Lists the software requirements for Oracle Database client.
Table 2-3 Windows x64 Software Requirements
Requirement
Value
Operating System
Oracle Database for Windows x64 is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows 8.1 x64 - Pro and Enterprise editions
Windows 10 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions
Windows 11 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions
Windows Server 2016 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions
Windows Server 2019 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions
Windows Server 2022 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions
Note:
Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported.
The Server Core option is not supported.
Windows 11 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions and Windows Server 2022 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions are supported starting with Oracle Database 19c Release Update (19.13) or later.
Virtualization
Oracle certifies the following virtualization technologies with Oracle Database Client on Windows:
Oracle VM Server
Microsoft Hyper-V
For more detailed information on certified Oracle VM Server combinations, check My Oracle Support note 464754.1. For more information on certified Hyper-V combinations, you can visit:
Oracle Database for Windows x64 is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows 7 x64 - Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions
Windows 8.1 x64 - Pro and Enterprise editions
Windows 10 x64 - Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions
Windows Server 2012 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, Essentials, and Foundation editions
Windows Server 2016 x64 - Standard, Datacenter, and Essentials editions
Note:
Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported.
The Server Core option is not supported.
Virtualization
Oracle certifies the following virtualization technologies with Oracle Database Client on Windows:
Oracle VM Server
Microsoft Hyper-V
For more detailed information on certified Oracle VM Server combinations, check My Oracle Support note 464754.1. For more information on certified Hyper-V combinations, you can visit:
This matrix includes interoperability information for older versions and is included here for completeness.
CURRENT INTEROPERABILITY SUPPORT SITUATION
The matrix below summarizes client and server combinations that are supported for the most commonly used product versions. A full matrix appears at the end of this document.
New interoperability problems will only be investigated if BOTH releases involved are covered by a valid support contract at the time that the issue is reported.
Supported but fixes only possible for customers with Extended Support.
MDS
Supported, but fixes only possible for customer with a valid Market-Driven Support contract.
Was
Was a supported combination but one of the releases is no longer covered by any of Premier Support, Primary Error Correct support, Extended Support, nor Extended Maintenance Support. Fixes are no longer possible.
#2 – An ORA-3134 error is incorrectly reported if a 10g client tries to connect to an 8.1.7.3 or lower server. See Note 3437884.8 .
#3 – An ORA-3134 error is correctly reported when attempting to connect to this version.
#4 – There are problems connecting from a 10g client to 8i/9i where one is EBCDIC based. See Note 3564573.8
#5 – For connections between 10.2 (or higher) and 9.2 the 9.2 end MUST be at 9.2.0.4 or higher. Connections between 10.2 (or higher) and 9.2.0.1, 9.2.0.2 or 9.2.0.3 have never been supported.
#6 – For connections between 11.1 (or higher) database server and 10.1 / 10.2 database server across a database link the 10g end MUST be at 10.1.0.5 / 10.2.0.2 (or higher) respectively in order to use PLSQL between those versions. (This does not apply to normal 11g clients to 10g database server only server to server and a few very specific client products, such as Oracle Forms). See Note 4511371.8 for more details.
#7 – For database link connections between 11.1 (or higher) and 10.2 the 10g end MUST be at 10.2.0.2 (or higher) in order to use PLSQL between those versions. See Note 4511371.8 for more details.
#8 – Attempting to connect from 9.2 to 12.1 will fail with an “ORA-28040: No matching authentication protocol” error.
#9 – 11.2.0.3 or 11.2.0.4 only. For Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, there is additional limitation and 11.2.0.4 is the minimum supported client version.
#10 – For the IBM z/OS platform only, Oracle will continue to test past 2014, at its discretion, new versions of the database running on non-z/OS platforms with the older 10.2 client running on z/OS. For more information, please refer to Note 461234.1 – Oracle Database on z/OS Support Status.
#11 – 32-bit DB23c client is not available on any platform. However, you can use older 32-bit clients (e.g. 19c) with DB23c server based on this matrix unless the platform desupport notice indicates otherwise.
#12 – 12.1.0.2 only. For 11.2 interoperability, 11.2.0.4 is required.
Supported but fixes only possible for customers with Extended Support .
LES or MDS
Supported but fixes only possible for customer with a valid Limited Extended Support or Market-Driven Support contract respectively.
Was
Was a supported combination but one of the releases is no longer covered by any of Premier Support, Primary Error Correct support, Extended Support, nor Extended Maintenance Support. Fixes are no longer possible.
