3 Requirements

This chapter provides information about the hardware and software required for the installation of Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ and the recommended online documentation. It contains the following sections:

3.1 Hardware Requirements

The following table contains the hardware requirements for Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ.

Table 3-1 Hardware Requirements for Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ

Hardware Items Required for AIX-Based Systems Required for HP-UX Itanium Required for Solaris Required for Linux x86 Required for Linux x86 64 bit Required for Microsoft Windows 32 bit Required for Microsoft Windows 64 bit

Temporary Disk space

400 MB

400 MB

400 MB

400 MB

400 MB

300 MB

300 MB

Disk space

1.5 GB

1.5 GB

1.5 GB

1.5 GB

1.5 GB

300 MB

300 MB

Physical Memory

512 MB

512 MB

512 MB

512 MB

512 MB

512 MB

512 MB

Swap space

1 GB

1 GB

1 GB

1 GB

1 GB

NA

NA

Processor

IBM RS/6000 AIX-Based System Processor

HP Itanium processor for hp-ux 11

Sun Solaris Operating System (SPARC) Processor

Red Hat Linux AS 2.4 Intel Architecture 32 bit

Red Hat Linux AS 2.4 Intel Architecture 32 bit

Intel Pentium or compatible

Intel Pentium or compatible


3.2 Software Requirements

The following table contains the software requirements for Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ.

Table 3-2 Software Requirements for Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ

Platform Requirement WebSphere MQ Server Software

AIX-Based Systems

64 bit only

AIX 5L version 5.3 TL9 or higher, AIX 6.1

OS Patches:

Check with your software vendor for current maintenance requirements.

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ for AIX version 6.0 or later is required. When the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ Client for AIX version 6.0 or later is required on the gateway system.

HP-UX Itanium

64 bit only

HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) or HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)

OS Patches:

Check with your software vendor for current maintenance requirements.

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ for HP-UX version 6.0 or later is required. When the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ Client for HP-UX version 6.0 or later is required on the gateway system.

Sun Solaris Operating System (SPARC)

64 bit only

Solaris 9 Update 6 or laterSolaris 10

OS Patches:

Check with your software vendor for current maintenance requirements.

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ for Sun Solaris version 6.0 or later is required. When the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ Client for Sun Solaris version 6.0 or later is required on the gateway system.

Linux x86

32 bit OS

Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.0

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0

OS Patches:

Check with your software vendor for current maintenance requirements

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ for IA Linux/32 version 6.0 or later is required. When the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ Client for IA Linux/32 version 6.0 or later is required on the gateway system.

Linux x86 64 bit

64 bit OS

Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.0

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0

OS Patches:

Check with your software vendor for current maintenance requirements

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ for IA Linux x 86 64 bit version 6.0 or later is required. When the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, then WebSphere MQ Client for IA Linux x86 64 bit version 6.0 or later is required on the gateway system.

Microsoft Windows 32 bit

Microsoft Windows XP Professional version 2002. The latest service pack for your operating system, MS Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - all editions

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 - all editions

Microsoft Windows Vista - Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, or when the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, WebSphere MQ version 6.0 or later is required on the gateway system.

Microsoft Windows x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - all x64 editions. The latest service pack for your operating system, MS Windows 2000 (Service Pack 1)

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 - all x64 editions

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Vista x64 - Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions

Microsoft Windows 2008 x64

When the gateway resides on the same system as the WebSphere MQ server software, or when the gateway resides on a different system than the WebSphere MQ server software, WebSphere MQ version 7.0 or later is required on the gateway system


Set the ulimit value for the maximum number of open files per process to 1024 or greater:

prompt> ulimit -n 1024

Note:

All IBM software must be installed before the gateway software is installed. For example, if WebSphere MQ software is not installed before DG4MQ, then the product link fails.

3.3 Oracle Database

The Oracle database requires the latest patch set for Oracle Database 11g.