Certified Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Database and RAC Product Releases

Unix, Linux, & Windows Operating Systems

This page contains information on certified virtualization and partitioning technologies for Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) product releases.

General note: Oracle Database is mainly certified against the Operating System (OS).  If an OS vendor releases a newer OS version along with a complementary virtualization and / or partitioning technology, the support of this new combination depends on the following:

  • The new OS must be certified by Oracle.
  • 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 table below.

Additional notes: 

The following table identifies the certififed virtualization / partitioning technologies for Oracle Database and Oracle RAC: 

Platform Virtualization Technology Operating System Certified Oracle Single Instance Database Releases Certified Oracle RAC Database  Releases
Oracle Solaris Sparc Dynamic Domain Solaris 9
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 10gR2 
  • 11gR1 
Solaris 10
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1 Note
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2 
  • 12cR1  
Solaris 11
OVM for SPARC (formerly known as LDoms) Solaris 10
Solaris 11
OVM for SPARC Live Migration Solaris 10
  • No
Solaris 11
  • No
Oracle Solaris Containers Solaris 10
Oracle Solaris Zones Solaris 11
Oracle Solaris 8 Branded Zone Oracle Solaris 9 Branded Zone Solaris 10
  • N/A
Oracle Solaris 10 Zone Solaris 11
  • 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.5) Note
  • 11gR1 (>=11.1.0.7) Note
  • 11gR2 (>=11.2.0.3) Note
Oracle Solaris x86-64 Oracle Solaris Containers Solaris 10
Oracle Solaris Zones Solaris 11
Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones Solaris 11
Oracle Solaris 10 Zone Solaris 11
  • 10gR2 (10.2.0.5) Note
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) Note
Oracle VM Server for x86-64 Solaris 10
Solaris 11  
IBM AIX Power Dynamic Logical Partitions (DLPAR), including
  • Dynamic partition reconfiguration
  • Micro Partitions
  • Shared Processors
 AIX 5.3
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
AIX 6.1
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2
  • 19c (19.3+)
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2
  • 19c (19.3+)
AIX 7.3
  • 19c (19.13+)
  • 19c (19.13+)
Logical Partitions (LPAR), including
  • Micro Partitions
  • Shared Processors
 AIX 5.3
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
AIX 6.1
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 12cR2
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 12cR2
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 12cR2
  • 18c (18.3+)
  • 19c (19.3+)
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 12cR2
  • 18c (18.3+)
  • 19c (19.3+)
AIX 7.3
  • 19c (19.13+)
  • 19c (19.13+)
Live Partition Migration (LPM) See notes for certification with ASM or GPFS for data storage AIX 5.3
  • No
AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
AIX 7.3
  • 19c (19.13+)
  • 19c (19.13+)
Workload Partition (WPAR) AIX 6.1
  • No
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
  • 11gR2 Note
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) Note
  • 19c (19.3+)
  • No
AIX 7.3
  • 19c (19.13+)
  • No
Active Memory Expansion (AME) AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
AIX 7.3
  • 19c (19.13+)
  • 19c (19.13+)
HP-UX Itanium Integrity VM HP-UX 11.31 or HP-UX 11.23 Guest
  • 9iR2 (>=HPVM 3.5) 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
  • 12cR2 (>=HPVM 6.3) Note
  • 18c (>=HPVM 6.3) Note
  • 19c (>=HPVM 6.3) Note
  • No
Integrity VM Live Migration HP-UX 11.31 or HP-UX 11.23 Guest
  • 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.4) (>=HPVM 4.1) Note
  • 11gR1 (>=HPVM 4.1) Note
  • 11gR2 (>=HPVM 4.2) Note
  • No
Containers (SRP) HP-UX 11.31
  • N/A
nPartition (nPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or later)
  • 12cR2
  • 18c
  • 19c
HP-UX 11.23
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
nPartition (nPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31
  • 10gR2
HP-UX 11.23
  • No
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 or later)
  • 12cR2
  • 18c
  • 19c
HP-UX 11.23
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31
HP-UX 11.23
  • 10gR2 (>=10.2.0.3)
  • 11gR1
HP PA-RISC nPartition (nPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
HP-UX 11.23
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
nPartition (nPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31
  • No
HP-UX 11.23
  • No
Containers (SRP) HP-UX 11.31
  • No
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Static HP-UX 11.31
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
HP-UX 11.23
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR1
Virtual Partitions (vPAR) Dynamic HP-UX 11.31
  • 10gR2 (10.2.0.3)
  • 11gR1
  • 11gR2
HP-UX 11.23
  • 10gR2 (10.2.0.3)
  • 11gR1
Linux x86 Oracle VM Oracle VM v2
Oracle VM v3
Oracle VM Live Migration Oracle VM v2
Linux x86-64
Oracle VM
Oracle VM v3
Oracle VM Live Migration Oracle VM v2
Logical Partitions (LPAR) OL and RHEL
Oracle Linux Containers (LXC) OL6 and OL7
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) Note
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) Note

Docker Containers
OL7 (UEK4+) / RHEL7

Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM)
 		 OL7
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
  • 18c (18.x) Note
  • 19c (19.x) Note
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) Note
  • 18c (18.x) Note
  • 19c (19.x) Note
  • 21c (21.x)
OL8
  • 19c (19.x) Note
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x) Note
  • 21c (21.x)
Linux on Power Dynamic Logical Partitions (LPAR) DLPAR with shared pool and micro partitions
RHEL
SLES
  • 10gR2
  • 10gR2  
IBM System z z/VM and System z LPAR's
RHEL
SLES
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 12cR2
  • 18c
  • 19c
  • 10gR2
  • 11gR2
  • 12cR1
  • 12cR2
  • 18c
  • 19c
Microsoft Windows x86-64 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2022 Windows Server 2022
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Server 2019
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Server 2016
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Microsoft Windows x86-64
cont.		 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 Windows Server 2022
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Server 2019
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Server 2016
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Sever 2012 R2
(Generation 1 and 2)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
Windows Server 2012 R2
(Generation 1)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
Windows Server 2012
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
     
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
Microsoft Windows x86-64 cont. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Windows Server 2022 (Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Server 2019 (Generation 1 and 2)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Server 2016 (Generation 1 and 2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 21c (21.x)
Windows Sever 2012 R2 (Generation 1 and 2)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
     
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Generation 1)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
Windows Server 2012
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
     
Microsoft Windows x86-64 cont. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)  
  • No
Windows Server 2012
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.x)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Generation 1)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
  • 11gR2 (11.2.0.4)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Generation 1 and 2)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
Windows Server 2016 (Generation 1 and 2) for Hyper-V 2012 R2 only
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
  • 12cR2 (12.2.0.1)
  • 18c (18.x)
  • 19c (19.x)
Oracle VM 3 Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
  • 12cR2 Note
  • 18c (Windows 2012 R2 only)
  • 19c (Windows 2012 R2 only)
  • 12cR2 Note
  • 18c (Windows 2012 R2 only)
  • 19c (Windows 2012 R2 only)
Windows Server 2016
  • 12cR2 Note
  • 18c
  • 19c
  • 12cR2 Note
  • 18c
  • 19c
Windows Server 2019
  • 19c
  • 19c
Logical Partitions (LPAR) Windows x86-64

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:
  • 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 VM for SPARC (formerly known as Logical Domains) are supported with
    • T8 and M8 Servers require Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 or later SRUs for running Database 12cR2 and above. Older versions of Solaris 11.4 and Solaris 11.3 on T8 and M8 require fix for CR 29780225.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 19c (19.5 with Patch 23211028) on Oracle Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 19c (19.5 with Patch 23211028) on Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 SRU 5 and later SRUs.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 18c with the latest 18c OCW RU applied (minimum 29932490 : Merge on OCW RU 18.6.0.0.0 OF 28574610 and 29143512) on Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 18c on Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 SRU 4 and later SRUs.
    • Oracle RAC 12cR2 on Solaris 11.2 SRU5.5 or later with
      • Oracle Clusterware 12cR2
    • Oracle Single Instance and RAC 12cR2 with
      • Oracle Solaris 10 Update 11 (Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 s10s_u11wos_24a) or later updates with Oracle Clusterware 12cR2
      • 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 12cR2
      • Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3
      • Oracle Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs with Oracle Clusterware 12cR2
      • Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4
    • 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 Single Instance and RAC 12cR1 with
      • Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 (Update 10) or later with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 and later versions of 3.3
      • Oracle Solaris 11.1 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, 4.2
      • Oracle Solaris 11.2 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
      • Oracle Solaris 11.3 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2, 4.3
      • (12.1.0.2) Oracle Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs with Oracle Clusterware 12cR1
      • Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4
    • Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3+) with
      • Solaris version 10 Update 6 or later (patches 142900-12, 141870-03) with Oracle Clusterware 11.2
      • Solaris 11 with Oracle Clusterware 11.2.0.3.0
    • Oracle Single Instance and RAC 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
      • (11.2.0.3+) Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0
      • (11.2.0.3+) 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
      • (11.2.0.4) Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Clusterware 11gR2
      • (11.2.0.4) Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4
    • Oracle Single Instance and RAC 11gR1 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 Single Instance and RAC 10gR2 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 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 (PDF).
  • 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 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 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 12cR2 with Oracle Clusterware 12.2.0.1.180417 on Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit) 11.3 SRU6 (and later)
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR1 (for Oracle Clusterware on SPARC) on Oracle Solaris 11.2
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 19c on Oracle Solaris 11.4
  • Oracle Solaris 11 Zones on Oracle Solaris Cluster are supported with:
    • T8 and M8 Servers require Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 or later SRUs for running Database 12cR2 and above. Older versions of Solaris 11.4 and Solaris 11.3 on T8 and M8 require fix for CR 29780225.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 19c (19.5 with Patch 23211028) on Oracle Solaris 11.4 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 SRU 5 and later SRUs.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 18c on Oracle Solaris 11.4 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 SRU 4 and later SRUs
    • 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 Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR2 (for Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC) on Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4
    • 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 Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) (for Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC) on Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) on Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.3 and above) 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 Single Instance and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) on Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4
  • Oracle Solaris 11 Zones are supported with:
    • T8 and M8 Servers require Solaris 11.4 SRU 13 or later SRUs for running Database 12cR2 and above. Older versions of Solaris 11.4 and Solaris 11.3 on T8 and M8 require fix for CR 29780225.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 19c (19.5 with Patch 23211028) on Oracle Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs.
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 18c with the latest 18c OCW RU applied (minimum 29932490 : Merge on OCW RU 18.6.0.0.0 OF 28574610 and 29143512) on Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR2 on Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 12cR1 (12.1.0.2) on Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs
    • Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) on Solaris 11.4 and later SRUs
    • Oracle RAC 12cR2 with Oracle Clusterware 12.2.0.1.180417 on Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit) 11.3 SRU6 (and later)
    • 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 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 11.4 (and later SRUs) are supported with:
    • Oracle Single Instance 10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR1 (11.1.0.7), 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) and 12cR1 (12.1.0.2)
    • Oracle RAC 10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR1 (11.1.0.7) & 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) with corresponding Oracle Clusterware
  • 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 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, Oracle Solaris 11.3 and Oracle Solaris 11.4 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, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4.

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 on both 12c Release 1 and 12c Release 2 with Oracle Solaris Cluster on Solaris x86-64. Oracle Solaris 11.1, Oracle Solaris 11.2, Oracle Solaris 11.3 and Oracle Solaris 11.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2, Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4.. 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/virtualization/

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.
  • 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 DB 19c (19.3 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 TL09 SP3 or later, and on AIX 7.2 with a minimum service level of TL04 SP1 or later
  • Oracle DB 19c (19.13 and above) is certified to be used with the IBM AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) feature on AIX 7.3 with a minimum service level of TL0 SP1 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 12cR2 (12.2.0.1) 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 and 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 19c 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 TL05 SP01 and on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level of TL4 SP1 or later, 64-bit kernel
     
  • Oracle DB and RAC 19c (19.13 and above) is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 7.3 with a minimum of service level of TL0 SP01, 64-bit kernel

    In addition, Oracle DB and RAC 19c (19.7RU and above) with GPFS 5.0 (5.0.5.0) 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 TL05 SP4 (7100-05-04-1914), on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level of TL04 SP2 (7200-04-01-1939) or later, 64-bit kernel

    In addition, Oracle DB and RAC 19c (19.11RU and above) with GPFS 5.1 (5.1.0.2) is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level of TL05 SP4 (7200-05-04-2222), on AIX 7.3 with a minimum of service level of TL00 SP2 (7300-00-02-2220) 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 (AME) Overview for further information.
  • Oracle DB and RAC 12cR1 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Active Memory Expansion (AME) feature 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 (AME) Overview for further information.
  • Oracle DB and RAC 12cR2 is certified to be used with the IBM PowerVM Active Memory Expansion (AME) feature on AIX 7.2 with a minimum of service level of TL02 SP2 ("7200-02-02 ") or later, 64-bit kernel. Please refer to 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 (PDF) .
  • 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.
    • VMGuest: Recommended Oracle Database configuration (HP-UX 11.31 September 2008 plus several patches) along with the HPVM 4.2 Guest Libraries.
  • Oracle 12cR1 single instance databases are supported on HPVM 6.2 or later.
  • Oracle 12cR2, 18c and 19c single instance databases are supported on HPVM 6.3 or later.
  • Please refer to the Oracle single instance installation guide and the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation,Configuration, and Administration guides:

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 (PDF).
  • 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 Single Instance and RAC 12cR2 (12.2.0.1 and above) with OL and RHEL 6.x (6.1 or higher) and 7.x (7.1 or higher).
  • Oracle Single Instance and RAC 18c with OL and RHEL 7.x (7.4 or higher).

Oracle Linux Containers (LXC):

Docker Containers:

  • Please refer to My Oracle Support note 2216342.1 for content specific to Docker Containers.
  • Please refer to My Oracle Support note 2488326.1 for Oracle RAC on Docker - Released Versions and Known Issues

Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM):

  • Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM), also known as KVM virtualization, is certified with 12cR1, 18c and 19c Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC for all supported Oracle Linux 7 distributions, Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) will be certified with Oracle Database Appliance and Exadata only.:
    • Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4: 4.1.12-124.19.2.el7uek.x86_64 or later
    • Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5: 4.14.35-1818.1.6.el7uek.x86_64 or later
    • Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 or later
  • KVM is certified with 19c Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC for all supported Oracle Linux 8 distributions:
    • Oracle Linux 8.1 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6:5.4.17-2011.0.7.el8uek.x86_64 or later
    • Oracle Linux 8 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel:4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 or later

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 and LinuxONE 64-bit servers.
  • Please refer to RAC Technologies Compatibility Matrix (RTCM) for Linux platforms for further information.

Microsoft Windows x86-64 Notes

Microsoft Hyper-V:

  • A particular Oracle Database Client version is certified for a Hyper-V host/guest combination whenever the same version database single instance version is certified for that same combination. For example, Oracle Database 19c single instance is certified on Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V host and Windows Server 2019 guest. That means Oracle Database 19c client is certified on the host/guest combination too.
  • Oracle Single Instance and RAC 11gR2 (11.2.0.2 and above) and 12cR1 (12.1.0.1 and above) with Windows x64.

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.

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