Igor,
Yes, both IBM OS's have strong product pathways that's for sure. Oracle licensing wise, JDE on IBMi uses the integrated DB so there's no "extra" Oracle DB licensing per se however, "yes", there'll be "Application" licensing.
Take a look at this link (dated 27-Mar-2025) as it might help.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/jd-edwards-oracle-solutions-ibm-i
All the best, Steve
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Steve Munday
AIX, IBMi, HMC, CMC, PowerVM, PowerVS, Ansible automation engineering
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue December 09, 2025 07:39 AM
From: Igor Novotny
Subject: JD Edwards vs. AIX 7.3
Hi Steve,
our customer planned upgrade to JDE 9.2 on their actual Power9 servers next year.
But it's the last AIX version (moreover fixed to AIX 7.2) so migration efforts
are better spent on switching to a long-term perspective platform...
IBM i (as well as AIX) seems to have nice future from IBM perspective but what about Oracle's point of view?
There is embeded Oracle Standard license in JDE for AIX, but IBM i licensing will be definitely more expensive
even if it's probably less CPU demanding platform - 40 CPU on AIX required now (incl. HA/DR solution).
Regards Igor.
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Igor Novotny
MHM Computer, a.s.
Czech Republic
Original Message:
Sent: Tue December 09, 2025 04:13 AM
From: Steve Munday
Subject: JD Edwards vs. AIX 7.3
Igor,
Hi, good day to you.
What version of JD Edwards are you running? Have you thought about switching to IBMi (same reliable hosting Power HW) as JD Edwards has been a long standing ERP on that OS?
Regards, Steve
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Steve Munday
AIX, IBMi, HMC, CMC, PowerVM, PowerVS, Ansible automation engineering
Original Message:
Sent: Fri December 05, 2025 06:29 AM
From: Igor Novotny
Subject: JD Edwards vs. AIX 7.3
Our customers were informed by Oracle that JD Edwards plans withdrawal from AIX platform. No support for AIX 7.3 and further releases. Any clue except migration from IBM Power platform?
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Igor Novotny
MHM Computer, a.s.
Czech Republic
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