Symptom
This note provides information about the current release status of the Oracle Database 12c for SAP NetWeaver based SAP products.
For more information about this, see the SAP Community Network (SCN) under the following link:
https://scn.sap.com/community/oracle -> SAP on Oracle Development Update
Oracle Database 12c succeeds Oracle Database 11g Release 2.
Product information about this new release is provided under the following link (among others):
l On the Oracle Web site http://www.oracle.com or
l On the German Oracle Web site http://www.oracle.com/de or
l On the Oracle Technology Network http://otn.oracle.com.
Caution:
This note will be updated accordingly if there is new planning data or if changes are made to the Oracle Database 12c release status. We
therefore recommend that you read this note again from time to time.
Other Terms
Oracle Database 12c Release 1, 12.1, 12.1.0.2, Oracle 12c, 12c, In Memory, Multitenant
Solution
Oracle 12.1 certification status (June 30th, 2015):
l Oracle Database 12c (incl. RDBMS 12c, Grid Infrastructure 12c and Oracle RAC 12c) is certified for SAP NetWeaver based SAP
products starting March 31st, 2015. The minimum Oracle version certified is 12.1.0.2 with applied initial 12.1.0.2 SAP Bundle Patch
(SBP), 12.1.0.2.2.
l At least SAP Kernel version 7.21_EXT is required for Oracle 12c
l SAP note 1914631 provides important technical information about using Oracle 12.1 in a SAP environment, like database
installation/upgrade guidelines, software download, patches, etc.
l Oracle Database 12c In-Memory support is available since June 30th, 2015. For details please see SAP note 2178980.
SAP Installation and System Copy certification status with Oracle 12.1:
The SAP installation and SAP system copies of SAP NetWeaver 7.X based systems with Oracle version 12.1 is supported by SAP from May
18th, 2015 on. Important technical details are provided in SAP note 1914631.
SAP Upgrade and Enhancement Package Update certification status with Oracle 12.1:
The SAP Upgrade and Enhancement Package Update of SAP NetWeaver 7.X based systems with Oracle version 12.1 is supported by SAP from
May 18th, 2015 on. Important technical details are provided in SAP notes 2039312 (SUM 1.0 SP13) and 2115547 (SUM 1.0 SP14).
Limitations:
l If you use a NetWeaver 7.X based SAP product with Oracle version 12.1 you can only upgrade to a SAP target release that is based on
NetWeaver 7.40 or higher. In other words, with Oracle version 12.1 SAP upgrades are only supported to SAP target release that run on
NetWeaver 7.40 or higher. This will be a permanent requirement.
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Currently the following general limitations apply:
The Oracle Database 12c certification does not yet include the features ADO/ILM, Multitenant or Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC) for Oracle
Exadata. Those features are planned to be certified in a staged approach later during 2015/2016.
¡ Oracle Database 12c Multitenant support is planned for end 2015 – 2016
¡ Oracle Database 12c ADO/ILM support is planned for end Q3 or Q4/2015
¡ Oracle Database 12c HCC for Exadata support is planned for end Q3 or Q4/2015
¡ Oracle Database Vault 12c support is planned for Q3/2015
l SAP LVM is currently not supported in an Oracle 12c based SAP NetWeaver environment. Certification is planned for end Q3/2015.
l SAP MDM is currently not supported in an Oracle 12c based SAP NetWeaver environment. Certification pending.
As of now the following SAP products (incl. all corresponding EHPs) are supported with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2:
- SAP NetWeaver 7.0/7.1/7.3/7.40/7.50
- SAP BW 7.0/7.01/7.02/7.10/7.11/7.20/7.30/7.31/7.40/7.50
- SAP ERP 6.0
- SAP CRM 7.0
- SAP SCM 7.0
- SAP SRM 7.0
- SAP Solution Manager 7.1/7.2
- Banking Services from SAP 6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0
- SAP NW CE 7.1/7.20
- SAP NW PI 7.1
To find out which SAP product versions are released for Oracle 12.1, see also the SAP Product Availability Matrix (PAM). This is available at:
www.service.sap.com/PAM.
Validity
This document is not restricted to a software component or software component version
References
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SAP Notes