System Requirements

Before installing Adaptive Server version 15.7 SP100, ensure that your system is updated with the latest patches and system requirements. Do not use a patch that is earlier than the version suggested for your operating system. Use the patch recommended by the operating system vendor, even if it supersedes the patch listed.

To list all currently installed patches and display the operating system version level, enter:
showrev -p
Note: The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and associated Adaptive Server support require at least 250MB of virtual memory space to start, and may need more, depending on the requirements of the individual Java executions. You may need to adjust the memory parameters when running Java to ensure that it has enough virtual memory space to start, and that both Adaptive Server and Java tasks can successfully coexist.

In particular, systems that have Adaptive Server total memory set to a value higher than 1.5GB (or 2.5GB on some enterprise servers) may experience problems, and you may have to reduce Adaptive Server total memory.

Sun Solaris Requirements for Cluster Edition

Solaris Memory Requirements
Processor Minimum RAM for Adaptive Server Default User Stack Size Minimum RAM Per Additional User

Sparc 64-bit

  • 128MB
  • 47,104 2K pages
  • 94K
  • Minimum 26K
  • Approx. 245K
  • With default stack size, packet size, and user log cache size

Sun Solaris 64-bit

  • 128MB
  • 47,104 2K pages
  • 100K
  • Minimum 72K
  • Approx. 247K
  • With default stack size, packet size, and user log cache size
Operating system requirements for Sun Solaris
Hardware Operating System Updates Minimum Preferred RAM
Sparc Architecture Solaris 9 111711-16, 117560-06, 111712-16, 111722- 05 1G
Sparc Architecture Solaris10 120753-05, 120048-03 1G
x64 Architecture Solaris10 120754-05, 120049-03 1G
Minimum disk space requirements for Sun Solaris
Platform Typical Installation Default Databases Management Features Total Disk Space Requirements
Sun Solaris 891MB 150MB 25MB 1066MB
Sun Solaris x86-64 1040MB 150MB 25MB 1215MB
Clustered file system for Sun Solaris
Operating System Product
Solaris10 Veritas Clustered File System 5.0
Note: To set up resource control, add an entry to the /etc/project file, and restart Adaptive Server.
These patches address an Oracle bug for Solaris::
  • Solaris 10 SPARC – 148888-03
  • Solaris 10 x86/x64 – 148889-03
  • Solaris 11 – the latest SRU containing the fix for Oracle Bug 16054425

Ensure that you have the required operating system patches for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 7.

Information about the required operating system patches is available from http://java.sun.com.

See the Clusters Users Guide for hardware requirements for using Infiniband Interconnect on a production system. File system devices are not supported when running on multiple nodes.

If you intend to run the cluster under Symantec Storage Foundation for Sybase Cluster Edition, see Using the Cluster Edition with the Veritas Cluster Server, in the Clusters Users Guide. Veritas Cluster Server for Sybase Cluster Edition is supported only on Solaris Sparc64 and Linux x86-64; it is not available for Solaris x86-64.

Database devices in the Cluster Edition must support SCSI-3 persistent group reservations (SCSI PGRs). Cluster Edition uses SCSI PGRs to guarantee data consistency during cluster membership changes. SAP cannot guarantee data consistency on disk subsystems that do not support SCSI PGRs (such a configuration is supported for test and development environments that can tolerate the possibility of data corruption).