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Prerequisites

Prerequisites

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Last updated: May 08, 2025 by Alexey Sosnovskih
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For ALL

  1. Accelario server (ACC server) according to Virtualization platform Server Sizing

Oracle

  1. Network prerequisites as explained in https://accelario.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DVPD/pages/2133393410/Network+Considerations#%5BinlineExtension%5DNetwork-prerequisites---Oracle

  2. DBA credentials on source DB, in case of Oracle standby database is a source, SYSDBA credentials are required

  3. The Oracle Home of the same version as source is installed on the target host

  4. Storage allocated to ACC server as a block device without a filesystem (it may be allocated as a single device or as multiple). The total size is twice the size of source databases.

  5. Root access on source server during installation only

  6. Root access on target server during installation only

  7. Java 1.8 , minimum 241 build (e.g.: 1.8.0_241), installed on source and target servers
    Any java distribution may be used.
    Both JDK or JRE may be used.

Microsoft SQL Server

  1. Network prerequisites as explained in Network Considerations | Network prerequisites SQL Server

  2. Staging server:

    1. OS - Windows Server

    2. RAM - 8 GB

    3. CPU - 4

    4. a running MSSQL Server instance of the same version as the source (production) database

  3. Target server:

    1. OS - Windows Server

    2. RAM - 8 GB

    3. CPU - 4

    4. a running MSSQL Server instance of the same version as the source (production) database

  4. SYSADMIN credentials on both staging and target MSSQL Server instances

  5. Storage allocated to ACC server as a block device without a filesystem (it may be allocated as a single device or as multiple). The total size is twice the size of source databases.

  6. Administrator access to both staging and target servers during installation only

  7. Java 1.8 , minimum 241 build (e.g.: 1.8.0_241), installed on source and target servers
    Any java distribution may be used.
    Both JDK or JRE may be used.

  8. Client for NFS enabled on both staging and target servers

MySQL

  1. XtraBackup utility installed on both source and target servers
    The main version (8.0 or 8.4) should correspond with the MySQL database that you want to virtualize
    Download it from :

    1. https://www.percona.com/downloads , look for “Percona XtraBackup” section

    2. version 8.0 - https://docs.percona.com/percona-xtrabackup/8.0/installation.html

    3. version 8.4 - https://docs.percona.com/percona-xtrabackup/8.4/installation.html

  2. Xtrabackup minor version (8.0.XXX or 8.4.XXX) should be the same or higher than MySQL Server:

If MySQL is 8.0.200 the Xtrabackup should either the same of 8.0.XXX, OR the XXX should be higher then 200

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