DB2: System Requirements

Verify that your environment meets the system requirements for DB2.

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.

DB2 Database 11.5/11.1 64-Bit

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

AIX 6.1 TL 02 SP00 or higher, 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.

  • On Linux, if you installed libstdc++.so.6, you must also install the compat-stdlibc++ rpm that contains libstdc++.so.5.

Operating system

Processor architecture

NeoKylin Linux 6.5

  • x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

Before you install the Commvault software, you must manually install the libxcrypt.x86_64 and libnsl.x86_64 packages on the computer.

  • x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

  • x64

  • PowerPC (big endian or little endian)

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

  • x64

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

  • PowerPC

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

  • x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.x with glibc 2.17.x or a more recent version

  • x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.x with glibc 2.12-1.25.x or a more recent version

  • x64

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

  • x64

SuSE Linux 15 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.26.x and higher

  • x64

SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5) with glibc 2.19.x

  • x64

SuSE Linux 12 SP1 Enterprise Server

  • PowerPC

  • PowerPC (little endian)

SuSE Linux 11 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.9.x and higher

  • x64

Ubuntu 22.04

  • x64

Important

  • SuSE Linux 15 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.26.x is only supported by DB2 Database version 11.5.

  • We recommend you to stay on Commvault Platform Release 24 (11.24) if you have Red Hat Enterprise Linux PPCLE64 processor architecture.

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

Ultra5 or higher recommended

Z-Linux

Operating System

Processor architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

s390x 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

s390x 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

s390x 64-bit

SuSE Linux 12.x Enterprise Server

s390x 64-bit

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.5

s390x 64-bit

Windows

Operating system

Processor architecture

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Edition

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Editions

Server Core installations are not supported.

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

DB2 Universal Database 10.5, 10.1, 9.7 64-Bit

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

AIX 6.1 TL 02 SP00 or higher, 64-bit

PowerPC

HP-UX

Operating system

Processor architecture

HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)

Itanium

HP-UX 11i v1 (11.23)

x64

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.

  • On Linux, if you installed libstdc++.so.6, you must also install the compat-stdlibc++ rpm that contains libstdc++.so.5.

Operating system

Processor architecture

NeoKylin Linux 6.5

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

  • x64

  • PowerPC (big endian or little endian)

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with glibc 2.12.x

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

PowerPC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with glibc 2.12.x

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.x with glibc 2.17.x or a more recent version

Supported only on DB2 versions 10.5, 10.1, and 9.7.

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.x with glibc 2.12-1.25.x or a more recent version

x64

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

x64

SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5) with glibc 2.19.x

x64

SuSE Linux 11 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.9.x and higher

x64

Z-Linux

Operating system

Processor architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

s390x 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

s390x 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

s390x 64-bit

SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5) Enterprise Server

s390x 64-bit

SuSE Linux 15.5 (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

Ultra5 or higher recommended

Solaris 10 Update 6 or equivalent

UltraSPARC-II or more recent recommended

Windows

Operating system

Operating system

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Edition

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Editions

Server Core installations are not supported.

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

DB2 Universal Database 10.5, 10.1 Express Server Edition

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.

  • On Linux, if you installed libstdc++.so.6, you must also install the compat-stdlibc++ rpm that contains libstdc++.so.5.

Operating system

Processor architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with glibc 2.12.x

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

PowerPC

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

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7.x with glibc 2.17.x or a more recent version

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.x with glibc 2.12-1.25.x or a more recent version

x64

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

x64

SuSE Linux 12 (Initial Release/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5) with glibc 2.19.x

x64

SuSE Linux 11 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.9.x and higher

x64

SuSE Linux 11 Enterprise Server with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

PowerPC

Windows

Operating system

Processor architecture

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Edition

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Editions

Server Core installations are not supported.

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

DB2 Universal Database 9.7 32-Bit

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.

  • On Linux, if you installed libstdc++.so.6, you must also install the compat-stdlibc++ rpm that contains libstdc++.so.5.

Operating system

Processor architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

PowerPC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with glibc 2.12.x

  • x86

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

PowerPC

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

  • x86

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 11 (Initial Release/SP1 and later SPs) with glibc 2.9.x and higher

  • x86

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 11 Enterprise Server with libstdc++ version 4.2.4 or above

PowerPC

Hard Drive

AIX

Component

Space required

Software

3 GB

Job results folder

256 MB

Log folder

256 MB

Linux

Component

Space required

Software

2 GB

Job results folder

256 MB

Log folder

256 MB

Windows

Component

Space required

Software

1 GB

Job results folder

256 MB

Log folder

256 MB

Memory (RAM)

2 GB or more

Clustering

If clustering is supported by the operating system, you can install the software on a cluster. For information about supported cluster types, see Support for Cluster 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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