions	Available for on-premises.

Cloud Event Streams

Guardium supports the following data sources for data streaming with cloud data service protection. For more information, see Cloud database service protection.

AWS Kinesis

AWS datasource	Version	Support
AuroraMySQL	5.7.mysql_aurora.2.07.2	Datastreams only
AuroraPostgreSQL	11.9	Datastreams only
Oracle	12, 18	Native audit only
Oracle	19	Datastreams and Native audit
RDS MS SQL Server	MS SQL Server 2022	Datastream only

Azure Event Hubs

Azure datasource	Version
AzureSQL	Microsoft SQL Azure (RTM) - 12.0.2000.8
CosmosSQL	Default version
CosmosMongoDB	Default version
CosmosCassandra	Default version
CosmosGremlin	Default version
CosmosTable	Default version

Universal Connector Plug-ins

Guardium provides prepackaged plug-ins for the Guardium universal connector. For more information, see Guardium universal connector.

For a list of prepackaged plug-ins for the Guardium Universal Connector, see Universal Connectors.

FAM: monitoring, discovery, and classification

With the Guardium File Activity Monitor, you can monitor, discover, and classify sensitive data residing in files and directories. For more information about platforms, servers, and devices supported for file monitoring, see Guardium Supported Platforms for Files.

Vulnerability Assessment

If you have a VA license, you can access the Vulnerability Assessment menus from Guardium. For more information, see Introducing Guardium Vulnerability Assessment.

Datasources	Supported versions
Amazon DynamoDB	All Versions – AWS Services
Amazon RDS data sources	Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Amazon Redshift	All versions - AWS services
Apache Cassandra	3.11, 4.0, 4.1
Aster	6, 6.1
Aurora PostgreSQL	All Versions – AWS Services
Azure SQL DB	All versions - Azure services
Cloudera Hadoop (includes Cloudera Manager and Hive)	All versions of 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
CockroachDB	23.2, 24.1 (On-Prem and Amazon EC2)
Couchbase	6.0, 6.5, 6.6, 7.0
DataStax Cassandra	5.1, 6.0, 6.7
EDB PostgreSQL	14.6
IBM Db2 (Linux, Unix, and Windows)	9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, 11.5
IBM DB2 for i	6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
IBM Db2 for z/OS	10, 11, 12, 13
IBM Informix	11.50, 11.70, 12.10, 14.10
IBM Netezza	6.0, 6.02, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
MariaDB	10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8
Microsoft SQL Server	2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
MongoDB	4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 5.0, 6.0
Neo4j	4.2, 5.24
Oracle	12.1, 19c, 21c (includes on-premises and autonomous cloud)
Oracle MySQL	5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 8.0
Percona MySQL	8.0
PostgreSQL	All versions of 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0
SAP HANA	1.0, 2
SAP Sybase ASE	15.7, 16
SAP Sybase IQ	15.4, 16
Snowflake	All versions of Snowflake services
Teradata	14.10, 15, 15.10, 16, 17
Yugabyte	2.21 ( Amazon EC2)

Supported browsers, hardware, and system requirements for virtual machines (VM):

Supported web browsers

The Guardium UI supports the following web browsers and display resolutions:

Microsoft Edge version 90.0.818.56 and later
Firefox ESR 52 and later
Chrome 70 and later
Display resolution 1366 x 768 or greater

Hardware and virtual machines

Guardium is available as a hardware or software offering, ensuring easy deployment in a wide variety of environments. As a hardware offering, the solution comes with licensed software fully loaded and tested on a physical appliance provided by IBM (hardware appliance). When delivered as a software offering, the solution comes as software images ready for deployment by the user on their own hardware (software appliance), either directly or as virtual appliances.

IBM Guardium can be installed on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, VMware Virtualization, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Nutanix AHV. For more information about technical requirements, see Guardium Appliance Technical Requirements.

Product capabilities, part numbers, and licensing information:

Guardium Data Protection offers products and parts that are licensed by using metrics that are based on licensing models.

Use cases

Use cases and capabilities	Products and parts
Data Activity Monitoring for data sources that are on-premises and are distributed (LUW/AIX/HPUX/iSeries and others)	IBM Security Guardium Data Protection for Databases, IBM Security Guardium Data Protection for Data Warehouse, IBM Security Guardium Data Protection for Big Data, IBM Security Guardium Data Protection for SAP HANA
Data Activity Monitoring (DAM) for data sources (IaaS or PaaS) that are in the Cloud (or containerized) or on Z	IBM Security Guardium Data Protection for Database Services
Vulnerability Assessment (VA) for data sources either on-premises, on Z, or in the Cloud	IBM Security Guardium Vulnerability Assessment for Databases
File Activity Monitoring (FAM) for Unstructured data sources	IBM Security Guardium Data Protection for Files
Datasource Discovery, Data Discovery, and Classification	Included as part of the DAM or VA products

Note: To extend your coverage on IBM Z environments, you must use a separate set of parts.

License Management

For more information about how to apply licenses, see Licenses to set up a Guardium system.

Datasources

Guardium offers monitoring solutions for several types of data sources, including databases, data warehouses, file systems, big data platforms, and z/OS.

Company	Monitored product	Datasource Type	Guardium Product
Apache Software	CouchDB	NoSQL	Data Protection for Big Data
Apache Software	Cassandra	NoSQL	Data Protection for Big Data
Cloud-based datasources (DB-as-a-service)	AWS S3 and others	Database services	Data Protection for Database Services
Cloudera	Cloudera	Hadoop	Data Protection for Big Data
DataStax	DataStax Enterprise	NoSQL	Data Protection for Big Data
EMC	GreenPlum DB	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
EMC	GreenPlum HD	Hadoop	Data Protection for Big Data
EMC	Pivotal	Hadoop	Data Protection for Big Data
Generic	HTTP	Application protocol	Data Protection for Databases
Generic	FTP	File system protocol	Data Protection for Files
Hortonworks	Hortonworks	Hadoop	Data Protection for Big Data
HP	HP Vertica	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
HP	HP-UX file system	File system	Data Protection for Files
IBM	IBM Cloud Pak for Data	Database services	Data Protection for Database Services
IBM	IBM Db2	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM Db2 pureScale	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM PureFlex System	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM DB2 for i	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM Informix	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM Db2 for z/OS	Database	Data Protection for z/OS (Db2)
IBM	IBM Db2 Analytic Accelerator for z/OS	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for z/OS (Db2)
IBM	IBM Db2 Warehouse	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
IBM	IBM IMS	Database	Data Protection for z/OS (IMS)
IBM	IBM z/OS Data sets (VSAM, XDAP, BDAM, BSAM, QSAM, BPAM, ISAM, OAM)	File system	Data Protection for z/OS (Data sets)
IBM	IBM PureData System for Transaction (PDTX)	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM PureApplication System	Database	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM Netezza	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
IBM	IBM PureData for Analytics	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
IBM	IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics (PDOA)	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
IBM	IBM BLU Acceleration	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
IBM	IBM BigInsights	Hadoop	Data Protection for Big Data
IBM	IBM InfoSphere Optim Archival	Database Tool	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM Master Data Management	Database Tool	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	IBM Data Stage	Database Tool	Data Protection for Databases
IBM	AIX file system	File system	Data Protection for Files
IBM	AIX GPFS	File system	Data Protection for Files
MariaDB Foundation	MariaDB	Database	Data Protection for Databases
MemSQL Inc.	MemSQL	NoSQL	Data Protection for Big Data
Microsoft	MS SQL Server	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Microsoft	MS SQL Server Cluster	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Microsoft	Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS)	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Databases
Microsoft	Windows File Share (WFS)	File system Protocol	Data Protection for Files
Microsoft	MS file system	File system	Data Protection for Files
MongoDB	MongoDB	NoSQL	Data Protection for Big Data
Novell	SuSe file system	File system	Data Protection for Files
Oracle	Oracle Database	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Oracle	Oracle Database RAC	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Oracle	Oracle Sun MySQL	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Oracle	Oracle Sun MySQL Cluster	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Oracle	Oracle Exadata	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL	Database	Data Protection for Databases
Red Hat	Red Hat file system	File system	Data Protection for Files
SAP	SAP Sybase ASE	Database	Data Protection for Databases
SAP	SAP Sybase IQ	Database	Data Protection for Databases
SAP	SAP HANA	In-memory Database	Data Protection for SAP HANA
SAP	SAP HANA Appliance	In-memory Data Warehouse	Data Protection for SAP HANA
Teradata	Teradata	Data Warehouse	Data Protection for Data Warehouses
Teradata	Teradata Aster DB	Hadoop	Data Protection for Big Data
Ubuntu	Ubuntu file system	File system	Data Protection for Files

Cloud deployment, supported enterprise applications for monitoring, and end of service information:

Guardium Deployment on Cloud

Guardium supports deployment on several cloud platforms.

For more information about deploying Guardium on Amazon AWS, Google, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle OCI, see Deploying Guardium in the Cloud.

For more information about deploying IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment on Amazon RDS, see Deploy IBM Guardium VA on Amazon RDS.

Application Monitoring

Guardium identifies potential fraud by tracking activities of users who access critical tables by using multitier enterprise applications rather than direct access to the database. This technique is especially important for applications that use connection pooling where all user traffic is aggregated within a few database connections, which masks the identity of users.

Guardium offers support for major enterprise applications (see table), and provides built-in tools to configure and add user identification for niche application and home-grown applications. Note: most applications require some basic configuration to tailor the solution to your environment.

Supported Enterprise Applications	Supported Application Server Platforms for other enterprise and custom developed applications
Oracle E-Business Suite	IBM Websphere
PeopleSoft	BEA WebLogic
Siebel	Oracle Application Server(AS)
SAP	JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Cognos	Based on customer demand
BusinessObjects Web Intelligence	Based on customer demand

End of service information

Guardium supports database and operating system versions up to their End-of-Service (EOS), Premier, or Mainstream support end dates. For more information about IBM systems, see Software lifecycle.

For other vendors, contact your vendor representative to confirm their support end dates.

IBM offers optional extended service support after EOS. Contact your IBM representative for further information. Guardium supports the hardware system it is running on up to the End-of Marketing (EOM) date plus 5 years or end of support date, whichever is sooner.

Note: Not all functionality is available in all configurations.

Contact an IBM Sales representative by using the following link: https://www.ibm.com/connect/ibm/us/en/?lnk=fcw

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