What versions of Java does Protection Engine 9.x support

Products

• Protection Engine for Cloud Services
• Protection Engine for NAS

Issue/Introduction

You would like to know what versions of Java are supported by Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) for Network Attached Storage (NAS) 9.x and Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) for Cloud Services (CS) 9.x.

Environment

SPE 9.x

Resolution

The supported Java environment for Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) is 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 17 or later, with OpenJDK Java also being supported from the SPE 9.0 release onwards. It is highly recommended that you use the latest available JRE/JDK version to ensure you have the most up-to-date security against known vulnerabilities.

Please note that Java is only required if you plan to utilize the REST API service and the SPE console.

For additional information about the system requirement for SPE, please see > System requirements to install Symantec Protection Engine on Linux