Supported Operating Systems and Database Versions

Database configuration collection queries can be executed on most supported Oracle Database platforms. However, DBSAT does not collect operating system (OS) data for databases running on Windows platforms or when the Collector is executed remotely.

DBSAT runs on the following platforms:

• Linux x86-64 and Linux 64-bit ARM
• Windows x64

For the following platforms, after running the Collector, you can transfer the collector JSON on the Linux and Windows platforms mentioned in the preceding list, and then run the Reporter:

• IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
• IBM: Linux on System z

For the following platforms, you can run the Collector without encrypting the output by using the -n flag. After that, transfer the Collector JSON on the Linux and Windows platforms mentioned in the list in the beginning of this section, and then run the Reporter:

• Oracle Solaris on x86–64 (64-Bit)
• Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
• HP-UX Itanium (64-Bit)

You can run the DBSAT on Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 and later releases on-premises or in the Cloud, on Oracle AI Database Standard Edition 2 and Oracle AI Database Enterprise Edition. You can also run DBSAT against Oracle Autonomous AI Databases (Serverless, Dedicated, and Cloud@Customer), Oracle Autonomous AI JSON Database, Oracle Exadata Database Service (Dedicated and Cloud@Customer), and Oracle Base Database Service (BaseDB Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition). Some findings will do different checks and provide targeted remarks for these databases. For more information about the target-specific checks and recommendations, see Improved DBSAT Target Specific Checks and Recommendations in Appendix A.

DBSAT on Unix/Linux systems must execute under the BASH shell. If the server does not have this shell, you can install it or run DBSAT remotely from a different server that has it (or from a laptop running Windows, from where you can connect to the database).

You will require unzip to uncompress the dbsat binary file.