Oracle client and Oracle CLI driver

[Former Member]

Gurus:

I am a DB2 DBA in SAP environment.

In DB2 world, if the SAP instance and the DB are on different servers, the server for the SAP instance

has to install either DB2 client or DB2 CLI.

Could you tell me whether it's exactly the same in Oracle -- I am not sure about Oracle CLI driver.

Thank you!

[sunny_pahuja2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In oracle, you need to install oracle client. Whether SAP Application is on same server as db instance or on different server, you need client to connect to db.

Thanks

Sunny

[former_member189725]

This is how it is in Oracle .

DB2 runtime client is equivalent to Oracle home based client.

DB2 CLI driver is equivalent to Oracle instant client.

SAPINST now only supports CLI driver for DB6 and Instant client for Oracle for both local and remote installations of the SAP application wrt to the database application,meaning the SAP application always uses TCP/IP to communicate to the database even for a local or central installation.