7.2 Database Support Policy

• Tuxedo applications not making use of XA interface can make use of any database and version of their choice. Tuxedo applications are agnostic of database used.
• Tuxedo does not certify each and every relational database and various versions available. Instead, Tuxedo is considered supported for a relational database that supports the XA protocol (that is, XA-compliant). Check with the database vendor if your database is XA-compliant; if it is, Tuxedo is considered supported with it.
• Note that Tuxedo applications leveraging performance optimizations in Tuxedo Advanced Performance Pack (TAPP) may require a specific version of Oracle Database. Please see such requirement in the TAPP documentation. The TAPP option is supported since 12c Release 1 (12.1.1). Here is the TAPP link for this release: Using Oracle Tuxedo Advanced Performance Pack.
• The Oracle policy is that when the database vendor discontinues support for a specific version, Oracle support is also discontinued.
• Oracle will not be able to notify customers and users when support for a specific database version is discontinued. As a user of the database version, we expect you to find out from the database vendor of discontinued support and plan accordingly.