This section identifies licensing requirements and operating system
requirements. It also lists additional requirements that apply if
you intend to install the Management Console on UNIX or Linux systems.
Licensing Requirements
The Build Forge system
uses a FLEXlm license server to govern runtime usage. You can use
floating licenses or node-locked licenses. The supported license servers
are:
- Rational License Server - version 7.0 or above. This is a FLEXlm
server that is distributed and supported by IBM Rational. Use this
license server if you do not already have a FLEXlm license server.
- FLEXlm License Server - Build Forge should work with any FLEXlm
server on any platform if it is still under active support by Macrovision.
Operating System Requirements
Resource
Requirements: the Management Console typically requires 2GB of
disk space for its files and 1GB RAM (minimum) to operate, 2G RAM
if using Quick Report.
The Management Console runs on the
following operating systems and hardware platforms.
Windows
Systems
- Windows Server 2003 SP1: 32-bit Intel
- Windows XP Pro: 32-bit Intel
UNIX and Linux Systems
- AIX 5.3+: System p, Power5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x: 32-bit Intel
- Solaris 8, 9, 10: 64-bit SPARC, 32-bit SPARC
Note: Build Forge Management Console and Agent are compiled
as 32-bit applications. You can run them on the 32-bit Solaris OS
and the 64-bit Solaris OS.
Additional Technology Requirements
The following
technologies are required as part of a Management Console installation.
What you need to do depends on the platform you use to run the Management
Console.
- Windows platforms: the technologies are installed automatically
when you install Management Console.
- UNIX or Linux platforms: the technologies need to be installed
before installing Management Console. You are given instructions for
downloading them and compiling them from source.
Specific PHP and Perl database driver requirements are shown
in Database Requirements, below.
- Apache 2 - Get from http://www.apache.org/
- PHP 5.2.1 - Get from http://php.net/ (PHP
5.1.2 is installed with the Windows installation of Build Forge).
Database driver requirements are shown in Database Requirements, below.
- Perl 5.8 - Get from http://www.cpan.org/. Database driver requirements are shown in Database Requirements,
below.
- Tomcat 5.5.9 - Get from http://tomcat.apache.org/
- JDBC drivers - Database driver requirements are described in Database
Requirements, below.