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Supported Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Database and RAC Product Releases
Database In-Memory
Unix, Linux, & Windows Operating Systems
Multitenant

More Key Features This page contains certification information on supported virtualization and partitioning technologies for Oracle Database and RAC product releases.

Application Development Note: If an Operating System (OS) vendor releases a newer OS version, along with a complementary virtualization/partitioning technology, the
support of this new combination depends on the following:
Big Data Appliance
The new OS must be certified by Oracle.
Cloud Database Services The new OS plus the virtualization/partitioning solution is guaranteed by the appropriate hardware vendor to be backward compatible to the version
listed in the tables below.
Private Database Cloud

Data Warehousing & Big Data The following table identifies the supported virtualization/partitioning technologies for Oracle Database and RAC
Database Appliance
Please note this is not a list of Oracle-approved hard partitioning technologies for Oracle software licensing purposes.
Exadata Database Machine Please refer to the Oracle Partitioning Policy.
High Availability

Manageability Platform Virtualization Technology Operating System Certified Oracle Single Certified Oracle RAC
Instance Database Database Releases
Migrations
Releases
Security Oracle Solaris Dynamic Domain Solaris 9 10gR2 10gR2
Sparc 11gR1 11gR1
Unstructured Data
Solaris 10 10gR2 10gR2
Upgrades 11gR1 Note 11gR1
11gR2 11gR2
Windows
12cR1 12cR1
Database Technology Index
Solaris 11 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3) 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3)
Multilingual Engine
Note Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
OVM for SPARC (formerly known Solaris 10 10gR2 Note 10gR2
as LDoms) 11gR1 Note 11gR1 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
12cR2 Note 12cR2 Note
Solaris 11 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3) 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3)
Note Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
12cR2 Note 12cR2 Note
OVM for SPARC Live Migration Solaris 10 11gR2 Note No
Solaris 11 11gR2 Note No
Oracle Solaris Containers Solaris 10 9iR2 (>=9.2.0.5) Note 9iR2 (>=9.2.0.5)
10gR1 Note Note
10gR2 Note 10gR2 Note
11gR1 Note 11gR1 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
Oracle Solaris Zones Solaris 11 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3) 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3)
Note Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
12cR2 Note 12cR2 Note
Oracle Solaris 8 Branded Zone Solaris 10 10gR2 Note N/A
Oracle Solaris 9 Branded Zone 11gR1 Note

Oracle Solaris 10 Zone Solaris 11 10gR2 Note 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.5)


11gR1 Note Note
11gR2 Note 11gR1 (>=11.1.0.7)
12cR1 Note Note
11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3)
Note
Oracle Solaris Oracle Solaris Containers Solaris 10 10gR1 Note 10gR2 Note
x86-64 10gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
11gR2 Note 12cR1 Note
12cR1 Note
Oracle Solaris Zones Solaris 11 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3) 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3)
Note Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
Oracle Solaris 10 Zone Solaris 11 10gR2 Note 10gR2 (10.2.0.5)
11gR2 Note Note
12cR1 Note 11gR2 (11.2.0.3)
Note
Oracle VM Server for x86-64 Solaris 10 10gR1 Note 10gR2 Note
10gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note
Solaris 11 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note
IBM AIX Power AIX 5.3 10gR2 10gR2

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Dynamic Logical Partitions 11gR1 11gR1


(DLPAR), including 11gR2 11gR2
Dynamic partition reconfiguration 10gR2 10gR2
Micro Partitions 11gR1 11gR1
Shared Processors AIX 6.1
11gR2 11gR2
12cR1 (12.1.0.2) 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
AIX 7.1 11gR2 11gR2
AIX 7.2 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
Logical Partitions (LPAR), including 10gR2 10gR2
Micro Partitions AIX 5.3 11gR1 11gR1
Shared Processors 11gR2 11gR2
10gR2 10gR2
11gR1 11gR1
AIX 6.1 11gR2 11gR2
12cR1 12cR1
12cR2 12cR2
11gR2 11gR2
AIX 7.1
12cR1 12cR1
AIX 7.2
12cR2 12cR2
Live Partition Migration (LPM) AIX 5.3 10gR2 Note No
See notes for certification with ASM 11gR1 Note
or GPFS for data storage 11gR2 Note
AIX 6.1 10gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
11gR1 Note 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
11gR2 Note Note
12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
AIX 7.1 11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
AIX 7.2 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
Note
Workload Partition (WPAR) AIX 6.1 10gR2 Note No
11gR2 Note
12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
AIX 7.1 11gR2 Note No
AIX 7.2 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
12cR2 (12.2.0.1) Note
Active Memory Expansion (AME) AIX 6.1 11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2

HP-UX Itanium Integrity VM HP-UX 11.31 or HP- 9iR2 (>=HPVM 3.5) No


UX 11.23 Guest Note
10gR1 (>=HPVM 3.5)
Note
10gR2 (>=HPVM 3.5)
Note
11gR1 (>=HPVM 4.0)
Note
11gR2 (>=HPVM 4.2)
Note
12cR1 (>=HPVM 6.2)
Note
Integrity VM Live Migration HP-UX 11.31 or HP- 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.4) No
UX 11.23 Guest (>=HPVM 4.1) Note
11gR1 (>=HPVM 4.1)
Note
11gR2 (>=HPVM 4.2)
Note
Containers (SRP) HP-UX 11.31 10gR2 Note N/A
11gR2 Note
nPartition (nPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31 10gR1 Note 10gR2
10gR2 Note 11gR1
11gR1 Note 11gR2
11gR2 Note 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or
later)
12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or later)
Note
HP-UX 11.23 10gR1 Note 10gR2
10gR2 Note 11gR1
11gR1 Note
nPartition (nPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31 10gR1 Note 10gR2
10gR2 Note
11gR1 Note
11gR2 Note
12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or later)
Note
HP-UX 11.23 10gR1 Note No
10gR2 Note
11gR1 Note
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31 10gR1 Note 10gR2
10gR2 Note 11gR1
11gR1 Note 11gR2
11gR2 Note 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or
later)
12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or later)
Note
HP-UX 11.23 10gR1 Note 10gR2
10gR2 Note 11gR1
11gR1 Note
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31 10gR1 Note 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.3)
10gR2 Note 11gR1
11gR1 Note 11gR2 Note

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11gR2 Note 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or


12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or later) later) Note
Note
HP-UX 11.23 10gR1 Note 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.3)
10gR2 Note 11gR1
11gR1 Note
HP PA-RISC nPartition (nPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31 10gR2 Note 10gR2
11gR1 Note 11gR1
11gR2 Note 11gR2
HP-UX 11.23 10gR2 Note 10gR2
11gR1 Note 11gR1
nPartition (nPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31 10gR2 Note No
11gR1 Note
HP-UX 11.23 10gR2 Note No
11gR1 Note
Containers (SRP) HP-UX 11.31 10gR2 Note No
11gR2 Note
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31 10gR2 Note 10gR2
11gR1 Note 11gR1
11gR2 Note 11gR2
HP-UX 11.23 10gR2 Note 10gR2
11gR1 Note 11gR1
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31 10gR2 Note 10gR2 (10.2.0.3)
11gR1 Note 11gR1
11gR2 Note 11gR2
HP-UX 11.23 10gR2 Note 10gR2 (10.2.0.3)
11gR1 Note 11gR1
Linux x86 Oracle VM Oracle VM v2 10gR2 Note 10gR2 Note
11gR1 Note 11gR1 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
Oracle VM v3 11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note

Oracle VM Live Migration Oracle VM v2 10gR2 Note 10gR2 Note


11gR1 Note 11gR1 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
Linux x86-64 Oracle VM Oracle VM v3 11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
12cR2 Note 12cR2 Note
Oracle VM Live Migration Oracle VM v2 10gR2 Note 10gR2 Note
11gR1 Note 11gR1 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note
Logical Partitions (LPAR) OL and RHEL 10gR2 Note 10gR2 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
Oracle Linux Containers (LXC) OL6 and OL7 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
12cR2 (12.2.0.1) Note Note
12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
Note
Docker Containers OL7 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note No
12cR2 (12.2.0.1) Note
Linux on Power Dynamic Logical Partitions (LPAR) RHEL SLES 10gR2 10gR2
DLPAR with shared pool and micro
partitions
IBM System z z/VM and System z LPAR's RHEL SLES 10gR2 Note 10gR2 Note
11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note
12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note
Microsoft Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Windows Server 2016 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
Windows x86- (Generation 1 and 2)
64
Windows Sever 2012 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
R2 (Generation 1 and 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
2)

Windows Server 2012 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)


R2 (Generation 1)

Windows Server 2012 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)


12cR1 (12.1.0.2) 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
12cR2 (12.2.0.1) 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
Microsoft Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) No
Windows x86- 2012 R2 R2 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
64 cont.
Windows Server 2012 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
12cR1 (12.1.x) 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
Windows Server 2012 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
R2 (Generation 1)
Windows Server 2012 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
R2 (Generation 1 and 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
2)
Windows Server 2016 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
(Generation 1 and 2)

Oracle VM 3 Windows Server 2012 12cR2 Note 12cR2 Note


and 2012 R2

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Logical Partitions (LPAR) Windows x86-64 11gR2 Note 11gR2 Note


12cR1 Note 12cR1 Note

Oracle Solaris Sparc Notes


For 11gR1, please apply Oracle patch 8799617 and OS patch 138888-07 on Solaris 10 10/08 (Update6) or later.
Oracle Solaris Dynamic Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) on Solaris 11.

Oracle supports the single instance database in "Oracle Solaris 8 Containers" & "Oracle Solaris 9 Containers" (also known as Solaris 8 Branded
Zones & Solaris 9 Branded Zones) on a host running Solaris 10. Supported versions are Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 and Solaris 9 Containers 1.0.1
running on Solaris 10 Update 10/8 and later. Please check the documentation for the appropriate Oracle Database version to ensure the
corresponding Solaris versions are supported. See Documents for further information:
http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/index.html
Single Instance database and Oracle RAC on Oracle Solaris Zones (also known as Oracle Solaris Containers) within an Oracle VM Server for
SPARC (LDoms) is supported

11gR1 (11.1.0.7) Solaris 10 Logical Domains on Sparc 64-bit requires patch 7535429
Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 10gR2, 11gR1 and 11gR2 with Solaris version 10 Update 8 or
later with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09 and later versions of 3.2 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3

Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 1 with Solaris 10 8/11 (Update 10) or later with
Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 and later versions of 3.3

Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 1 with Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and
Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.

Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 2 with Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris
Cluster 4.3.

Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 2 with Oracle Solaris 10 Update 11 (Oracle Solaris
10 1/13 s10s_u11wos_24a) or later updates with Oracle Clusterware 12c Release 2.

Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 2 with Oracle Solaris 11.2 SRU 5.5 (Oracle Solaris
11.2.5.5.0) or later SRU updates and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Clusterware 12c Release 2.

Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle RAC 11gR2 with Solaris version 10 Update 6 or later (patches 142900-12, 141870-03)
with Oracle Clusterware 11.2
Oracle Solaris Logical Domains are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) on Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle
Solaris Cluster 4.0 , Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and
Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.

Oracle VM for SPARC (formerly known as Logical Domains) are supported with
Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) on Solaris 11 with Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.3.0
Oracle RAC 12cR1 (+ 12.1.0.2 Patch 19354794) on Solaris 11.1 SRU12.5 or later with Oracle Clusterware (+ 12.1.0.2 Patch 19354794)
Oracle RAC 12cR2 (12.2.0.1 and above) on Solaris 11.2 SRU5.5 or later with Oracle Clusterware 12.2.0.1

Oracle VM Server Live Migration for SPARC 2.2 and later are supported with Oracle Single Instance 11gR2 on Solaris 10 and Solaris 11. Please
reference the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Live Migration Technical White Paper.

Please reference My Oracle Support note 317257.1 for best practices document for deploying Oracle Single Instance database in a Solaris
Container.
Please reference the RAC/Container Best Practices document for deploying Oracle RAC in Solaris Containers.
Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 9iR2 (9.2.0.5 and above), 10gR2 and 11gR1 (with Oracle Solaris
Cluster on SPARC). Solaris version 10 Update 7 or later (patches 141444-09, 143055-01, 142900-06, 143137-04 "md patch") with Oracle Solaris
Cluster 3.3 and 3.2u2 patched to 126106-39 or later.
Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2 with patch 12419331, or later updates (for Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC).
Solaris 10 9/10 (Update 9) or later (patch 142909-17) with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3.
Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 1 (for Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC). Solaris 10 8/11
(Update 10 ) or later with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 or later.

Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle RAC 10gR2, 11gR1 and 11gR2 with Oracle Clusterware on SPARC. Solaris version 10 Update
8 or later (patches 142900-14, 143055-01) with
Oracle Clusterware 10.2 (patch 9352164)
Oracle Clusterware 11.1 (patch 9207257, 9352179)
Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.1 (patch 11840629)
Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.2 (patch 12419353)

Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR1 (for Oracle Clusterware on SPARC) on Oracle
Solaris 11.2
Oracle Solaris Zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR2 (for Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC) on Oracle Solaris
11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3
Oracle Solaris Zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR1 (for Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC) on Oracle Solaris
11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.
Oracle Solaris Zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) on Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle
Solaris Cluster 4.0 , Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and
Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.
Oracle Solaris 11 Zones are supported with Oracle RAC 12cR1 (12.1.0.2 and above) with Oracle Clusterware 12.1.0.2 PSU2 on Solaris 11.1
SRU19.6 (and later)
Oracle Solaris 11 Zones are supported with Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) with Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.3 PSU4 on Solaris 11.1 SRU4
(and later)
Oracle Solaris 10 zones in Oracle Solaris 11.1 (CR 15806274 is fixed in Solaris 11.1) are supported with Oracle RAC 10gR2 (10.2.0.5 and above)
with Oracle Clusterware 10.2.0.5
Oracle Solaris 10 zones in Oracle Solaris 11.1 (CR 15806274 is fixed in Solaris 11.1) are supported with Oracle RAC 11gR1 (11.1.0.7 and above)
with Oracle Clusterware 11.1.0.7

Oracle Solaris 10 zones in Oracle Solaris 11 are supported with Oracle Single Instance 10gR2 and 11gR1
Oracle Solaris 10 zones in Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 are supported with Oracle Single Instance 10gR2, 11gR1
and 11gR2 and Oracle RAC 10gR2, 11gR1 and 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above, no UDLM) with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2
and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.

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Oracle Solaris x86-64 Notes


Please reference My Oracle Support note 317257.1 for best practices document for deploying Oracle Single Instance database in a Solaris
Container.
Please reference the RAC/Container Best Practices document for deploying Oracle RAC in Solaris Containers.
Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle RAC 10gR2 and 11gR2 with Oracle Clusterware on Solaris x86-64. Solaris 10 10/09 (Update 8)
or later (patches 142901-15, 142934-02) with
Oracle Clusterware 10.2 (patch 7172531)
Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.1 (patch 11840629)
Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.2 (patch 12419353)
Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle RAC 10gR2 (patch 9654991) and 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 with patch 12419331) with Oracle Solaris
Cluster on Solaris x86-64. Solaris 10 9/10 (Update 9) or later (patch 142910-17) with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3.
Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 1 with Oracle Solaris Cluster on Solaris x86-64.Solaris
10 8/11 (Update 10) or later with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 or later.

Oracle Solaris Zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12c Release 1 with Oracle Solaris Cluster on Solaris x86-64. Oracle
Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.
Oracle Solaris Zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) on Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle
Solaris Cluster 4.0 , Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and
Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.

Oracle Solaris 10 zones are supported with Oracle Single Instance 10gR2 and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) and 10gR2 (10.2.0.5) on
Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2 and Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and Oracle Solaris Cluster
4.3.

Please check the documentation for the appropriate Oracle Database version to ensure the corresponding Solaris versions are supported. See the
following document for further information:
http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/index.html

IBM AIX Power Notes

Oracle DB 10gR2 (10.2.0.4) is certified to be used with the IBM AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) feature on AIX 6.1 TL-02 SP2 and with the Versioned
WPAR (AIX5.3) feature on AIX 7.1 TL-01 SP4. See WPAR Doc 889220.1.
Oracle DB 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 and above) is certified to be used with the IBM AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) feature on AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1
Oracle DB 11gR2 (11.2.0.4 only) is certified to be used with the IBM AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) feature on AIX 7.2 with a minimum service level
of TL0 SP1 ("7200-00-01 ") or later, 64-bit kernel.
Oracle DB 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 and above) is certified to be used with the IBM AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) feature on AIX 6.1 with a minimum
service level of TL09 SP0 or later, on AIX 7.1 TL04 SP1 or later, and AIX 7.2 TL01 SP1 or later
Oracle DB 12cR2 (12.2.0.1 and above) is certified to be used with the IBM AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) feature on AIX 7.1 with a minimum
service level of 7100-04-04-1717 or later, and on AIX 7.2 with a minimum service level of 7200-01-02-1717 or later

Oracle software stack is supported on deployments with the IBM Power Systems LPAR hardware partitioning technology, including the micropartition
feature.
Oracle software stack is supported on deployments with the IBM Power Systems Virtual IO Server (VIOS), supported RAC environments are listed in
the RAC section. Please refer to RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for UNIX platforms for further information.
Oracle DB 10gR2 (10.2.0.4) is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 5.3 with a minimum of service
level of TL8 SP4 and AIX 6.1 with a minimum of service level of TL2 SP3
Oracle DB 11gR1 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 5.3 with a minimum of service level of
TL09 SP5 and AIX 6.1 with a minimum of service level of TL04 SP01
Oracle DB 11gR2 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 5.3 with a minimum of service level of
TL09 SP5

Oracle DB and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 and above) with ASM is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX
6.1 with a minimum of service level of TL04 SP01, on AIX 7.1 with a minimum of service level of TL00 SP02 and (11.2.0.4 only) on AIX 7.2 with a
minimum of service level of TL0 SP1 ("7200-00-01 ") or later, 64-bit kernel.

In addition, Oracle DB and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) with GPFS 3.4 and GPFS 3.5 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live
Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 6.1 with a minimum of service level of TL07 SP03 (6100-07-03-1207), on AIX 7.1 with a minimum of service
level of TL01 SP03 (7100-01-03-1207) and (11.2.0.4 only) on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level of TL0 SP1 ("7200-00-01 ") or later, 64-bit
kernel..

Oracle DB and RAC 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 6.1 with a minimum
of service level of TL08 SP01, on AIX 7.1 with a minimum of service level of TL03 SP03 and on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level of TL0 SP1
("7200-00-01 ") or later, 64-bit kernel

In addition, Oracle DB and RAC 12cR1 (12.1.0.2 and above) with GPFS 4.1 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility
(LPM) feature on AIX 7.1 with a minimum of service level of TL03 SP03 or later, 64-bit kernel..

Oracle DB and RAC 11gR2 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Active Memory Expansion (AME) feature on AIX 6.1 with a minimum of
service level of TL06 SP05, on AIX 7.1 with a minimum of service level of TL00 SP03 and (11.2.0.4 only) on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level
of TL0 SP1 ("7200-00-01 ") or later, 64-bit kernel. Please refer to Active Memory Expansion: Overview and Usage Guide and Active Memory
Expansion (AME) Overview for further information.
Please refer to the My Oracle Support note 1307544.1 on Certification Information for Oracle Database on IBM AIX Power systems.

HP-UX Itanium Notes


Partitioning
Running Single Instance Oracle Database 10gR2 (10.2.0.3 and above) and 11gR2 with HP-UX Containers (SRP) v2.0.1 and above on HP-UX 11.31
is supported. Oracle Database 11gR2 with ASM is supported with SRP A.03.00 or later. Please refer to the HP SRP white paper.
Running Oracle Databases with Hardware partitioning (nPAR) is supported on appropriate servers
Running Oracle Databases with Virtual partitioning (vPAR) is supported on appropriate servers.
Itanium Information

Oracle 9iR2, 10gR1, 10gR2 single instance databases are supported on HPVM 3.5 and above.
Oracle 11gR1 single instance databases are supported on HPVM4.0 and above.
HP Integrity VM 4.1 Live Migration and above is currently supported with Oracle database 10gR2 and 11gR1.
HP Integrity VM 4.2 Live Migration is currently supported with Oracle database 11gR2.
Oracle 11gR2 single instance databases are supported on HPVM 4.2 or later, please refer to the supported minimum configuration below:
VMHost: HP-UX 11.31 September 2008 or later with HPVM 4.2 or later on HP Integrity servers with multi-core processors. A crash was observed
while testing Oracle 11gr2 on Integrity Servers with single-core processors running HPVM 4.2. If running on single-core processor systems, please
contact HP Support for details of the issue. The HPVM patch required to resolve the issue is PHSS_41247 11.31 HPVM B.04.20 CORE PATCH.
VMGuest: Recommended Oracle Database configuration (HP-UX 11.31 September 2008 plus several patches) along with the HPVM 4.2 Guest
Libraries.
Please refer to http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-hpvm-docs/ for more information on the system requirements.

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Oracle 12cR1 single instance databases are supported on HPVM 6.2 or later.
Please refer to the Oracle single instance installation guide and the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation,Configuration, and Administration
guides:
HPVM 3.50 for HP-UX 11.23 hosts:(http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90105/T2767-90105.pdf)
HPVM 4.0 or greater for HP-UX 11.31 hosts:(http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90180/T2767-90180.pdf)
HPVM 4.1 or greater for HP-UX 11.31 hosts:(http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90180/T2767-90180.pdf)

HP-UX PA-RISC Notes

Partitioning
Running Single Instance Oracle Database 10gR2 (10.2.0.3 and above) and 11gR2 with HP-UX Containers (SRP) v2.0.1 and above on HP-UX 11.31
is supported. Oracle Database 11gR2 with ASM is supported with SRP A.03.00 or later. Please refer to the HP SRP white paper.
Running Oracle Databases with Hardware partitioning (nPAR) is supported on appropriate servers.
Running Oracle Databases with Virtual partitioning (vPAR) is supported on appropriate servers.

Linux x86 Notes


Oracle VM Information:

Oracle Products are certified to run with Oracle VM. For a complete list of certified products on Oracle VM and information on Oracle VM, please refer
to My Oracle Support note 464754.1 .
Live Migration is only supported with OVM 2.2.1 or above on x86 and x86-64 guests. Support is only available for the latest Database PSU versions
10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR1(11.1.0.7), 11gR2 (11.2.0.2) and GRID PSU versions 10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR1(11.1.0.7)
Please refer to RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for Linux platforms for further information.

Linux x86-64 Notes


Oracle VM Information:

Oracle Products are certified to run with Oracle VM. For a complete list of certified products on Oracle VM and information on Oracle VM, please refer
to My Oracle Support note 464754.1.
Live Migration is only supported with OVM 2.2.1 or above on x86 and x86-64 guests. Support is only available for the latest Database PSU versions
10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR1(11.1.0.7), 11gR2 (11.2.0.2) and GRID PSU versions 10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR1(11.1.0.7)
Please refer to RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for Linux platforms for further information.
Logical Partitions (LPAR):
Hitachi Compute Blade logical partitioning feature (also known as BladeSymphony Virtage) is supported with the following configurations:
Oracle Single Instance and RAC 10gR2 (10.2.0.5) and 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 and above) with OL 5.x and RHEL 5.x (5.4 or above)
Oracle Single Instance and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 and above) and 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 and above) with OL 6.x and RHEL 6.x (6.1 or above)
Oracle Linux Containers (LXC):
Please refer to Oracle Database Release Notes 12c Release 1 (12.1) and Oracle Database Release Notes 12c Release 2 (12.2) for content specific
to Oracle Linux Containers (LXC).
Docker Containers:
Please refer to My Oracle Support note 2216342.1 for content specific to Docker Containers.

IBM System z Notes


Hardware Information:
Oracle software stack is certified and supported on certified distributions of Linux running natively in LPAR's or as a guest OS in z/VM virtual
machines, deployed on IBM System z 64-bit servers.
Please refer to RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for Linux platforms for further information.

Microsoft Windows x86-64 Notes


Logical Partitions (LPAR):

Hitachi Compute Blade logical partitioning feature (also known as BladeSymphony Virtage) is supported with the following configurations:
Oracle Single Instance and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 and above) and 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 and above) with Windows x64.

Oracle VM Information::
For a complete list of certified products on Oracle VM and information on Oracle VM, please refer to My Oracle Support note 464754.1.
Oracle recommends using Paravirtual (PV) Drivers for Microsoft Windows Release 3.2.3 or above.

Oracle Certification Environment Supported Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Database and RAC Product Releases.

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