IBM Informix database requirements for ArcGIS 10.1
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Supported database versions
Enterprise edition
IBM INFORMIX Server 64 Bit 11.70.FC4
IBM INFORMIX Server 64 Bit 11.50.FC8
Supported operating systems
Database | Supported Operating Systems | Minimum OS Version | Maximum OS Version |
|---|---|---|---|
IBM INFORMIX Server 11.70.FC4 | IBM AIX 7.1.0.0 (64-bit) | ||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (64-bit) | Update 7 | ||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (64-bit) | |||
Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit [SPARC])* | |||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)* | SP1 | ||
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | SP2 | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP1 | ||
Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit (EM64T)) | SP1 | SP1 | |
IBM INFORMIX Server 11.50.FC8 | IBM AIX 6.1.0.0 (64-bit) | ||
IBM AIX 7.1.0.0 (64-bit) | |||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (64-bit) | Update 7 | ||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (64-bit) | |||
Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit [SPARC]) | |||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)* | SP1 | ||
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | SP2 | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64-bit [EM64T]) | SP1 | ||
Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit (EM64T)) | SP1 | SP1 |
Database requirements/limitations
IBM INFORMIX Server 11.70.FC4, 11.50.FC8 (Microsoft Windows (64-bit))
- Supported editions: Growth Edition, Ultimate Edition
- Required add-ons: Informix Spatial DataBlade Module 8.21.FC3 Informix Connect and Client SDK 3.70.TC4 or 3.70.FC4***
- Optional add-ons: Informix Excalibur Text Search (ETX) DataBlade Module 1.31.FC1**
IBM INFORMIX Server 11.70.FC4, 11.50.FC8 (IBM AIX (64-bit))
- Supported editions: Growth Edition, Ultimate Edition
- Required add-ons: Informix Spatial DataBlade Module 8.21.FC3 Informix Connect and Client SDK 3.70.TC4 or 3.70.FC4***
- Optional add-ons: Informix Excalibur Text Search (ETX) DataBlade Module 1.31.FC1**
IBM INFORMIX Server 11.70.FC4, 11.50.FC8 (Sun Solaris (64-bit))
- Supported editions: Growth Edition, Ultimate Edition
- Required add-ons: Informix Spatial DataBlade Module 8.21.FC3 Informix Connect and Client SDK 3.70.TC4 or 3.70.FC4***
- Optional add-ons: Informix Excalibur Text Search (ETX) DataBlade Module 1.31.FC1**
IBM INFORMIX Server 11.70.FC4, 11.50.FC8 (Red Hat Linux (64-bit))
- Supported editions: Growth Edition, Ultimate Edition
- Required add-ons: Informix Spatial DataBlade Module 8.21.FC3 Informix Connect and Client SDK 3.70.TC4 or 3.70.FC4***
- Optional add-ons: Informix Excalibur Text Search (ETX) DataBlade Module 1.31.FC1**
Note:**ArcGIS 10.1 requires that your INFORMIX geodatabase be configured to support ArcSDE XML columns. ArcSDE XML column support is enabled by either the Informix Basic Text Search (BTS) DataBlade Module (provided with the IDS 11 server) or the optional Informix Excalibur Text Search (ETX) DataBlade Module.
*** 32 bit applications, such as ArcGIS Desktop, require the 32 bit version of the Informix client (3.70.TC4). 64 bit applications such as ArcGIS Server require the 64 bit version of the Informix client (3.70.FC4).
Operating system limitations
- Windows 7 64-bit is supported for basic ArcSDE testing and application development use only. It is not recommended for deployment in a production environment.
- Linux x86_64, on CPUs that adhere to the x86_64 architecture (64-bit), with supported Linux releases.
Software required to connect to a DBMS
Your client machine (for example, the one running ArcMap) will need to have the appropriate client files installed for the RDBMS you are using. These client files are available from their respective RDBMS vendors, but they are also available on Esri Customer Care Portal as a convenience. Please see Database clients for more information. RDBMS client files available from the customer care portal are IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Azure SQL Database, and PostgreSQL. Client files for IBM Netezza, Oracle and Teradata are not available on the customer care portal and must be obtained from the IBM, Oracle and Teradata support sites.