Platforms and Operating Systems

Learn about the platforms and operating systems that are required to run Replication Agent.

Platform and Operating System Requirements

Platform

Operating System Version

HP-UX Itaniuma

HP-UX 11.31 (64-bit only)

IBM RISC System/6000a

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1 (64-bit only)

Linux/Intel a

Linux x86 and x64b:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4:Kernel version 2.6.9-42.EL

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1:Kernel version 2.6.18-8.e15

  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10:

    Kernel version 2.6.16.21-0.8

Microsoft Windows

Windows x86 and x64b:

  • Windows Server 2003

  • Windows Server 2008

  • Windows XP Professional

  • Windows Vista 6.0.6000

Sun Solaris (SPARC) a

Sun Solaris 9, 10 (64-bit only)

a. Replication Agent for Microsoft SQL Server is supported only on Microsoft Windows.

b. The Replication Agent binary word size is 32-bit and runs on both the 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

Ensure that the required operating system patches for Java are installed before you install Replication Agent.

Operating System Patch Requirements

Platform

Reference

HP-UX Itanium

HP-UX Java patch information page at http://docs.hp.com/en/HPUXJAVAPATCHES/index.htmlhttp://docs.hp.com/en/HPUXJAVAPATCHES/index.html

IBM AIX

AIX download and service information page at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/aix/service.html

Sun Solaris (SPARC)

Java SE downloads page at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp