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This page describes the minimum system requirements for the software to operate IBM® DB2® Content Manager Enterprise Edition V8.4. Important: Because other products frequently ship fixes, updates, and new releases, testing every configuration is not possible. In general, you can install and run with updates to supported products if those updates are forward compatible. For detailed examples about what is supported, see the IBM Content Manager prerequisite support policy at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27018047. Hardware requirements for DB2 Content Manager Enterprise Edition V8.4 are listed separately. See the Related information link at the bottom of this document. Requirements for DB2 Content Manager for z/OS® V8.4 are listed separately, see the Related information link at the bottom of this document.
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Library server
Resource manager
- Operating system
- Database server
- Web application server
- Database connection
- Long-term storage (optional)
Information Integrator for Content
- Operating system
- Operating system (connectors & toolkits)
- Database server
- Database connection
- Compiler (optional)
- Run-time environment
- Features (optional)
eClient application server
Administration client
Information center
Client for Windows
eClient browser
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 | Supported |
Δ | Added or changed information since the last fix pack. This mark in the far left column indicates new or changed information in the row. This mark in a particular cell within a row further identifies a specific change within an existing row. |
| x86 | Intel® 32-bit processors, including IBM System x™, eServer™ xSeries®, and BladeCenter® servers. |
| x86-64 | 64-bit AMD® Opteron® (AMD64) and Intel Xeon® (EM64T) processors, including IBM System x™ and BladeCenter® servers |
| SPARC | Sun SPARC-based processors |
| POWER | IBM POWER™-based processors, including IBM System p™, eServer pSeries®, System i™ and eServer iSeries® servers. |
| IA64 | 64-bit Intel® Itanium® 2 processors including HP Integrity Servers |
| zSeries | 64-bit System Z |
The following table specifies the operating system for any machine on which you install one or more of the following components:
- Library server
- Resource manager
- Information Integrator for Content
- eClient application
| Operating system (Required) | Hardware platform: | Notes | ||||||
x86 | x86-64 | POWER | SPARC | zSeries | IA64 | |||
| AIX® 5L™ 5.2 (64-bit) (Maintenance level 9) | | |||||||
| AIX 5L 5.3 (64-bit) (Maintenance level 5) | | |||||||
| HP-UX 11i v2 11.23.0609 (64-bit) | 207-352 | |||||||
| HP-UX 11i v3 B.11.31 (64-bit) | 207-352 | |||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux® AS/ES/WS 4.0 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.9-5 (update 3) | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4.0 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.9-5 (update 3) | | | Article #7011062 | |||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5xen | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5xen | | | Article #7011062 | |||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.5-7.97 (SP3) | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.5-7.97 (SP3) | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-default | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-default | | | ||||||
| Solaris 9 (64-bit) | | |||||||
| Solaris 10 (64-bit) | | Article #7011062 | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit) | | | ||||||
Operating system (system administration client)
The following table specifies the operating system for any machine on which you install the system administration client.
| Operating system (Required) | Hardware platform: | Notes | ||||||
x86 | x86-64 | POWER | SPARC | zSeries | IA64 | |||
| AIX 5L 5.2 (64-bit) (Maintenance level 9) | | |||||||
| AIX 5L 5.3 (64-bit) (Maintenance level 5) | | |||||||
| HP-UX 11i v2 11.23.0609 (64-bit) | 207-352 | |||||||
| HP-UX 11i v3 B.11.31 (64-bit) | 207-352 | |||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4.0 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.9-5 (update 3) | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4.0 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.9-5 (update 3) | | |||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5xen | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5xen | | |||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.5-7.97 (SP3) | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.5-7.97 (SP3) | | |||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-default | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-default | | |||||||
| Solaris 9 (64-bit) | | |||||||
| Solaris 10 (64-bit) | | Article #7011062 | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit) | | | ||||||
| Windows XP Professional (32-bit) SP2 | | |||||||
| Windows Vista Business Edition (32-bit) | | |||||||
| Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (32-bit) | | |||||||
| Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (32-bit) | | |||||||
Operating system (DB2 Information Integrator for Content Connectors & Toolkits)
The following table specifies the operating system for any machine on which you install DB2 Information Integrator for Content connectors and toolkits. Note that all connectors are not supported on all operating systems. See Connectors for operating system support details.
| Operating system (Required) | Hardware platform: | Notes | ||||||
x86 | x86-64 | POWER | SPARC | zSeries | IA64 | |||
| AIX 5L 5.2 (64-bit) (Maintenance level 9) | | |||||||
| AIX 5L 5.3 (64-bit) (Maintenance level 5) | | |||||||
| HP-UX 11i v2 11.23.0609 (64-bit) | 207-352 | |||||||
| HP-UX 11i v3 B.11.31 (64-bit) | 207-352 | |||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4.0 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.9-5 (update 3) | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4.0 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.9-5 (update 3) | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5xen | | | ||||||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5xen | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.5-7.97 (SP3) | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.5-7.97 (SP3) | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (32-bit) Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-default | | | ||||||
| SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (64-bit) Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.8-default | | | ||||||
| Solaris 9 (64-bit) | | |||||||
| Solaris 10 (64-bit) | | Article #7011062 | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) | | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit) | | | ||||||
| Windows XP Professional (32-bit) SP2 | | |||||||
| Windows Vista Business Edition (32-bit) | | |||||||
| Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (32-bit) | | |||||||
| Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (32-bit) | | |||||||
Operating system (Client for Windows)
The following table specifies the operating system for any machine on which you install the Client for Windows.
| Operating system (Required) | Hardware platform: | Notes | |||||
x86 | x86-64 | POWER | SPARC | IA64 | |||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) or with SP1 | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) | | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit) | | ||||||
| Windows XP Professional (32-bit) | | ||||||
| Windows XP Professional (32-bit) SP2 | | ||||||
| Windows Vista Business Edition | | ||||||
| Windows Vista Ultimate Edition | | ||||||
| Windows Vista Enterprise Edition | | ||||||
The following table specifies the database server required for each of the following components:
- Library server
- Resource manager
- Information Integrator for Content
- Information Integrator for Content system administration database
| Database (Required) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| DB2 Universal Database™ Enterprise Server Edition (32-bit) V8.2 FP 6 (8.1 FP 13) | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition (64-bit) V8.2 FP 6 (8.1 FP 13) | | | |||||
| DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V9.1 FP3 (32-bit) | | | Article #1289946 | ||||
| DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V9.1 FP3 (64-bit) | | | | Article #1289946 | |||
| DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V9.5 (32-bit) | | ||||||
| DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V9.5 (64-bit) | | | | ||||
| Oracle 10g R2 Database Enterprise Edition patchset 3 (Windows) or patch 4722328 (UNIX®) | 207-352 | ||||||
Text search capability (library server)
The following table specifies the required software for implementing the optional text search capability for installation on the library server.
| Text search (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| DB2 Net Search Extender 8.2 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only For DB2 V8.1 FP15 on Windows, the DB2 Next Search Extender must be 8.2.7 (8.1 FP14). | ||
Δ | DB2 Net Search Extender 9.1 FP3 | | | | | Article #1397516 | |
Δ | DB2 Net Search Extender 9.5 | | | | | Article #1397516 | |
| Oracle 10g R2 Database Enterprise Edition 10.2.0.3 patchset 3 (Windows) or patch 4722328 (UNIX) | 207-352 | ||||||
Connection to a remote database
The following table specifies the required software from any of the following components to a remote database (if the database is on a different machine):
- Client for Windows
The following components no longer require the DB2 Run-Time Client when configured to use the JDBC driver in Type 4 mode. However, the Run-Time Client is required when the JDBC driver is run in type 2 mode. For more details on configuring for type 4, see IBM DB2 driver for JDBC and SQLJ support in DB2 Content Manager Version 8.4. The table below specifies the required software when these components are run using JDBC type 2 mode.
- Resource manager application
- Information Integrator for Content
- System administration client
Note that you must use a 32-bit database client (either DB2 or Oracle), see Article #1293849.
| Database connection (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| DB2 Run-Time Client V8.2 (8.1 FP 7a) | | Minimum level for Client for Windows and DB2 Content Manager connector only. | |||||
| DB2 Run-Time Client V9.1 FP 3 (32-bit) | | | | | Solaris:SPARC only Minimum level for resource manager, system administration client, and Java connectors. | ||
| DB2 Run-Time Client V9.5 | | | | | |||
| DB2 Connect Personal Edition V9.1 FP3 | | | | | Required for connecting to the library server on z/OS | ||
| DB2 Connect Personal Edition V9.5 | | | | | Required for connecting to the library server on z/OS | ||
The following table specifies the application server required for the following components:
- Resource manager application
- eClient application
Connector: The eClient application also requires DB2 Content Manager V8 connector to connect to your content server or servers. Use the DB2 Information Integrator for Content installation program to install the DB2 Content Manager V8 connector.
WebSphere Application Server with IBM HTTP Server (IHS) is supported.
Restriction: You must use a 32-bit instance of WebSphere® Application Server, see Article #1293849.
| Web application server (Required) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
Δ | WebSphere Application Server V6.1.0 (32-bit) Fix Pack 11 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | |
| WebSphere Application Server V6.1.0 (64-bit) Fix Pack 11 | |||||||
Δ | WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1.0 (32-bit) Fix Pack 11 | | | | | ||
| WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1.0 (64-bit) Fix Pack 11 | |||||||
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) (library server)
The following table specifies the required software for the optional LDAP capability on the library server.
| LDAP (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| Tivoli® Directory Server 6.0 | | | | | |||
| Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 | | | | | |||
| Novell eDirectory 8.8 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Novell eDirectory 8.8.1 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Lotus® Domino® Directory 6.2 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Lotus Domino Directory 6.5 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Lotus Domino Directory 7.0 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Lotus Domino Directory 7.0.1 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Lotus Domino Directory 7.0.2 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
Δ | Lotus Domino Directory 8.0 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | |
| Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 | | | | | Solaris: SPARC only | ||
| Active Directory 2000 SP4 | | ||||||
| Active Directory 2003 | | ||||||
Long-term storage (resource manager)
The following table specifies the required software for implementing the optional long-term storage capability on the resource manager. Note that you must use a 32-bit Tivoli Storage Manager API Client.
| Long-term storage (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| Tivoli Storage Manager API Client 5.3.4 (32-bit) | | | | | |||
| Tivoli Storage Manager API Client 5.4 (32-bit) | | | | | Solaris: Minimum required level is 5.4.1.2 | ||
| Tivoli Storage Manager Server 5.3.4 (32-bit or 64-bit) | | | | | |||
| Tivoli Storage Manager Server 5.4 (32-bit or 64-bit) | | | | | |||
| Tivoli Storage Manager Server 5.5 (32-bit or 64-bit) | 207-352 | ||||||
The following table specifies the required software for optional features for DB2 Information Integrator for Content.
| Features (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| WebSphere MQ Workflow 3.6 client | | | | Requires MQ Workflow Server and WebSphere MQ V6.0 software. | |||
The following table specifies the required browser software for users of the eClient.
| eClient browser (Required) | Operating system: | Notes | ||||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Mac OS | Solaris | Win | |||
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 | | |||||||
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 | | Supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista. | ||||||
| Safari 1.2 | | Supported on Mac OS X 10.3. You must have a minimum of 300 MHz G3 with 128 MB RAM to use the eClient on a Macintosh. | ||||||
| Safari 2.0 | | Supported on Mac OS X 10.4. You must have a minimum of 300 MHz G3 with 128 MB RAM to use the eClient on a Macintosh. | ||||||
Browser Java plug-in (Java Applet Viewer)
The following table specifies the required Java plug-in for the following components:
- eClient
- Java applet viewer toolkit
In addition, the viewer requires 50 MB of free disk space, and a minimum of 256 MB RAM on each user machine to handle documents such as RTF, Microsoft® Office, or Lotus® SmartSuite files.
Restriction: Microsoft Virtual Machine plug-in for Internet Explorer is not supported.
| eClient browser Java plug-in (Required) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| Sun Java plug-in 5 | | ||||||
Δ | Sun Java plug-in 6 | | Sun JRE V1.6.0.18 is compatible with the eClient Java Applet Viewer, but not all future releases of Sun JRE are. See technote 1431266 for details. | ||||
The following table specifies the required browser software for the information center. On the system administration client machine, the information center is required in order to display the online help. On other machines, the information center is optional, but highly recommended.
| Information center (Required) | Operating system: | Notes | ||||||
AIX | HP-UX | Mac OS | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 | | |||||||
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 | | |||||||
| Mozilla 1.7 | | | | | ||||
| Firefox 1.0 | | | | | ||||
| Firefox 2.0 | | | | | ||||
| Safari 1.2 | | | ||||||
Tools for developing applications with the OO APIs
The following table specifies the required compiler for optional development with application programming interfaces for Information Integrator for Content.
| API development tools (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| IBM JDK 5.0 SR4 | | | | | |||
| Sun JDK 5.0 U13 | | | | | |||
| Sun JDK 6.0 U3 | | | | | |||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 7.0 with February 2007 XL c/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX PTF | | Article #4015035 | |||||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 8.0 | | ||||||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 9.0 | Not supported. | ||||||
| Visual C++ .NET 2003 | | ||||||
| Visual C++ 2005 | | ||||||
The following table specifies the required compiler for optional development of user exit routines on the library server.
| Compilers (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 7.0 with February 2007 XL c/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX PTF | | Article #4015035 | |||||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 8.0 | | ||||||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 9.0 | Not supported. | ||||||
| GNU C Library (glibc) 2.3.2-95 | | ||||||
| gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux) | | ||||||
| gcc (GCC) 3.4.6.20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3) | | ||||||
| gcc (GCC) 4.1.0.20060404 (SUSE Linux) | | ||||||
| gcc (GCC) 4.1.1.20060404 (RHEL 5) (64-bit) | | ||||||
| Sun Studio 10, C++ Compiler 5.7 | | Solaris: SPARC only | |||||
| Sun Studio 11, C++ Compiler 5.8 | | ||||||
| Sun Studio 12, C++ Compiler 5.9 | | ||||||
| Visual C++ .NET 2003 | | ||||||
| Visual C++ 2005 | | ||||||
Compilers (Client for Windows)
The following table specifies the required compilers for optional development of user exit routines on the Client for Windows.
| Compilers (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| Visual C++ 2005 | | ||||||
Run-time environments for the OO APIs
The following table specifies the required run-time environments for running applications which use the application programming interfaces for DB2 Information Integrator for Content.
For C++ applications, the level of runtime environment library used should match the compiler used; refer to the documentation and support statements provided by the vendor of the compiler software.
| API development tools (Optional) | Operating system: | Notes | |||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Win | |||
| IBM JRE 5.0 SR4 | | | | | |||
| Sun JRE 5.0 U13 | | | | | |||
| Sun JRE 6.0 U3 | | | | | |||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 7.0 with February 2007 XL c/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX PTF | | Article #4015035 | |||||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 8.0 | | ||||||
| XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 9.0 | | Supported only for use with DB2 V9.1 and DB2 V9.5. | |||||
| Visual C++ .NET 2003 | | ||||||
| Visual C++ 2005 | | ||||||
Change history
| History | Date | Change |
| Revision | 14 July 2011 | Removed Client for Windows from JDBC type 4 list. |
| Revision | 9 Feb 2011 | Added link for important Net Search Extender article. |
| Revision | 18 May 2010 | Added compatibility information for eClient and Sun JRE. |
| Revision | 23 April 2009 | Added link for important DB2 9.1 information. |
| Revision | 14 Nov 2008 | Corrected Domino 8.0 support and added tabs for additional releases. |
| Revision | 15 Jan 2008 | Fixed link to connector support matrix. |
| Revision | 21 Dec 2007 | Update to the Web application server with eClient application Connector note. |
| Release | 14 Dec 2007 |
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