Supported Operating Systems and Third-party Software

Lists operating systems supported and tested with Micro Focus software products, and third-party software supported by major features within Micro Focus products.
Attention: This topic provides a summary of operating systems and third-party software supported across the Micro Focus Visual COBOL / Enterprise Developer suite of products. Not all software and/or software versions listed here are supported by every product in the suite. See the Additional Software Requirements topic for details pertaining to this product.

Windows Operating Systems

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All supported Windows operating system versions have been tested with all listed Micro Focus product releases. Each listed Windows operating system version and its subsequent updates are supported.

  Micro Focus Product Release
Operating System 5.0 6.0 7.0
Windows 7 X    
Windows 8.1 X X X
Windows 10 X X X
Windows 11 X X
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 X    
Windows Server 2012 R2 X X X
Windows Server 2016 X X X
Windows Server 2019 X X X
Windows Server 2022 X X

Linux/UNIX Operating Systems

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Micro Focus has tested the operating system base versions with corresponding Micro Focus product releases. Any Micro Focus release that supports a given operating system base release also supports any subsequent minor releases provided by the vendor.

    Micro Focus Product Release
Operating System Base Processor 5.0 6.0 7.0
AIX 7.1.x (where x >=4)1 IBM Power System2 X X X
AIX 7.2 1 IBM Power System2 X X X
AIX 7.3 1 IBM Power System2 X[8]
Amazon Linux 2 Intel x64 X
CentOS 7 1 Intel x86-64   X X
CentOS 83 Intel x86-64   X 1 X
HP - UX 11.31 1 Itanium X X X4
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 6 1 Intel x86-64 X X
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 7 1 Intel x86-64 X X X
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 8 1 Intel x86-64 X X X
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 1 Intel x86-64 X X
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 1 Intel x86-64 X X X
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 1 Intel x86-64 X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Intel x86-64 1 X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 IBM Z System1 X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 IBM Power System 1,2 X    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Intel x86-64 X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 IBM Z System1 X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Intel x86-64   X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and later IBM Z System1,2   X X
Oracle Solaris 11 1 Intel x86-64 X X X
Oracle Solaris 11 1 SPARC X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 IBM Power System 1 X    
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 IBM Power System 1 X    
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Intel x64 X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Intel x64 X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 IBM Z System 1 X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 IBM Z System 1 X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 Intel x64     X
Ubuntu 18.04 1 Intel x64   X X
Ubuntu 20.04 Intel x64     X
1 Not supported by Eclipse.

2 64-bit-only

3 The end-of-life date for this platform is 31 December 2021. We recommend that you check CentOS 8 end-of-life notices before using this platform.

4 Supported in 7.0 until December 2025, in line with the vendor's lifecycle policy for this operating platform. Customers requiring additional coverage should discuss Extended Support + options with their Micro Focus account manager.

IBM Mainframe Operating Systems

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Operating System Micro Focus Product Release
5.0 6.0 7.0
z/OS 2.3 X X X
z/OS 2.4 X X X
z/OS 2.5 X X

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

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  Micro Focus Product Release
IDE 5.0 6.0 7.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 X X X
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 X X X
Eclipse v4.16 1   X
Eclipse v4.7 X X
Eclipse v4.8 X X
Microsoft VS Code v1.x X X X
1 Installed automatically with Eclipse-based products.

.NET Core

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  Micro Focus Product Release
.NET Core 5.0 6.0 7.0
.NET Core 2.1 X    
.NET Core 3.1 X X X

Java JDK

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  Micro Focus Product Release
Java 5.0 6.0 7.0
IBM JDK 1.7 X X  
IBM JDK 1.8 X X X
Oracle JDK 1.7 / 7 X X  
Oracle JDK 1.8 / 8 X X X
AdoptOpenJDK 8 X X X
AdoptOpenJDK 11 1,2,4   X X
AdoptOpenJDK 11 OpenJ9 3,4     X
1 Installed with Micro Focus products for Windows platforms. (Note: Since June 2021, this JDK is now part of the Eclipse Foundation, owned by the Adoptium Working Group; its new name is Adoptium's OpenJDK Temurin 11.)

2 Not supported on AIX platforms; use the IBM Semeru Runtime OpenJDK instead.

3 See the AdoptOpenJDK Web site for more information about OpenJ9.

4 Java 11 is required to install and run the Eclipse IDE.

Java Application Servers

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Attention: This list represents the Java Application Servers and versions supported across Micro Focus software products, and does not provide details with regard to this specific product or its features. For this information, see the Additional Software Requirements topic.
  Micro Focus Product Release
Java Application Servers 5.0 6.0 7.0
Apache Tomcat 9.0 X X X
IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 X X X
IBM WebSphere 9.0 X X X
IBM WebSphere Liberty 19.0.0.01 X X X
IBM WebSphere Liberty 20.0.0.01     X
JBoss EAP 7.1 X X X
JBoss EAP 7.2   X X
JBoss EAP 7.3     X
Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1 X X X
1 Websphere Liberty is made available as a single stream continuous delivery software lifecycle. Micro Focus does not test all updates to Liberty but does periodically test the latest release of WebSphere Liberty against the latest available Micro Focus product release.

Micro Focus will make reasonable efforts to resolve product issues against supported releases of Liberty and in accordance with the Micro Focus product lifecycle policy. Micro Focus might require you to update to a newer release of Liberty to remedy a Support case.

Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs)

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

Attention: This list represents RDBMSs and versions supported across Micro Focus software products, and does not provide details with regard to this specific product or its features. For this information, see the Additional Software Requirements topic.
  Micro Focus Product Release
RDBMS 5.0 6.0 7.0
Oracle 12.2, 12.2.0.1 X    
Oracle 18c (12.2.0.2) X X  
Oracle 19c (12.2.0.3)   X X
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 X    
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 X X X
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 X X X
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 X X X
Microsoft SQL Server 2019   X X
Microsoft Azure SQL Database     X
Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance     X
IBM DB2 LUW 10.5 X X X
IBM DB2 LUW 11.1 X X X
IBM DB2 LUW 11.5   X X
IBM POWERLinux LE using DB2 LUW 10.5   X  
EDB PostgreSQL 10.x X X X
EDB PostgreSQL 11.x   X X
EDB PostgreSQL 12.x     X
GDG PostgreSQL 10.x X X X
GDG PostgreSQL 11.x   X X
GDG PostgreSQL 12.x     X
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 2.x (10.x)     X
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 3.x (11.x)     X
MySQL 5.7 X X X

Database Client Software

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Attention: This list represents database client software supported across Micro Focus software products, and in some cases, the components that use them. It does not provide details with regard to this specific product or its components. For this information, see the Additional Software Requirements topic.
Client Release Micro Focus Component(s)
.NET Core database providers Consult the RDBMS documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of .NET Core are compatible. OpenESQL
ADO.NET Consult the RDBMS documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of ADO.NET are compatible. OpenESQL

HCOSS

IBM Data Server Runtime Client, which includes Database Connectors, CLI, Database Connectors, and ADO.NET Consult the IBM documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of IBM Data Server Runtime Client are compatible. OpenESQL

DB2

DB2 for HCO

IBM Data Server Client Consult the IBM documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of IBM Data Server Client are compatible. OpenESQL

DB2 ECM

Oracle Client and Oracle Instant Client with Pro*COBOL Consult the Oracle documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of Oracle Client or Oracle Instant Client are compatible. OpenESQL

COBSQL

IBM Informix ESQL/COBOL 1 7.3 or later  
Database Connectors Drivers Consult the RDBMS documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of Database Connectors Drivers are compatible. OpenESQL
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 Consult the SQL Server documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of Database Connectors Drivers are compatible. HCOSS
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server Consult the SQL Server documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of Database Connectors Drivers are compatible. HCOSS
Database Connectors Drivers ODatabase Connectors 3.0-compliant drivers  
Sybase Open Client Embedded SQL/COBOL 1 11.1 or later  
1 Not tested.
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