The prerequisites refer to the files, hardware, and software required to install Connect CDC (SQData) for Windows.
Operating System
You must have one of the following operating systems running on your hardware.
- Windows Server
- Windows Pro
Hardware requirements (Processors / Memory)
| What is needed | Requirement |
|---|---|
| A minimum of 25MB of disk storage to operate on one the following hardware platforms |
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| Memory | 2 to 16 GB depending on use Apply Engines |
| (Optional) Captures (Db2/LUW, Oracle) | under 1 MB for configuration files |
| Db2/LUW and Oracle Capture Transient Storage | Additional 2 to 4 GB |
Software requirements
| What is needed | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Db2/LUW | version 10.5 or higher |
| Oracle | 18 or higher |
| Other ODBC compliant relational database management systems (RDBMS) | 32 bit drivers only |
| If you are transporting captured data using a Messaging Service | IBM MQ (Apply Engine Target ONLY, IBM MQ deprecated from Capture) |
Third party libraries
A number of open source and proprietary libraries may be required by Apply and Replicator Engines as well as Capture agents identified in the Component column along with Required (minimum) and Recommended versions.
| Required - | ||||
| Function/Library | Component | Recommended | Windo ws | Comment |
| Code Page Conversion (including utf-8) | ||||
| libicuuc.so | Engines | na - current | r | |
| DB2 Connect | ||||
| libdb2.so (native/ODBC) | Capture/Engi ne | na - current | o | |
| Oracle SQL*Net | ||||
| libclntsh.so | Capture/Engi ne | na - current | o | |
| IBM MQ (Message Broker) | ||||
| libmqic.so | Engine | 8.0+ | o | |
| libmqic_r.so | Engine | 8.0+ | o | |
| Notes: | ||||
| Required - Recommended |
" 2 - current " means 2.0 is required while recommended is current "na - current" means any version should work but current is recommended |
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| Columns Windows |
r - Always required o - Optional EXCEPT when required for Source/Target na - Not applicable to OS Platform |
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| Required - | ||||
| Function/Library | Component | Recommended | Windo ws | Comment |
| Library search sequence is: | 1) PATH | |||