SAP customers are strongly advised not to create their own patched versions of the Oracle Instant Client.

The use of Oracle Instant Client versions that are available on OTN is not supported.

SAP customers must use only the instant client versions released for SAP from the SAP Service Marketpace.Oracle Instant Clients replace the full client installations ('Oracle-Home-based client') that were required prior to Oracle release 10.2.Ĭhoosing the Recommended Oracle Instant Client VersionĪn Oracle Instant Client must be installed for SAP Kernels linked with Oracle release 10.2, 11.2 or higher. The Oracle Instant Client contains the complete Oracle client software required for an SAP system in an easy-to-install way. You need to download and configure the current version of the Oracle Instant Client. The currently used Oracle Instant Client is not up-to-date.

This note describes how to install and configure the Oracle Instant Client in an SAP environment on Unix and Linux platforms.įor Windows platforms, please refer to note 998004. Oracle Instant Client in SAP Environments

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