This chapter describes features that are specific to Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series):
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 for Fujitsu BS000/OSD (SQ Series) is based on the Intel x86 instruction set. It can run only on Fujitsu BS2000 servers which are based on the Intel x86 architecture, that is, on SQ server and the Server Unit x86 (= SU x86) of SE servers.
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series) runs in native x86 mode and therefore can provide better performance than programs running in /390 mode (= compatibility mode).
The handling and administration of Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (S Series) and Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series) is the same. Therefore, the migration from Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (S Series) to Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series) is very simple.
All Oracle Database products for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (S Series), such as, Oracle Net Services, SQL*Plus, and Precompilers are also available in native x86 mode for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series).
In this chapter, the following short names are used for convenience:
/390 variant for Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (S Series)
x86 variant for Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series)
Note:
Oracle Database for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series) can only run on the BS2000 partitions and guest systems of SQ server and SU x86 of SE server. It cannot run on the Linux partitions or guest systems of the Server Units of SQ server or SE server. It also cannot run on the Application Units of SQ server or SE server.
All products, which are available with the /390 variant of Oracle Database on Fujitsu BS2000/OSD are also available with the x86-64 variant. There are no differences in functionality between the products of these two Oracle Database on Fujitsu BS2000/OSD variants.
SQ server or SU x86 of SE server
Main memory: at least 1024 MB
Disk Space: Total static Oracle Database non-database requirements are approximately 2700 MB in the BS2000 file system and a minimum of 400 MB in the POSIX file system.
The staging library for the installation requires about 2700 MB in the BS2000 file system.
Database Space: No difference to /390 variant of Oracle
The following table lists the software requirements:
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating System | OSD/XC V4.1 or higher |
| Compilers | Though not required to run the Oracle Database, if high-level languages, such as C or COBOL, are used to interface to the Oracle Database, then the following compilers are supported: |
| COBOL85 V2.3 | |
| CCOBOL2000 V1.5 and higher | |
| CPP as of V3.1 | |
| openUTM | openUTM V6.0 and higher |
| CRTE | CRTE V2.8 and higher |
A user's address space should not be less than 512 MB. Oracle recommends loading the x86-64 version of BS2000 DSSM "CRTE-BASYS" (= CRTEBASK) to reduce memory requirements.
Refer to Chapter 3, " Oracle Database Installation and Deinstallation."
The creation of a database works exactly as described in Chapter 4, " Creating and Upgrading a Database." You may create a database automatically, by BS2000 procedure INSTALL.P.SUPER, or manually.
There are no differences to the /390 variant of Oracle for BS2000.
There are almost no differences in administration compared to the /390 variant of Oracle Database. The only difference is that Oracle on SQ server does not support executables ("phases"), but only LLMs. Therefore, you must start Oracle programs like SQLPLUS as follows:
/START-PROGRAM *MODULE($ORAC1120.ORALOAD.LIB,SQLPLUS,A,A)
The x86 variant of Oracle Database supports the same programming languages for Oracle application programs as the /390 variant. There are Precompilers for C/C++ and COBOL.
Oracle application programs can run on SQ server or SU x86 of SE server only in /390 mode.
Application programs have to be linked as described in the Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD.
Application programs, which have been developed on /390 based systems can run on x86 based systems without any changes.
The openUTM product set of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD (SQ Series) requires openUTM V6.0 and higher.
There are no differences in developing Oracle Database/openUTM applications in comparison with the /390 variant of Oracle. Refer to chapter "Using the Oracle Database under openUTM" in the Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD.