Database Management Systems (DBMSs)

All RDBMS testing is done on both 32- and 64-bit platforms based on RDBMS client software availability.

With regard to support for each of these third-party RDBMS supported version, Micro Focus :

Provides support until the standard end-of-service (EOS) date provided by the RDBMS vendor
If your deployment requires support for a given RDBMS beyond the vendor's EOS dates, check with Customer Care for availability of Extended Support Plus options.
Encourages you to include third-party RDBMS consideration when planning an upgrade to your Micro Focus product

With regard to resolving reported issues with Micro Focus software while using a third-party RDBMS, Micro Focus :

Attempts to resolve issues for supported DBMSs on tested or untested platforms
Investigates issues involving planned but not yet supported RDBMSs, and attempts to resolve non-architectural issues that also occur in the latest supported RDBMS version

This release of Enterprise Test Server supports the following Database Management Systems:

COBSQL (Pro*COBOL)
HCO for DB2 LUW
HCO for SQL Server (HCOSS)
OpenESQL
SQL Option for DB2

COBSQL (Pro*COBOL)

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Note: COBSQL (Pro*COBOL) is supported for native COBOL only.

Before deploying a COBSQL application, be sure to install and configure all applicable third-party software.

Availability

Operating System/Platform	32-bit	64-bit
x86-64 running Windows	X	X

XA Switch Module

The Oracle XA switch module is provided for COBSQL (Pro*COBOL), and is available on the same platforms as are indicated in the Availability section above. Oracle Instant Client fully supports all 1PC functionality with Pro*COBOL applications.

Restriction: The Oracle Instant Client does not support the 2PC functionality of the Oracle XA switch module. To use 2PC functionality with Pro*COBOL applications, you must install Oracle Client, not Instant Client.

Supported/tested version

For this release, COBSQL was tested with Oracle Pro*COBOL version 19c.

HCO for DB2 LUW

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Before deploying an HCO for DB2 LUW application, be sure to install and configure all applicable third-party software.

Note: HCO for DB2 LUW is supported for native COBOL only.

Availability

XA Switch Module

The DB2 XA switch module is provided and is available on the same platforms as are indicated in the Availability section above.

Host Compatibility Option (HCO)

Host Compatibility Option requires that you have one of the following software products installed and configured:

IBM DB2 Connect - Personal, Enterprise, Application Server or Unlimited Edition
IBM DB2 LUW - Workgroup or Enterprise Server Editions including Advanced versions
IBM DB2 LUW - Express or Express-C Edition
IBM Data Server Client (assumes installation of a remote DB2 LUW Server product)

Supported/tested versions

For this release, HCO for DB2 LUW was tested with versions 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5.

HCO for SQL Server (HCOSS)

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Before deploying an HCOSS application, be sure to install and configure all applicable third-party software.

Availability

Operating System/Platform	COBOL native and .NET 32-bit	COBOL native and .NET 64-bit	PL/I 32-bit	PL/I 64-bit
x86-64 running Windows	X	X	X	X

Database Migration

HCOSS Client Host node

SQL Server 2014 or later [5]
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2
Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL)
Note: Microsoft recommends MSOLEDBSQL only, as all other versions are deprecated or are no longer maintained. However, if MSOLEDBSQL is not installed, SQL Server Native Client (SNAC) is used if available.
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 version 5.0 or later
Notes:
- Be sure to configure the OLE DB Provider to connect to the mainframe. See your Microsoft documentation for details.
- When using Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 version 6.0, set the Extract Schema Cast STATEMENT column to VARCHAR during SysViews extract option.

SQL Server Target Host node

SQL Server 2014 or later [5]
Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance

Mainframe DB2

IBM-supported z/OS DB2 versions only

Note: If you intend to develop applications on your local machine, but deploy applications to a SQL Server database on a remote machine, configure the remote machine using the requirements listed in the Deploying Native Applications > Deployment Machine section later in this topic.

Application Migration

ADO.NET applications: ADO.NET applications require SQL Server 2014 or later and SqlClient Data Provider in .NET Framework 4.x
Note: Microsoft recommends .NET Framework 4.5.2

Deploying Native Applications

Development Machine

Install SQL Server 2014 or later, along with its recommended Microsoft ODBC driver version.

Development SQL Server Machine

SQL Server 2014 or later

Note: This can be the same machine as the development machine, but is not required to be.

Deployment Machine

Install Enterprise Test Server or Enterprise Test Server
Install SQL Server 2014 or later, along with its recommended Microsoft ODBC driver version.

If you want to bind your application from the deployment machine, install the following additional software:

Microsoft .NET 4 framework, or later
SQL Server 2014 or later System CLR Types
SQL Server 2014 or later Shared Management Objects

Deployment SQL Server Machine

SQL Server 2014 or later

Note: This can be the same machine as the deployment machine, but is not required to be.

Supported/tested versions

For this release, HCO for SQL Server was tested with SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.

Planned support

Support for SQL Server 2017 and 2019 on Linux is planned for a future release.

OpenESQL

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Before deploying an OpenESQL application, be sure to install and configure all applicable third-party software.

Availability

XA Switch Module

The ODBC One-phase Commit, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL switch modules are provided and available on the same platforms as are indicated in the Availability section above.

Native COBOL

OpenESQL supports access to relational databases using ODBC 3.0-compliant drivers
Refer to your driver vendor's documentation to determine whether your driver is suitable for use with OpenESQL

.NET COBOL

OpenESQL supports access to relational databases using compliant .NET framework drivers
OpenESQL has been tested against the following ADO.NET data providers:
- Microsoft provider for SQL Server
- Microsoft provider for Oracle
- IBM DB2
- Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) - fully managed and unmanaged providers
- OleDb
- Managed ODBC .NET providers
- Npgsql 3.2.2 for EDB PostgreSQL

Supported/tested versions

For this release, OpenESQL was tested with:

Oracle 19c
DB2 LUW 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5
SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019
Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance
GDG and EDB PostgreSQL 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 2.x and 3.x
MySQL 5.7 (5.3 ODBC drivers only)
PowerLinux LE on remote Linux server using DB2 LUW 10.5 only

Note: Micro Focus provides compatibility for PostgreSQL and MySQL but does not directly contribute to or support either open source project. Any issues relating to the functionality of either DBMS should be addressed through an open source support vendor.

Planned support

Support for the following is planned for a future release:

EDB and GDG PostreSQL 13.x
MySQL 8.0

SQL Option for DB2

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Availability

Operating System/Platform	32-bit
x86-64 running Windows	X

XA Switch Module

XDB XA switch modules are provided and are available for the Windows x86-64 32-bit platform.