SAP Kernels that are linked with Oracle 10.2 (7.XX, 640_EX2) can use Instant Clients of release 11.2.0.X.Oracle Instant Clients of release 10.2.0.5 are supported after end of July 2011 only under the conditions of Oracle Extended Support.Oracle Instant Clients of release 10.2.0.4 are supported until end of July 2011.Oracle Instant Clients of release 10.2.0.2 are no longer supported.

For database releases 10.2.0.X and 11.2.0.1, Oracle Instant Clients of releases 10.2.0.4 or 10.2.0.5 are available.

For database release 11.2.0.2 (and above), Oracle Instant Clients of release 11.2.0.2 are available.

See below 'Configuring Oracle Instant Client 11.2 for SAP BR*Tools 7.20'.Ĭhoosing between Oracle Instant Client 10.2 and 11.2:

There are also some dependencies between SAP BR*Tools versions and Oracle instant client versions.

Running a mix of different instant client versions in one SAP system is not recommended.

All SAP application servers of an SAP system should run with the same version of the instant client.

Updated versions of the instant client are made available for download on the SAP Service Marketplace if this is required.

SAP customers are strongly advised not to create their own patched versions of the Oracle Instant Client.

The use of Oracle Instant Client versions that are available on OTN is not supported.

SAP customers must use only the instant client versions released for SAP from the SAP Service Marketpace.

Oracle Instant Clients replace the full client installations ('Oracle-Home-based client') that were required prior to Oracle release 10.2.Ĭhoosing the Recommended Oracle Instant Client VersionĪn Oracle Instant Client must be installed for SAP Kernels linked with Oracle release 10.2, 11.2 or higher. The Oracle Instant Client contains the complete Oracle client software required for an SAP system in an easy-to-install way. You need to download and configure the current version of the Oracle Instant Client. The currently used Oracle Instant Client is not up-to-date.

This note describes how to install and configure the Oracle Instant Client in an SAP environment on Unix and Linux platforms.įor Windows platforms, please refer to note 998004. Oracle Instant Client in SAP Environments

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