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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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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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