System Requirements - Oracle RAC iDataAgent

System Requirements Supported Features  

The following requirements are for the Oracle RAC iDataAgent:

Application/Operating System

Processor

Oracle 10g/11g (R1, R2 or higher) RAC Databases on:

AIX

AIX 7.1

Power PC (Includes IBM System p)

AIX 6.1

Power PC (Includes IBM System p)

AIX 5.3

Power PC (Includes IBM System p)

HP-UX

HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)

PA-RISC

HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)

Itanium

HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)

Itanium

HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)

PA-RISC

Linux

Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux 6.x with glibc 2.12.x

Intel Pentium, x64 or compatible processors

Oracle Linux 5.x with glibc 2.5.x

Intel Pentium, x64 or compatible processors

Oracle Linux 4.x with a minimum of glibc 2.3.4

Intel Pentium, x64 or compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.x with glibc 2.12.x

Intel Pentium, Itanium, x64, Power PC (Includes IBM System p) or compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5.x with glibc 2.5.x

Intel Pentium, Itanium, x64, Power PC (Includes IBM System p) or compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 4.x with a minimum of glibc 2.3.4

Intel Pentium, Itanium, x64, Power PC (Includes IBM System p) or compatible processors

SuSE Linux (SLES)

SuSE Linux 11.x with glibc 2.9.x and above

Intel Pentium, Itanium, x64, Power PC (Includes IBM System p) or compatible processors

SuSE Linux 10.x with glibc 2.4.x

Intel Pentium, Itanium, x64, Power PC (Includes IBM System p) or compatible processors

Solaris

Solaris 11.x

x64, Sparc5 (or higher recommended)

Solaris 10.x

x64, Sparc5 (or higher recommended)

Windows

Windows 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Editions with a minimum of Service Pack 1*

*Core Editions not supported

All Windows-compatible processors supported

Windows 2003

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Editions with a minimum of Service Pack 1

All Windows-compatible processors supported

Hard Drive

See System Requirements - Oracle iDataAgent

Memory

See System Requirements - Oracle iDataAgent

Oracle Exadata Database Machine Support

Oracle Exadata Database Machine is supported on the following Oracle Database versions:
  • Oracle 11g (11.1.0.7)
  • Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.1 or higher)

Solaris Zones/Containers Support

Data Protection of data residing on global and non-global zones is supported.

For a comprehensive list of supported components, see Unix Virtualization.

AIX LPAR/WPAR Support

Data protection on Logical Partitioning (LPAR) and Workload Partitioning (WPAR) is supported.

Peripherals

DVD-ROM drive

Network Interface Card

Miscellaneous

Network

TCP/IP Services configured on the computer.

The Oracle iDataAgent must be installed and configured prior to configuring the Oracle RAC iDataAgent. For System Requirements and install information specific to the Oracle iDataAgent, refer to System Requirements - Oracle iDataAgent.

SELinux

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 an 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 are supported by our software but may not be individually listed in our System Requirements. We will provide information on any known caveat for the revisions and/or service packs. In some cases, these revisions and/or service packs affect the working of our software. Changes to the behavior of our software resulting from an application or operating system revision/service pack may be beyond our control. The older releases of our software may not support the platforms supported in the current release. However, we will make every effort to correct the behavior in the current or future releases when necessary. Please contact your Software Provider for any problem with 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