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Database requirements

The table identifies supported database and Solaris combinations if you plan to use Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2, Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle, or Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase.

Supported database and Solaris combinations

Database	Solaris 8 (64-bit)	Solaris 8 (32-bit)	Solaris 9 (64-bit)	Solaris 9 (32-bit)	Solaris 10 (64-bit)
DB2 UDB
8.1 ESE with FixPak 6 or lower	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8.2 (or 8.1 ESE with FixPak 7 or higher)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
8.2.2 with FixPak 9	No	No	No	No	Yes
9.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Oracle
9.2 (64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
9.2 (32-bit)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
10.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sybase
12.5	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
15	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Additional DB2 information

With DB2 8.1 ESE, the Database Partitioning feature is only supported in an SMP configuration.

At this time, only Quick I/O and Cached Quick I/O are supported in a Massively Parallel Processor (MPP) configuration. No other Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 tools are supported in an MPP environment.

Refer to the appropriate DB2 installation guide that accompanied your DB2 software for additional information. IBM maintains DB2 UDB FixPaks for download at the following location:

http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support/

Additional Oracle information

In order to use Veritas Extension for Oracle Disk Manager, you must use Oracle9i release 9.2 or later. Refer to Oracle bug number 1824061 for more details.

To use the Storage Mapping functionality, you must install Oracle 9.2.0.5 or higher.

Refer to the appropriate Oracle installation guide that accompanied your Oracle software for additional preinstallation information.

Additional Sybase information

Refer to the appropriate Sybase installation guide that accompanied your Sybase software for additional information.