System Requirements - SAP for MAXDB iDataAgent

The following requirements are for the SAP for MAXDB iDataAgent:

Application/Operating System

Processor

SAP for MAXDB 7.5/7.6 on:

AIX

AIX 5.2 with technology level 10 (or higher) and runtime library xlC.rte 8.0.0.0 or higher

AIX 5.3 with technology level 6 (or higher) and runtime library xlC.rte 8.0.0.0 or higher

AIX 6.1

Power PC (Includes IBM System p)

HP-UX

HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) with a minimum of OS patch PHCO29328 (contact Hewlett Packard to obtain the patch)

HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)

PA-RISC

 

HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)

Intel Itanium

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x with glibc 2.3.x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0

 

Intel Pentium, Intel Itanium or compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0

x64

 

SuSE Linux

SuSE Linux 9.x with glibc 2.3.x

SuSE Linux 10.x with glibc 2.4.x

 

x64

Solaris

Solaris 8 with a minimum of Service Packs 108528-13

Solaris 9 with a minimum of Service Packs 111711-02

Solaris 10.x

A workstation that will support the Sun Solaris operating system

Windows

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit and x64 Editions with a minimum of Service Pack 1

All Windows-compatible processors supported

 

SAP for MAXDB 7.7 on:

AIX

AIX 6.1

Power PC (Includes IBM System p)

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0

 

Intel Pentium, Intel Itanium or compatible processors

 

 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0

x64

 

SuSE Linux

SuSE Linux 10.x with glibc 2.4.x

Intel Pentium, x64 or compatible processors

Cluster Support

See Clustering - Support

Memory

16 MB RAM beyond the requirements of the operating system and running applications

Swap space = 2*RAM size

Hard Disk

Windows

111 MB minimum of hard disk space for software/ 498 MB recommended

100 MB of additional hard disk space for log file growth 

80 MB of temp space required for install or upgrade (where the temp folder resides)

Unix

220 MB minimum of hard disk space for software

Peripherals

DVD-ROM drive

Network Interface Card

Miscellaneous

TCP/IP Services configured on the computer.

The File System iDataAgent will be automatically installed during installation of the SAP for MAXDB iDataAgent if it is not already installed. For System Requirements and install information specific to the File System iDataAgent, refer to System Requirements - Unix File System iDataAgent.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package is automatically installed. Note that Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package can co-exist with other versions of this software.

If you have SELinux enabled on the client computer, create the SELinux policy module as a root user before performing a backup. The SELinux Development package must be installed on the client.

To create SELinux policy module, perform the following steps as user "root":

  1. Create the following files in the /usr/share/selinux/devel directory:
File Name Content of the file
<directory>/<file_name>.te

where:

<directory> is /usr/share/selinux/devel

<file_name> is the name of the Unix file, created to save the policy module statement. It is a good idea to use the same name for policy module and the file.

For example: When you are creating a policy module for backup_IDA application, you can use the following file name: backup_IDA.te

 

 The content of the file should be as follows:

policy_module(<name>,<version>)

##############################

where:

<name> is the name of the policy module. You can give any unique name to the policy module, such as a process or application name.

<version> is the version of the policy module. It can be any number, such as 1.0.0.

For Example: While creating a policy module for the backup_IDA application, you can use the following content.

policy_module(backup_IDA,1.0.0)
<directory>/<file_name>.fc

where:

<directory> is /usr/share/selinux/devel

<file_name> is the name of the Unix file, created to save the policy module statement. It is a good idea to use the same name for policy module and the file.

For example: When you are creating a policy module for backup_IDA application, you can use the following file name: backup_IDA.fc

 

 The content of the file should be as follows:

Note that the following list of files is not exhaustive. If the process fails to launch, check /var/log/messages. Also, if required, add it to the following list of files.

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libCTreeWrapper.so -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libCVMAGuiImplgso -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libdb2locale.so.1 -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libdb2osse.so.1 -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libDb2Sbt.so -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libdb2trcapi.so.1 -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libDrDatabase.so -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libIndexing.so -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

/opt/<software installation directory>/Base/libSnooper.so -- gen_context(system_u:object_r:texrel_shlib_t,s0)

 
  1. Create the policy file from command line. Use the following command. Ensure that you give the following commands in the /usr/share/selinux/devel directory.

[root]# make backup_IDA.pp

Compiling targeted backup_IDA module

/usr/bin/checkmodule: loading policy configuration from tmp/backup_IDA.tmp

/usr/bin/checkmodule: policy configuration loaded

/usr/bin/checkmodule: writing binary representation (version 6) to tmp/backup_IDA.mod

Creating targeted backup_IDA.pp policy package

rm tmp/backup_IDA.mod tmp/backup_IDA.mod.fc

[root]# semodule -i backup_IDA.pp

[root]#

  1. Execute the policy module. Use the following command:

[root]# restorecon -R /opt/<software installation directory>

SELinux is now configured to work with this application.

DISCLAIMER

Minor revisions and/or service packs that are released by application and operating system vendors may, in some cases, affect the working of our software. Although we may list such revisions and/or service packs as “supported” in our System Requirements, changes to the behavior of our software resulting from an application or operating system revision/service pack may be beyond our control. However, we will make every effort to correct such disruption as quickly as possible. When in doubt, please contact your software provider to ensure support for a specific application or operating system.

Additional considerations regarding minimum requirements and End of Life policies from application and operating system vendors are also applicable.