Operating System Requirements for IBM: Linux on System z

About Operating System Requirements for IBM: Linux on System z

Before installing Oracle Database or Grid Infrastructure on IBM Linux on System z, verify that the distribution, kernel, packages, and other software meet the release requirements. Consult the current certification matrix because supported platforms may change, and use Oracle Universal Installer checks to confirm package compliance. Thirty-two-bit packages are required only for 32-bit client applications accessing 64-bit servers, and all cluster members must use the same operating system version unless performing an upgrade.

Using Oracle RPM Checker on IBM: Linux on System z

Use the Oracle RPM Checker utility to validate required Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE packages before installation. Download the distribution-specific utility from My Oracle Support, install and run it as root, and use the applicable RPM or yum command for RHEL 7, 8, or 9 and SLES 12 or 15; on RHEL, yum can also install the required RPMs. The utility can be removed with the corresponding rpm -e command.

Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 requires OpenSSH and, beginning with Oracle Database 19c Release 19.23, RHEL 9.2 with kernel 5.14.0-284.30.1.el9_2.s390x or later. Install current versions of the required development, compiler, runtime, X11, networking, RDMA, security, monitoring, and system-management packages, including glibc-devel, ksh, libaio, libgcc, libstdc++, make, policycoreutils, smartmontools, and sysstat. Optional packages support RAC and Clusterware, application development, IPMI, and Database Client installations.

Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 requires OpenSSH, RHEL 8.3 with kernel 4.18.0-240.el8.s390x or later, and the specified or newer s390x packages. Required components include compilers, glibc and development libraries, KornShell, asynchronous I/O, X11 libraries, RDMA libraries, C++ runtimes, PAM, make, networking tools, policy utilities, smartmontools, and sysstat.

Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 requires OpenSSH, RHEL 7.4 with kernel 3.10.0-693.el7.s390x or later, and the listed or newer s390 and s390x packages. The package set covers binutils, compatibility capabilities, GCC and C++ development tools, glibc, KornShell, X11 libraries, asynchronous I/O, attribute and compiler libraries, PAM, make, and sysstat.

Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 requires OpenSSH and kernel 4.4.73-5-default for s390x or later. Install the specified or newer compiler, glibc, asynchronous I/O, X11, capability, C and C++ runtime, XCB, KornShell, and make packages, including both required architecture variants where listed.

Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 requires OpenSSH and kernel 5.3.18-57-default for s390x or later, together with the specified or newer development, compiler, runtime, X11, capability, networking, RDMA, compression, storage, monitoring, and system utilities. Required packages include GCC, glibc, libaio, C and C++ runtimes, X libraries, libcap, libgcc, libgfortran, libpcap, libpcre, libtiff, make, smartmontools, sysstat, and related dependencies; install the latest available 32-bit versions as well when 32-bit clients will access 64-bit servers.
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