Hi Stefan,

There are special conditions for Oracle Linux due to legal reasons.

If you want "official" support, contact your IBM account representative,
and they can help you.

Thank you,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/11/2016 
05:28:14 AM:

> From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 03/11/2016 05:28 AM
> Subject: Linux support matrix for B/A and Oracle TDP does not show 
> Oracle Linux - supported?
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm hoping IBM can clear something up for us, our customer is running 
and
> wants to continue to run Oracle Linux for their Oracle platform.
> The Spectrum Protect support matrix only lists Red Hat and SLES for the
> Oracle TDP.
> 
> We need to be sure that Oracle Linux is supported, I know it's 99% a
> recompile for Red Hat source with some additions and tweaks but if there 
is
> no support from IBM I can't support it.
> 
> If it is supported, can we use the unbreakable kernel or must we use the
> RedHat compatible kernel?
> 
> Regards,
>    Stefan
>