Product summary

Sybase Replication Server® version 15.5 is compatible with the following operating system configurations.

Platform

Supporting system and version

HP-UX Itanium (64-bit)

HP-UX 11.23 and 11.31 – patch level B11.23.0409

NoteThe installer requires the gasp utility. Ensure that the path to gzip is set in the $PATH environment variable.

Linux x86 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Linux x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 update: 5

    • kernel-2.6.9-55.EL

    • glibc-2.3.4-2.36

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 update: 1

    • kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5

    • glibc-2.5-18

  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 10

    • kernel-smp-2.6.16.21-0.8

    • glibc-2.4-31.2

  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 11

    • kernel-*-2.6.27.19-5.1

    • glibc-2.9-13.2

Linux on IBM p-Series (Linux on Power) (64-bit)

  • Linux x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 update: 5

    • kernel-2.6.9-55.EL

    • glibc-2.3.4-2.36

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 update: 1

    • kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5

    • glibc-2.5-18

  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 10

    • kernel-smp-2.6.16.21-0.8

    • glibc-2.4-31.2

IBM AIX (64-bit)

  • AIX 5.3 – ML 07 or higher patch

  • AIX 6.1

Before you start Replication Server, you must install the IBM XL C/C++ Runtime for AIX and the SMP Runtime Libraries for AIX that is suitable for your version of AIX. Obtain the libraries from your IBM AIX operating system installation media.

These libraries are also available from the IBM AIX Web site:

  • The IBM XL C/C++ Runtime for AIX is available on the Web site under “Latest updates for supported IBM C and C++ compilers”.

  • The SMP Runtime Libraries for AIX is available on the Web site under “IBM XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, Runtime Environment and Utilities”.

Sun Solaris (SPARC) (64-bit)

Solaris 8, 9, and 10 – patch level 8_recommended

Sun Solaris x86-64 (64-bit)

Solaris 10 – patch level 10_recommended

NoteTo run Replication Server 15.5 with an ERSSD on Sun Solaris x86-64 machines, install these patches: 118345-03 and 119964-07.

On Sun Solaris Install the latest Solaris recommended patch cluster appropriate for your system. In addition, install these patches if Sun has not yet included the patch in the latest Solaris recommended patch cluster.

Operating systems

Recommended patch cluster

Sun Solaris SPARC 8

111721-04

Sun Solaris SPARC 9

Not applicable

Sun Solaris SPARC 10

Not applicable

Sun Solaris 10 x86-64

Not applicable

On Linux Linux distribution vendors often provide errata packages, allowing you to upgrade and fix bugs within a release. Contact your Linux distributor for more information.

If your operating system requires patches, install the patches before you install Replication Server components.

Contact your operating system representative for patches recommended for Replication Server installed on your system. Do not use a patch that is older than the version suggested for your operating system. Use the patch recommended by the operating system vendor even if the patch version supersedes the listed patch.

For a complete list of supported operating systems, see the Sybase Platform Certification Web site.