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SystemrequirementsforIBMInfoSphereInformation
Server,Version8.5onAIX
Productdocumentation
Abstract
SystemrequirementsfortheserversidecomponentsofInfoSphereInformationServeronAIX.
Content
11.3
9.1.2
AIX
HPUX
9.1
8.7
Linux
8.5
Solaris
8.1
8.0.1
Windows
Clients
Systemrequirements
Additionalproductrequirements
Operatingsystem
InfoSphereDataStageandQualityStage
Memory
InfoSphereBusinessGlossary
Diskspace
Networking
Databaseserver
Applicationserver
Relatedinformation
Important:AlloftherequirementsinthisdocumentarerequiredforthecomputersrunningonAIXoperatingsystems
unlessspecificallynoted.
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Addedorchangedinformationsincethelastrelease,modification,orfixpack.Thismarkinthefarleftcolumn
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Aboutthesystemrequirements
InfoSphereInformationServerproductmodulesareinstalledinlogicaltiers:clienttier,enginetier,servicestier,and
metadatarepositorytier.AtierisalogicalgroupofcomponentswithinInfoSphereInformationServerandthe
computersonwhichthosecomponentsareinstalled.Formoreinformationabouttiers,seeUnderstandingtiersand
components.
BeforeyouinstalltheIBMInfoSphereInformationServersuiteproductmodulesandcomponents,youmustensure
thateachcomputermeetsthesystemrequirementsforthelogicaltiersthatyouplantoinstallonthatcomputer.The
easiestwaytoverifythatyourcomputermeetsthesystemrequirementsistouseoneofthefollowingtools:
StarttheVersion8.5installationprogramtoruntheSystemRequirementsCheck.
UsetheISALiteforInfoSphereInformationServertooltoruntheSystemRequirementsreports.Toaccessthis
report,youmustdownload,install,andconfiguretheISALitetool.Formoreinformation,see
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022700.
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Thisdocumentdescribesthesystemrequirementsindetail.
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Operatingsystemrequirements
Theenginetier,servicestier,andmetadatarepositorytieraresupportedon64bitAIXoperatingsystems.
ThefollowingtablespecifiesthesupportedAIXoperatingsystems.
Operating Processors
system
Notes
AIX5.3
RISCPOWER5,
POWER6,andPOWER7
processors
TechnologyLevel10SP4orTechnologyLevel11isrequired.
AIX6.1
RISCPOWER5,
POWER6,andPOWER7
processors
TheAsynchronousI/OExtension(AIO)packageisrequired.
AIX7.1
RISCPOWER5,
POWER6,andPOWER7
processors
TheAsynchronousI/OExtension(AIO)packageisrequired.
TheAsynchronousI/OExtension(AIO)packageisrequired.
Warningoccursduringinstallationrequirementscheck,butcanbe
ignored.Seehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
uid=swg21458229.
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Memoryrequirements
TheminimumamountofmemoryforinstallingtheInfoSphereInformationServerenginetier,servicestier,and
metadatarepositorytierisasfollows:
Installationofasingletieronacomputerrequires4GBofmemory.
Installationofmorethanonetieronthesamecomputerrequires6GBofmemory.
Memoryrequirementsdependonthetypeofprocessing,thevolumeofparallelprocessing,thesizeandnumberof
simultaneouslyrunningjobs,andthememoryrequirementsoftheoperatingsystemandotherapplications(suchas
relationaldatabases).
Evaluatethefollowingfactorstodeterminethememoryrequirementsforyoursystem:
NumberofInfoSphereInformationServerproductcomponentsonthesameserver
Othersoftwareonthesameserver
Performancerequirements
Sizeandcomplexityofyourconfiguration
Extentofactivityandthenumberofconcurrentclientsthataccessyourserver
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Diskspacerequirements
Seethediskspacerequirementsfortheenginetier,servicestier,andmetadatarepositorytier.
Enginetier
Servicestier
Metadatarepositorytier
Enginetierdiskspacerequirements
Thefollowingtablespecifiestheminimumdiskspacerequirementsfortheenginetierinstallation.Thesediskspace
requirementsaretheminimumrequirementsforinstallation.Operationalrequirementsaresignificantlylargerthan
theseminimuminstallationdiskspacerequirements.
Enginetier
component
Minimumdisk
space
Notes
Installation
2GB
Thesystemtemporarydirectoryrequires1GBofavailablefreespace
duringinstallation.
Product
components
1.7GB
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Servicestierdiskspacerequirements
Thefollowingtablespecifiestheminimumdiskspacerequirementsfortheservicestierinstallation.Thesediskspace
requirementsaretheminimumrequirementsforinstallation.Operationalrequirementsaresignificantlylargerthan
theseminimuminstallationdiskspacerequirements.
Servicestier
component
Minimumdisk
space
Notes
Installation
2GB
Thesystemtemporarydirectoryrequires1GBofavailablefreespace
duringinstallation.
WebSphereApplication
Server
2.1GB
Productcomponents
1.1GB
Metadatarepositorytierdiskspacerequirements
Thefollowingtablespecifiestheminimumdiskspacerequirementsforthemetadatarepositorytierinstallation.
Thesediskspacerequirementsaretheminimumrequirementsforinstallation.Operationalrequirementsare
significantlylargerthantheseminimuminstallationdiskspacerequirements.
Metadatarepository
tiercomponent
Minimum
disk
space
Notes
Installation
2GB
Thesystemtemporarydirectoryrequires1GBofavailablefreespace
duringinstallation.
DB2databasesoftware
1GB
OptionallyinstalledwithVersion8.5.
Metadatarepository
database
1GBto
2.5GB
Diskspacerequirementsvarybasedonyourdatabasesoftware.DB2
requires2.5GB,Oraclerequires1GB,andSQLServerrequires1.2GB.
InfoSphereInformation
Analyzeranalysis
database
1.2GB
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Networkingrequirements
Theclienttier,enginetier,servicestier,andmetadatarepositorytiermustbeabletocommunicatewitheachother
overthenetworkonallportsthatareusedbythesoftware.Thehostcomputermustbeabletoresolveitshostname
toanIPaddress.
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Databaseserverrequirements
Thedatabaseservermustbeinstalledonthesamecomputerthattheservicestierisinstalledon,oronthe
metadatarepositorytiercomputerwithhighspeednetworkconnectivitytotheservicestiercomputer.This
requirementmightnotbemetwhenthecomputersarenotonthesamenetworksegmentorifafirewallisinstalled
betweenthetwocomputers.
Note:TheVersion8.5installationprogramcaninstallanewinstanceofDB2EnterpriseServerEdition(ESE)
Version9.7,oryoucanuseanexistingDB2ESEVersion9.5orDB2ESEVersion9.7installation.
Thefollowingtablespecifiesthedatabaseserversthataresupportedforthemetadatarepositorydatabaseandthe
InfoSphereInformationAnalyzeranalysisdatabase:
Databaseserversoftware
Notes
MicrosoftSQLServer2005
EnterpriseEdition
MicrosoftSQLServer2008
EnterpriseEdition
IBMDB2EnterpriseServerEdition
Version9.5
FixPack2aorasubsequentfixpackforthisversionisrequired.
Highavailabilitydisasterrecovery(HADR)issupported.
Partitioneddatabasesarenotsupported.
IBMDB2EnterpriseServerEdition
Version9.7
FixPack3aorasubsequentfixpackforthisversionisrequired.
Partitioneddatabasesarenotsupported.
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IBMDB2Version9.1forz/OS
Version9.1orasubsequentfixpackforthisversionisrequired.
Oracle10gRelease2
AdvancedSecurityoptionisnotsupported.
RealApplicationClusters(RAC)issupportedonlyforthemetadata
repositorydatabase.
InstallationonthesamesubnetasWebSphereApplicationServeris
recommended.
Oracle11gRelease2
AdvancedSecurityoptionisnotsupported.
RealApplicationClusters(RAC)issupportedonlyforthemetadata
repositorydatabase.
InstallationonthesamesubnetasWebSphereApplicationServeris
recommended.
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Applicationserverrequirements
IBMWebSphereApplicationServerNetworkDeploymentisrequiredfortheservicestier.
TheInfoSphereInformationServerinstallationprogramcaninstallWebSphereApplicationServerNetwork
Deployment,Version7.0fixpack11andadditionaliFixeswhenitinstallsInfoSphereInformationServerVersion
8.5.IfyouuseanexistinginstallationofWebSphereApplicationServer,youmustinstallthefixpackandadditional
iFixes.
The64bitversionofWebSphereApplicationServerNetworkDeploymentissupported,howeverthe32bitversion
ofWebSphereApplicationServerisnotsupported.
Thefollowingtablespecifiestheapplicationserverrequirements.
Applicationserver
software
Notes
WebSphereApplication
Fixpack29orasubsequentfixpackforthisversionisrequired.
ServerNetworkDeployment,
Version6.1
IfyouuseanexistinginstallationofWebSphereApplicationServer,additional
iFixesmightalsoberequired.Seehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
uid=swg27019072.
Asupportedwebserverisrequired.SeeSystemrequirementsforWebSphere
ApplicationServerV6.1onIBMAIX.
WebSphereApplication
Fixpack11orasubsequentfixpackforthisversionisrequired.
ServerNetworkDeployment,
Version7.0
IfyouuseanexistinginstallationofWebSphereApplicationServer,additional
iFixesmightalsoberequired.Seehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
uid=swg27019072.
Asupportedwebserverisrequired.SeeSystemRequirementsforWebSphere
ApplicationServerV7.0onIBMAIX.
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InfoSphereDataStageandQualityStagerequirements
TheenginetiercomputerrequirestheIBMXLC/C++EnterpriseEditioncompiler.Youcanuseanyofthefollowing
versions:
XLC/C++forAIX,V9
XLC/C++forAIX,V10.1
XLC/C++forAIX,V11.1
CompilersonAIX7.1requirethelatestupdates(PTFs).Seehttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
uid=swg21110831.
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InfoSphereBusinessGlossaryrequirements
TousethebusinesslineagefeatureofInfoSphereBusinessGlossary,InfoSphereMetadataWorkbenchmustbe
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Relatedinformationandadditionalrequirements
Document
Format
DownloadVersion8.5FixPack2
HTML
UpdatingInfoSphereInformationServer,Version8.5,andinstallatingadditionalproducts
HTML
Releasenotesanddocumentation
HTML
DownloadVersion8.5FixPack1
HTML
DownloadVersion8.5
HTML
DownloadIBMSupportAssistantLite
HTML
SystemrequirementsforMetaBrokersandbridges
HTML
Systemrequirementsforotherversions
HTML
SupportforIBMsoftwareproductsinVMwareenvironments
OperatingsystemanddiskspacerequirementsforInfoSphereQualityStagemodulesonVersion8.5
HTML
HTML
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Changehistory
History
Date
Release 15
October
2010
Change
CreatedforIBMInfoSphereInformationServer,Version8.5
Release 30
MaintenanceupdatestoaddlinksforapplicationserverrequirementsandISALite.
November
2010
Release 17
MaintenanceupdatestoadddescriptionwithlinktoISALite.
December
2010
Release 15April
2011
Clarifiedthesupportedversionsofdatabaseserversandapplicationservers.
Release 30
AddedlinkstothedownloaddocumentforVersion8.5FixPack2andaddedthelinktothe
November instructionsforUpdatingInfoSphereInformationServer,Version8.5,andinstallingadditional
2011
products.
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Documentinformation
Moresupportfor:
InfoSphereInformation
Server
Softwareversion:
8.5,8.5.0.1,8.5.0.2
Operatingsystem(s):
AIX
Reference#:
7016382
Modifieddate:
20120624
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