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CA Clarity PPM Servers

The following table lists supported platforms for servers running CA Clarity PPM server software (application and background servers).

Some of the products listed in this appendix are not delivered with CA Clarity PPM, and you must purchase the product. For information about the software that is included with CA Clarity PPM, see Products Included with CA Clarity PPM. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

New Installations

	Microsoft Windows	Linux	IBM AIX
Operating System¹⁾	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit (Standard, Enterprise Edition) Windows Server 2008 SP2 64-bit (Standard, Enterprise Edition) Windows Server 2012 64-bit (Standard)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 64-bit for x86 chipsets: any newer update release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64-bit for x86 chipsets: any newer update release SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 64-bit for x86 chipsets; any newer service pack release²⁾ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 64-bit for x86 chipsets: any newer service pack release²⁾ Oracle Enterprise Linux Server 6u2 64-bit for x86 chipsets; any newer update release.³⁾	AIX 7.1; TL2: any maintenance release³⁾ AIX 6.1; TL8: any maintenance release³⁾

Notes:

¹⁾CA Clarity PPM is supported on any localized version of the supported operating systems.
²⁾CA Clarity PPM on OEL connecting to Microsoft SQL Server database is not currently supported.
³⁾Support for AIX will be dropped in CA Clarity PPM Release 16.1 (first release in calendar year 2016).

Components

Virtualization	See the CA Support Statement for Virtualization. Log in to CA Support Online, go to the CA Clarity Project & Portfolio Manager Support page, navigate to the Product Status content type, select CA Clarity Project and Portfolio Manager Compatibility Information, and click the Virtualization Support information link.
Database⁴⁾	Oracle 11.2 Standard and Enterprise Edition: version 11.2.0.3.x or higher patch level^{4a, 4b)} Oracle 11.2 Standard and Enterprise Edition: version 11.2.0.4.x or higher patch level^{4a, 4b)} Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition: Any service pack^{4c, 4d)} Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition: Any service pack
Database Interface	CA Clarity PPM DataDirect Type 5 (v5.1.1) Drivers for Oracle and SQL Server (included in CA Clarity PPM distribution).
Java Runtime	Oracle Java SE JDK 1.7 update 55 (64-bit) or higher patch level^{5, 6)} IBM Java 7 (64-bit): 7.0.0.100 (SR5) or higher patch level^{5, 6)}
Application Server	Apache Tomcat 7.0.52 or higher patch level (64-bit) IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5.5^{6a, 7)}
Report Server	CA Business Intelligence™ Release 3.3 SP2 (BOXI 3.1 SP 7). For more information, see CA Business Intelligence Release 3.3.
Mail Server	Any SMTP/IMAPI/POP3 mail server can be used. CA Clarity PPM does not explicitly support any one vendor.

Notes:

⁴⁾Databases can be run on any vendor-supported operating system. Production databases are not supported on software virtualized operating systems; examples include VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer. AIX LPARS, HP-UX VPARS and Solaris containers do not fall into this category and remain supported. It is also recommended that any downstream environments that are intended for performance or high concurrency testing match what is used in production.
- ^a)Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) is supported.
- ^b)Where (x) represents the patch level supported. (For example, 11.2.0.5 is a new release and is not inherently supported).
- ^c)SQL Server Named Instances are supported. SQL Server Clustering is supported with manual intervention after a database failure to restart failed background processes.
- ^d)Any Microsoft SQL Server deployment that expands beyond five thousand users must be approved by CA Technologies, otherwise Oracle is a requirement due to scalability limitations associated with Microsoft SQL Server and how it handles OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) products like CA Clarity PPM.
⁵⁾CA recommends running the latest patch level.
⁶⁾CA Clarity PPM is supported on any localized version of the supported application servers.
- ^a)WebSphere is only supported on AIX OS.
⁷⁾Support for WebSphere will be dropped in CA Clarity PPM Release 16.1 (first release in calendar year 2016).