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 8.0
Windows 7 Check mark      
Windows 8.1 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Windows 10 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Windows 11   Check mark Check mark Check mark
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Check mark      
Windows Server 2012 R2 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Windows Server 2016 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Windows Server 2019 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Windows Server 2022   Check mark Check mark Check mark

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 8.0
AIX 7.1.x (where x >=4) 1 IBM Power System 2 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
AIX 7.2 1 IBM Power System 2 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
AIX 7.3 IBM Power System 2     Check mark Check mark
Amazon Linux 2 Intel x64     Check mark Check mark
CentOS 7 1 Intel x86-64   Check mark Check mark Check mark
CentOS 8 3 Intel x86-64   Check mark 1 Check mark  
HP - UX 11.31 1 Itanium Check mark Check mark Check mark5  
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 6 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark    
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 7 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 8 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle Linux - Red Hat Compatible Kernel 9 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark6
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark    
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Oracle Linux - Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 9 1 Intel x86-64 Check mark6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Intel x86-64 1 Check mark Check mark    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 IBM Z System 1 Check mark Check mark    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 IBM Power System 1,2 Check mark      
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 IBM Z System 1 Check mark Check mark    
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Intel x86-64   Check mark Check mark Check mark
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and later IBM Z System 1,2   Check mark Check mark Check mark
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 6 Intel x86-64 Check mark
Oracle Solaris 11 1,4 Intel x86-64 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle Solaris 11 1 SPARC Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 IBM Power System 1 Check mark      
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 IBM Power System 1 Check mark      
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Intel x64 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Intel x64 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 IBM Z System 1 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 IBM Z System 1 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 Intel x64     Check mark Check mark
Ubuntu 18.04 1 Intel x64   Check mark Check mark Check mark
Ubuntu 20.04 Intel x64     Check mark Check mark
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 Not supported on Visual COBOL products

5 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.

6 Supported from release 8.0 Patch Update 3.

Important: The following platforms only support a 64-bit version of this product - Amazon, SuSE, SUSE 390, Red Hat 390, and Ubuntu, and some product installers for Red Hat Linux. 64-bit versions of the product support compiling to and running 64-bit programs only.

IBM Mainframe Operating Systems

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Operating System Micro Focus Product Release
5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
z/OS 2.3 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
z/OS 2.4 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
z/OS 2.5   Check mark Check mark Check mark

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

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  Micro Focus Product Release
IDE 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022       Check mark
Eclipse v4.20 1       Check mark
Eclipse v4.16 1     Check mark  
Eclipse v4.7 Check mark Check mark    
Eclipse v4.8 Check mark Check mark    
Microsoft VS Code v1.x Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
1 Installed automatically with Eclipse-based products, and requires Java 11.

.NET

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  Micro Focus Product Release
.NET version 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
.NET Core 2.1 Check mark      
.NET Core 3.1 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
.NET 6       Check mark

Java JDK

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  Micro Focus Product Release
Java 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
IBM JDK 1.74 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
IBM JDK 1.84 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle JDK 1.7 / 7 Check mark Check mark    
Oracle JDK 1.8 / 8 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle JDK 11 6 Check mark Check mark
Oracle JDK 17 6 Check mark
AdoptOpenJDK 8 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Adoptium's OpenJDK Temurin 11 1,2,5     Check mark Check mark
Adoptium's OpenJDK Temurin 17 1,2,5     Check mark Check mark
AdoptOpenJDK 11 OpenJ9 3,5     Check mark  
1 Installed with Micro Focus products for Windows platforms.

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

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

4 Supported on IBM platforms only

5 A minimum of Java 11 is required to install and run the Eclipse IDE.

6 Not supported for containerized deployments.

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 8.0
Apache Tomcat 9.0 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Apache Tomcat 10.0       Check mark
IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
IBM WebSphere 9.0 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
IBM WebSphere Liberty x 1   Check mark Check mark Check mark
JBoss EAP 7.x 2 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle WebLogic 12.2.1 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle WebLogic 14.1.1       Check mark
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.

2 Micro Focus will make reasonable efforts to resolve product issues against supported minor releases of JBOSS EAP 7.x and in accordance with the Micro Focus product lifecycle policy. Micro Focus might require you to update to a newer minor update release of JBOSS EAP 7.x 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 8.0
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 2.x (10.x) Check mark
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 3.x (11.x) Check mark Check mark
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 4.x (12.x) Check mark
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 13.x Check mark
Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL 14.x1 Check mark[3]
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 14.x1 Check mark[3]
Oracle 12.2, 12.2.0.1 Check mark      
Oracle 18c (12.2.0.2) Check mark Check mark    
Oracle 19c (12.2.0.3)   Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle 21c       Check mark
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Check mark      
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Microsoft SQL Server 2019   Check mark Check mark Check mark
Microsoft Azure SQL Database     Check mark Check mark
Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance     Check mark Check mark
IBM DB2 LUW 10.5 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
IBM DB2 LUW 11.1 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
IBM DB2 LUW 11.5   Check mark Check mark Check mark
IBM POWERLinux LE using DB2 LUW 10.5   Check mark    
EDB PostgreSQL 10.x Check mark Check mark Check mark  
EDB PostgreSQL 11.x   Check mark Check mark Check mark
EDB PostgreSQL 12.x     Check mark Check mark
EDB PostgreSQL 13.x       Check mark
GDG PostgreSQL 10.x Check mark Check mark Check mark  
GDG PostgreSQL 11.x   Check mark Check mark Check mark
GDG PostgreSQL 12.x     Check mark Check mark
GDG PostgreSQL 13.x     Check mark Check mark
MySQL 5.7 Check mark Check mark Check mark  
MySQL 8.0       Check mark
1 Supported for HCO for PostgreSQL (HCOPG) only.

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
.NET Framework providers Consult the RDBMS documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of ADO.NET are compatible. OpenESQL

HCOSS

ODBC Consult the RDBMS documentation specific to your installed RDBMS to determine which version(s) of ADO.NET are compatible. OpenESQL

HCOSS

Database Connectors

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

DB2 ECM

Database Connectors

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

DB2 ECM

Database Connectors

Oracle Client, Oracle Instant Client with Pro*COBOL, and OCI support 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

Database Connectors

IBM Informix ESQL/COBOL 1 7.3 or later COBSQL
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
Sybase Open Client Embedded SQL/COBOL 1 11.1 or later COBSQL
1 Not tested.

Middleware

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  Micro Focus Product Release
Middleware 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
IBM WebSphere MQ 9.n Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 1 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
Oracle Tuxedo and Tuxedo ART 2 Check mark Check mark Check mark Check mark
1 See the IBM Web site for a list of supported versions.

2 See the Oracle Web site for a list of supported versions.