# Oracle RAC: System Requirements

Verify that your environment meets the system requirements for Oracle RAC.

Important

Before configuring the Oracle RAC agent, you must install and configure the Oracle agent. For more information, see System Requirements for Oracle.

## Operating System

Important

- Use the most recent version of the operating system that is listed. The Commvault software fully supports the most recent version of an operating system, until the vendor ends support. More recent versions of the Commvault software might not install on operating systems that are not supported by the vendor anymore. For information about the support lifecycle of an operating system, contact the vendor.

- Oracle Exadata Database Machine is supported on the following Oracle Database versions:

  - Oracle 26ai

  - Oracle 21c (21.x)

  - Oracle 19c (19.x)

  - Oracle 18c (18.x)

  - Oracle 12c (12.0.1.0 or more recent)

  - Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.1 or more recent)

  - Oracle 11g (11.1.0.7)

### Oracle 26ai

For Oracle 26ai, the following operating systems and architectures are supported:

Linux

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Oracle Linux 9.2 | x86 64-bit and Arm 64-bit Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 8.8 | x86 64-bit and Arm 64-bit Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 8.6 | x86 64-bit and Arm 64-bit Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 15 SP5 | x86 x64 Compatible processors

Windows

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported

### Oracle 21c and Oracle 23ai

Linux

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Oracle Linux 9.x with glibc 2.34.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 8.x with glibc 2.28.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 15 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.26.x and higher | x86 x64 Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5) with glibc 2.19.x | x86 x64 PowerPC Compatible processors

### Oracle 19c (19.2, 19.3, 19.4, or More Recent), Oracle 18c (18.3)

AIX

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

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
AIX 7.2 64-bit | PowerPC

Linux

Important

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.

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Oracle Linux 9.x with glibc 2.34.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 8.x with glibc 2.28.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 7.x with glibc 2.17.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 15 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.26.x and higher | x86 x64 Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 12 SP3 Enterprise Server | x86 x64 Compatible processors

Z-Linux

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x | s390x 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x | s390x 64-bit

Solaris

In a UNIX virtualization environment using Solaris, you can back up and restore data in both global and non-global zones.

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Oracle Solaris (64-bit) | Sparc T/M series x64

Windows

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Editions – applies only to Oracle 19c | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Editions – applies only to Oracle 19c | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Edition | All Windows-compatible processors are supported

### Oracle 12c (R1, R2), 11g, 10.2.x (R2 or More Recent) Databases (Enterprise or Standard Edition)

AIX

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

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
AIX 7.3 64-bit | PowerPC
AIX 7.2 64-bit | PowerPC
AIX 7.1 64-bit | PowerPC

HP-UX

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) | Itanium
HP-UX 11i v1 (11.23) | Itanium

Linux

Important

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.

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Oracle Linux 7.x with glibc 2.17.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 PowerPC Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 6.x with glibc 2.12.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 PowerPC Compatible processors
Oracle Linux 5.x with glibc 2.5.x | x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.x with glibc 2.17.x or a more recent version | x86 PowerPC (Includes IBM System p) Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.19.x or a more recent version | x86 x64 PowerPC (Includes IBM System p) Compatible processors
SuSE Linux 11 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.9.x and higher | x86 x64 PowerPC (Includes IBM System p) Compatible processors

Z-Linux

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5) Enterprise Server | s390x 64-bit

Solaris

In a UNIX virtualization environment using Solaris, you can back up and restore data in both global and non-global zones.

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Solaris 11.x | x64 Sparc T/M series
Solaris 10 Update 6 or equivalent | x64 Sparc T/M series

Windows

Operating system | Processor architecture
--- | ---
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Editions Supported on Oracle version 11.2.0.4 and more recent versions. | All Windows-compatible processors are supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions Server Core installations are not supported. | All Windows-compatible processors are supported

## Hard Drive

See Oracle: System Requirements.

## Memory (RAM)

2 GB or more

## Network

For Commvault communication between the RAC nodes, the nodes added to the RAC client in the CommCell Console must be able to communicate with each other over Commvault networking. For example, if direct connect is not possible, set up network tunnels.

## Commvault Release Levels

All the clients in an Oracle RAC environment should be at the same Commvault release level for the best operation of the Oracle RAC configuration.

## Software That Is Automatically Installed

### .NET Framework

On most versions of Windows, the .NET Framework 4.7 is automatically installed.

### Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017

Starting with Service Pack 18, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 (vcredist2017.exe) is automatically installed.

If a computer does not have the most recent Windows updates, the installation of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 will fail in installing Universal C Runtime. The following Windows updates must be installed to prevent the installation failure. The updates are not required on the most recent Windows operating system versions, such as Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2016, because these versions have the Universal C Runtime already installed.

- KB2919355

- KB2939087

- KB2975061

- KB2999226

## DISCLAIMER

Certain third-party software and service releases (together, "Releases") may not be supported by Commvault. You are solely responsible for ensuring Commvault’s products and services are compatible with any such Releases.

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