Announcement

EBS R12 Database Tier Only Certification with Oracle DB 10.2.0.3 on IBM zLinux

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0) is now certified with Oracle Database Server 10gR2 version 10.2.0.3 on IBM Linux on System z (zLinux).
Note: This is a database tier only certification (previously known as a ’split configuration’ in 11i). The application tier must be on a fully certified E-Business Suite R12 platform.

Linux on mainframe (Red Hat and SUSE) is just like any other Linux deployment from Oracle’s perspective.  The novelty of a mainframe deployment is that  Linux server instances are completely virtualized through z/VM — their virtualization software (this is how they compete effectively with very large Linux/Unix server farms). In Japan we have the largest pure Oracle customer on System z deployment running 3 RAC clustered mainframes with 300 processors (huge).   There are dozens more in production.   The customer may only be thinking server consolidation to realize management, power and other environmental savings.

Where can I find more information?

Certify’s E-Business Suite -> EBS Release 12 -> Database Tier Only page for details

Interoperability Notes: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0) (OracleMetaLink Note 454750.1)

Using Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with a Database Tier Only Platform on Oracle 10g Release 2 (OracleMetaLink Note 456197.1)

Export/Import Process for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Database Instances Using Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (OracleMetaLink Note 454616.1)

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