Identifying Software Requirements

3.4 Identifying Software Requirements

Depending on the products that you intend to install, verify that the required operating system software is installed on each node of your cluster.

Requirements listed in this document are current as of the date listed on the title page. To obtain the most current information about operating system requirements, see the online version in the Oracle Help Center at the following URL:

docs.oracle.com

OUI performs checks on your system to verify that it meets the listed operating system requirements. To ensure that these checks complete successfully, verify the requirements before you start OUI.

Note:

Oracle does not support running different operating system versions on cluster members, unless an operating system is being upgraded. You cannot run different operating system version binaries on members of the same cluster, even if each operating system is supported.

Table 3-1 Oracle Grid Software Requirements for Windows Systems

Requirement Value

Requirement	Value
System Architecture	Processor: AMD64, or Intel Extended Memory (EM64T) Note: Oracle provides only x64 releases of Oracle Database with Oracle RAC for Windows. The x64 release of Oracle RAC runs on the x64 version of Windows on AMD64 and EM64T hardware.
Operating system	Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC for x64 Windows: Windows Server 2012 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions Windows Server 2016 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions The Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported. The Server Core option is not supported. Note: Oracle Clusterware, Oracle ASM and Oracle RAC 12c release 1 (12.1) and later are not supported on x86 (32-bit) Windows operating systems.
Compilers	The following components are supported with the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Update 4, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Update 3, and Intel 14.0 C compilers: Oracle Call Interface (OCI) ProC/C++ External callouts Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK) Oracle C++ Call Interface supports: Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Update 4 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Update 3 - OCCI libraries are installed under `ORACLE_HOME\oci\lib\msvc\vc14`. When developing OCCI applications with MSVC++ 2015, ensure that the OCCI libraries are correctly selected from this directory for linking and executing. Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 - OCCI libraries are installed under `ORACLE_HOME\oci\lib\msvc\vc12`. When developing OCCI applications with MSVC++ 2013, ensure that the OCCI libraries are correctly selected from this directory for linking and executing. Intel 14.0 C compilers with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 STLs ProCOBOL supports: Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.2 - Update 2

System Architecture

Processor: AMD64, or Intel Extended Memory (EM64T)

Note: Oracle provides only x64 releases of Oracle Database with Oracle RAC for Windows.

The x64 release of Oracle RAC runs on the x64 version of Windows on AMD64 and EM64T hardware.

Operating system

Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC for x64 Windows:

Windows Server 2012 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions
Windows Server 2016 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions

The Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported. The Server Core option is not supported.

Note: Oracle Clusterware, Oracle ASM and Oracle RAC 12c release 1 (12.1) and later are not supported on x86 (32-bit) Windows operating systems.

Compilers

The following components are supported with the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Update 4, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Update 3, and Intel 14.0 C compilers:

Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Pro*C/C++
External callouts
Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK)

Oracle C++ Call Interface supports:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Update 4
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Update 3 - OCCI libraries are installed under ORACLE_HOME\oci\lib\msvc\vc14. When developing OCCI applications with MSVC++ 2015, ensure that the OCCI libraries are correctly selected from this directory for linking and executing.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 - OCCI libraries are installed under ORACLE_HOME\oci\lib\msvc\vc12. When developing OCCI applications with MSVC++ 2013, ensure that the OCCI libraries are correctly selected from this directory for linking and executing.
Intel 14.0 C compilers with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 STLs

Pro*COBOL supports:

Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.2 - Update 2

Note:

The platform-specific hardware and software requirements included in this guide were current when this guide was published. However, because new platforms and operating system software versions might be certified after this guide is published, review the certification matrix on the My Oracle Support website for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions:

https://support.oracle.com/

Windows Firewall Feature on Windows Servers
When installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure software or Oracle RAC software on Windows servers, it is mandatory to disable the Windows Firewall feature.