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ContentsSystem Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 1Chapter 1:IntroductionWhat’s New in Systems Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications, Version 7.9.6, Rev. N 5What’s New in Systems Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications, Version 7.9.6, Rev. M 6Oracle Business Intelligence Applications DocumentationChapter 2:6Platform Requirements for Oracle BusinessIntelligence ApplicationsOracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Requirements7Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC)Requirements 8Informatica PowerCenter RequirementsHardware Requirements89Client and Server Environment Requirements9Supported Client and Server Operating Systems 9Support for Virtualization and Virtual Machines 11Supported Databases13Supported Databases for Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse 14Supported Databases for Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse AdministrationConsole Repository 18Supported Databases for Informatica PowerCenter Repositories 18Supported Source Systems18Available Languages for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications SoftwareChapter 3:23Supported Software and Ancillary ProgramsAncillary Programs for Oracle Business Intelligence ApplicationsInformatica OEM PowerCenter Version 8.62526System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications Version 7.9.6, Rev. N3

Contents nChapter 4:Upgrade ConsiderationsChapter 5:Planned CertificationPlanned Certification for Informatica PowerCenter431System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications Version 7.9.6, Rev. N

1IntroductionThis book contains the definitive list of system requirements and supported platforms for Release7.9.6.0, 7.9.6.1 and 7.9.6.2 of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.Topics in this chapter include the following:nWhat’s New in Systems Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business IntelligenceApplications, Version 7.9.6, Rev. NnWhat’s New in Systems Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business IntelligenceApplications, Version 7.9.6, Rev. MnOracle Business Intelligence Applications DocumentationWhat’s New in Systems Requirements and SupportedPlatforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications,Version 7.9.6, Rev. NTable 1.Changes in Systems Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications, Version 7.9.6, Rev. NTopicDescriptionInformatica PowerCenter 9.0.1CertificationUpdated section Informatica PowerCenter Requirements onpage 8 to include support for Informatica PowerCenter9.0.1 with Oracle Business Intelligence Applicationsversions 7.9.6.0, 7.9.6.1 and 7.9.6.2.Support for Oracle’s Siebel CRMApplications version 8.2.xUpdated Table Supported Source Systems for OracleBusiness Intelligence Applications on page 19 to includesupport for Oracle’s Siebel CRM Applications version 8.2.x.Support for Oracle eBusiness SuiteR12.x as a source for Oracle ServiceAnalytics Fusion Edition.Updated Table Supported Source Systems for OracleBusiness Intelligence Applications on page 19 to includesupport for Oracle eBusiness Suite R12.x as a sourceapplication for Oracle Service Analytics Fusion Edition.Planned Certification for InformaticaPowerCenter 9.1Updated section Planned Certification for InformaticaPowerCenter on page 31 to include InformaticaPowerCenter 9.1 in the list of planned certifications.System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications Version 7.9.6, Rev. N5

Introduction n Oracle Business Intelligence Applications DocumentationWhat’s New in Systems Requirements and SupportedPlatforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications,Version 7.9.6, Rev. MTable 2.Changes in Systems Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications, Version 7.9.6, Rev. MTopicDescriptionSupport for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Enterprise Editionversion 10.1.3.4.2Updated section Oracle Business Intelligence InfrastructureRequirements on page 7 to indicate support for OracleBusiness Intelligence Enterprise Edition version10.1.3.4.2.Oracle Business IntelligenceApplications DocumentationDocumentation for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications is available on Oracle TechnologyNetwork (OTN).To access Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Documentation on OracleTechnology NetworkGo to the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Documentation Library -foundation/documentation/bi-apps098545.htmlThe latest revision of this document is included in the Documentation Library for this release ofOracle Business Intelligence Applications.6System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications Version 7.9.6, Rev. N

2Platform Requirements forOracle Business IntelligenceApplicationsThis chapter describes all of the supported environments under which Oracle Business IntelligenceApplications operate correctly. It includes information about hardware and software requirements,as well as globalization requirements, and the following topics:nOracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure RequirementsnOracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC) RequirementsnInformatica PowerCenter RequirementsnHardware RequirementsnClient and Server Environment RequirementsnSupport for Virtualization and Virtual MachinesnSupported DatabasesnSupported Source SystemsnAvailable Languages for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications SoftwareOracle Business IntelligenceInfrastructure RequirementsOracle Business Intelligence Applications versions 7.9.6.0, 7.9.6.1 and 7.9.6.2 are supported onOracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition versions 10.1.3.4.1 and 10.1.3.4.2.Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 7.9.6.0, 7.9.6.1 and 7.9.6.2 are also supported on OracleBusiness Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g, but this combination has not been certified. Customersconsidering the use of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise 11g with Oracle Business IntelligenceApplications 7.9.6.0, 7.9.6.1 or 7.9.6.2 should review Document 1196943.1 on My Oracle Support(http://support.oracle.com).The Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installer requires a complete installation of OracleBusiness Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10g infrastructure on the machine where you will run theinstaller. For more information, see Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation Guide.NOTE: Oracle Business Intelligence Applications is also supported on Oracle Business IntelligenceStandard Edition One. You must upgrade the Oracle Business Intelligence components of Oracle BIStandard Edition One to version 10.1.3.4.1 or 10.1.3.4.2 by running the Oracle Business IntelligenceEnterprise Edition Installer. Note further that Oracle Database SE1, included with Oracle BI StandardEdition One, does not support the features that are required for Oracle Business IntelligenceApplications, and so does not meet the pre-requisite without a separate supported database to beused as the Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse. For information on the supported databases forthe Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse, see “Supported Databases for Oracle Business AnalyticsWarehouse” on page 14System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle BusinessIntelligence Applications Version 7.9.6, Rev. N7