4 BRM Prerequisite Software Compatibility

Learn about the software compatible with Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) 15.0 server and client systems.

See "System Requirements" in BRM Installation Guide for hardware and information requirements.

Note:

  • BRM 15.0 server components do not support any 32-bit server operating systems.

  • Character Sets: BRM 15.0 supports AL32UTF8 as its default character set. It also continues to support the UTF8 character set for backward compatibility. The Unicode character set AL32UTF8 is recommended for all new BRM 15.0 deployments.

  • All BRM clients are supported on Linux in addition to Windows.

  • This section applies to non-cloud native deployments only. For cloud native deployments, the BRM container images include all required prerequisites.

Windows

This section lists software compatible with BRM clients on Windows.

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11

Additional BRM Software Requirements

Table 4-1 provides the compatibility information for other applications you need to create a complete customer management and billing system for your business.

Note:

Oracle does not provide any third-party software mentioned in the table below. You must obtain and install the required third-party software before using the product.

Table 4-1 Required Third-Party Software for BRM

Product Version Notes
Apache Kafka Client

For 15.0.0:

  • 3.5.0

For 15.0.1:

  • 3.6.1

Not applicable
Apache Tomcat

For 15.0.0:

  • 9.0.82

For 15.0.1:

  • 9.0.85

Not applicable
Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 Compatible version with Oracle Linux/RHEL 8.x
Perl (64-bit)

For 15.0.0:

  • 5.38.0

For 15.0.1:

  • 5.38.2

Not applicable

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