Supported Databases 
In general, BW application servers can only be supported on the operating system where a SAP Database Shared Library (DBSL) has been released for the BW database and the source database.
The following information is subject to change. Therefore always refer to the relevant SAP Notes.
Supported Database Management Systems |
Database Source System Requirements |
BI System Requirements |
SAP DB (ada) Refer to SAP Note 520647 |
· Minimum version SAP DB 7.2.5 Build 3 |
· BW 3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20 · DB Client: as of SAP DB Client Version SAP DB 7.3.1 |
Informix (inf) Refer to SAP Note 520496 |
· all IDS versions of 7 and 9 series maintained by IBM/Informix. |
· BW 3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20: Support Package 2 · DB Client: as of Informix Client version I-connect 2.70 |
Microsoft SQL Server (mss) Refer to SAP Note 512739 |
· Windows NT Application Server · MS SQL Server 7.0 and MS SQL Server 2000 |
· BW 3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20: Support Package 2 · Application server: Windows NT · DB Client: as of MS SQL 7
SAP recommends that you use MS SQL 2000s highest service pack (see SAP Note 62988 – Service Packs for MS SQL Server). |
Oracle (ora) Refer to SAP Note 518241 |
· Oracle 8.1.7.3 and higher (clients are compatible upwards)
It is possible that the connection also works with earlier versions than Oracle 8.1.7.3. However, these versions are not supported by Oracle. |
· BW 3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20: Support Package 2 · DB Client: as of Oracle 8.1.7.3 (delivered with SAP Web Application Server 6.20) |
IBM DB2/390 (db2) Refer to SAP Note 523552 |
· from DB2/390 V6
Refer to SAP Note 81737 – DB2/390 APAR List. |
· BW3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20: Support Package 4 · DB Client (ICLI): from 6.20 |
IBM DB2/400 (db4) Refer to SAP Note 523381 |
· from DB2/400 V4R5
Both EBCDIC and ASCII data can be read. |
· BW 3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20: Support Package 3 · Application server: Windows NT · DB Client: from IBM Client Access Express and XDA Release V5R1 and minimum release of the source DB |
IBM DB2 UDB (db6) Refer to SAP Note 523622 |
· from DB2 UDB for Unix and Windows V7.1
Only use FixPaks allowed by SAP. These are described in SAP note 200225 - DB6: Supported FixPaks in SAP BW. |
· BW 3.0B · SAP Web Application Server 6.20 · DB Client: from DB2 UDB Run-time Client for Unix and Windows V7.2 |
