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Supported Platforms and Systems Requirements for Verastream Host Integrator
Technical Note 10030
Last Reviewed 02-Sep-2010
Applies To
Verastream Host Integrator version 6.0 or higher
Summary
Technical Note 10030
Last Reviewed 02-Sep-2010
Applies To
Verastream Host Integrator version 6.0 or higher
Summary
This technical note describes systems requirements and platforms that are supported by Verastream Host Integrator (VHI).
This technical note is organized into the following sections:
Server Requirements
Development Kit Requirements
Web Browser Requirements
Java Requirements
Development Environment Requirements
Client Connector Requirements
Development Kit Requirements
Web Browser Requirements
Java Requirements
Development Environment Requirements
Client Connector Requirements
Server Requirements
The following platforms are supported by the Host Integrator runtime server services (Session Server, Management Server or AADS, and Host Emulator).
| Platform |
VHI Version 7.0 |
VHI Version 6.6 |
VHI Version 6.5 |
VHI Version 6.0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes |
Yes |
Not supported |
Not supported |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Dev Kit only |
Yes, SP2* |
Yes, SP2* |
Yes, SP2* |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Not supported |
Yes, SP4* |
Yes, SP4* |
Yes, SP4* |
| Sun Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10) (SPARC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Not tested |
| Sun Solaris 9 (SunOS 5.9) (SPARC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sun Solaris 8 (SunOS 5.8) (SPARC) |
Not supported |
Not tested |
Yes |
Yes |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Yes, RHEL 5.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Not tested |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (RHEL4) (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Not supported |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 (RHEL3) (Intel x86) |
Not supported |
Not tested |
Yes |
Yes |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (SLES) (Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Not supported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (SLES) (IBM S/390 or zSeries) |
Contact Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Not supported |
| IBM AIX 6.1 (IBM PowerPC) |
Yes** |
Yes |
Not tested |
Not supported |
| IBM AIX 5.3.0.30 (IBM PowerPC 604e) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Not supported |
| IBM AIX 5.2.0.75 (IBM PowerPC 604e) |
Not tested |
Not tested |
Yes |
Not supported |
*The SP notation indicates a supported minimum service pack level for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
**On the IBM AIX 6.1 platform, Technology Level 6100-04 Service Pack 3 (TL 6100-04 SP3) is recommended.
Host Integrator uses multiple processors (symmetric multi-processing, or SMP) when available. Intel processors that incorporate Hyper-Threading technology can be used with operating systems that provide support for it (such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008).
For running Host Integrator version 6.5 or higher server components in virtual machine environment, Attachmate tests and supports VMware (http://www.vmware.com). Other virtualized environments are supported on a "best effort" basis.
Minimum memory, processor speed, and disk space requirements are described in the Installation Guide (available at http://support.attachmate.com/manuals/vhi.html). For best performance, your physical memory should exceed minimum requirements (recommended minimum 1 GB of RAM, and an additional 128 MB of RAM for each 100 concurrent sessions).
Development Kit Requirements
The following platforms are supported by the Design Tool and Web Builder.
| Platforms |
VHI Verison 7.0 |
VHI Version 6.6 |
VHI Version 6.5 |
VHI Version 6.0 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 (on Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Microsoft Windows Vista - Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate Editions (Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes |
Yes** |
No |
Not tested |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Intel x86 or equivalent, 64- or 32-bit) |
Yes, SP3* |
Yes, SP2* |
Yes, SP2* |
Yes, SP2* |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Not supported |
Yes, SP4* |
Yes, SP4* |
Yes, SP4* |
| Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Intel x86 or equivalent) |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not supported |
*The SP notation indicates a supported minimum service pack level for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
**When running on Windows Vista with User Account Control enabled, administrative privileges are required (see also Technical Note 10084). To configure Windows Vista for Web Builder projects, see Technical Note 10081.
To use the Design Tool application, a minimum video resolution of 1024x768 is required.
Minimum memory and disk space requirements are described in the Installation Guide (available at http://support.attachmate.com/manuals/vhi.html).
64-Bit Support
The following information clarifies VHI support for 64-bit environments:
- VHI server components support 64-bit operating system environments, such as Intel x86-64 processor architecture (x64) and Sun SPARC, running as a 32-bit application. Chipsets not listed above, such as Intel Itanium IA64, are not supported. Session Server is memory-efficient with 32-bit address space, so is able to support thousands of concurrent sessions using up to 4 GB of memory, as described in Technical Note 10087.
- If you use model event handlers (Java or .NET scripting to customize Session Server behavior), this code runs as 32-bit.
- VHI client connectors support 64-bit applications:
- The Java Connector is designed to work on any operating system that supports Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) or Enterprise Edition (J2EE), including 64-bit operating systems. (Although a 64-bit JRE can be used by the connector on appropriate hardware, the JRE installed with VHI is 32-bit only, regardless of hardware capabilities.)
- The .NET Connector (version 6.6 and higher) supports 64-bit .NET Framework on Windows x64 platforms. (If .NET Framework is not detected by the VHI 7.0 installer, it is automatically installed, including 64-bit .NET Framework on x64 platforms.)
- If you are generating a .NET web application project with Web Builder that will be deployed to Microsoft IIS in 64-bit mode, note that Web Builder must be configured to use 64-bit .NET Framework. For more information, see Technical Note 10085.
Web Browser Requirements
In version 7.0, a web browser is used to run web applications generated with the Web Builder tool. The following browsers are supported:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2, 7.0, and 8.0
- Mozilla Firefox 3.x
In version 6.6 and earlier, a supported web browser is required for the Administrative WebStation, Help, Host Emulator configuration, and Web Builder components. Note: Your web browser must have the following capabilities enabled: Java applets, JavaScript, cascading style sheets, and pop-ups.
| Web Browser Version |
VHI Version 6.6 |
VHI Version 6.5 |
VHI Version 6.0 |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2+ with Java 1.4.2.03 plug-in (on supported Windows platforms) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1+ with Java 1.4 plug-in (on supported Windows platforms) |
- |
- |
- |
| Mozilla Firefox 2.0 with JRE 1.4.2_05 (on supported non-Windows platforms) |
Yes |
- |
- |
| Mozilla 1.7.3 with JRE 1.4.2_05 (on supported non-Windows platforms) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mozilla 1.5 with Java 1.4 plug-in (on supported Solaris platforms) |
- |
- |
- |
| Mozilla 1.4 with Java 1.4 plug-in (on supported Linux platforms) |
- |
- |
- |
Java Requirements
Host Integrator installs and supports the following Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions:
| VHI Version |
JRE Version |
Subdirectory |
| 7.0 |
1.6.0_16 |
attachmate/verastream/java/jdk1.6.0_16/jre/bin |
| 6.6 |
1.5.0_15 |
<VHI>/jre/bin |
| 6.5 |
1.4.0_02 |
<VHI>/jre/bin |
Releases are not officially re-tested with later Java versions. However, for accurate logging time stamps, JRE 1.5.0_06 or later is recommended for DST updates.
On IBM AIX platforms, VHI 7.0 does not install Java due to redistribution restrictions. Before installing VHI 7.0 on AIX, you must install IBM's JDK 1.6 SR5 or higher. The VHI interactive installer will prompt for your JDK directory path.
For more information about Java, see http://java.sun.com/.
Development Environment Requirements
To develop a client application (or modify an application generated with Web Builder), you need an appropriate development environment, in addition to Client Connector Requirements.
| To develop a… |
You need… |
| .NET application: Note: To link to .NET data types from the VHI MSDN-style help, or generate .NET project types: |
Microsoft Visual Studio* Microsoft .NET Framework SDK |
| Visual Basic or C++ application: |
Microsoft Visual Studio, version 6.0 or higher |
| ASP or ASP .NET web-based application or Web Service: |
Microsoft IIS web server is required |
| C/C++ application: |
API source files are located in the include subdirectory |
| Java application, or model Java event handlers: |
a Java IDE is recommended |
| JSP web-based application: |
Apache Tomcat (Verastream Web Server), which is installed with the Development Kit |
*VHI support for .NET development environments is as follows:
- Version 7.0: Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework version 3.5
- Version 6.6: Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework version 3.5 (recommended), or Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework versions 2.0 and/or 3.0.
- Versions 6.5 and 6.0: Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework versions 2.0 and/or 3.0.
Client Connector Requirements
Depending on the connector (AppConn) technology used, the client application you develop has the following runtime requirements.
.NET Connector
For your Windows client application to use the VHI .NET Connector, Microsoft .NET Framework must be installed. The following .NET Framework versions are supported by Host Integrator.
VHI version 7.0 or 6.6: .NET Framework version 3.5, 3.0, and/or 2.0
VHI version 6.5: .NET Framework version 2.0 and/or 3.0 (see also Technical Note 10077)
VHI version 6.0: .NET Framework version 1.1 or 2.0 (see also Technical Note 40034)
Beginning in version 6.6, the .NET Connector (pure C# managed code) can be deployed and managed as part of your .NET client application code. In versions 6.0 and 6.5, the .NET connector must be installed using Setup (either Development Kit or Windows Server Kit) and relies upon the COM connector.
COM Connector
For your Windows (ASP, VB, VBScript, or C++) client application to use the VHI COM Connector, the appconncom.dll (version 6.5 or higher) or appconn.dll (version 6.0 or earlier), and xerces-c_1_4.dll files must be installed and registered. Choose the AppConn COM Connector option in the Development Kit or Server Kit installation on Windows.
Java Connector
The VHI Java Connector is designed to work on any operating system that supports Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) or Enterprise Edition (J2EE), including 64-bit operating systems. For information about JRE versions that are installed and supported by Host Integrator, see Java Requirements section above.
The Java connector .jar files (apptrieve.jar, vhiprop.jar, wcp.jar) are installed with either Development Kit or Server Kit (to the Host Integrator lib/java subdirectory) and must be added to your CLASSPATH.
C Connector API
On Windows, the VHI C Connector is included in installation of the VHI COM Connector. The appconn.dll and xerces-c_1_4.dll files are installed in your Windows System32 directory.
On UNIX, the directory containing libappconn and libxerces-c1_4 files must be added to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (on Linux or Solaris) or LIBPATH environment variable (on AIX). The Server Kit installs these files to the <VHI>/lib directory.
