AWA: Oracle client requirements for Database agent

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Question: do we need to have Oracle Client for Automic Database agent? 

Environment

Release : 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Component : Database agent

Cause

N/A

Resolution

Answer: Yes, if the Database agent is installed on a separate server, you would need to have Oracle client, version of which must correspond to the ORACLE database version in use.