OMNITRACKER System Requirements System Requirements f OMNITRACKER 10 Versin: 09.01.2013
Cntents OMNITRACKER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 GENERAL NOTES 3 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 3 OMNITRACKER CLIENT 3 OMNITRACKER SERVER 3 VERSION COMPATIBILITY 4 OMNITRACKER EMAIL GATEWAY 4 ODBC DATA IMPORT 4 DATA EXPORT TO EXTERNAL DATABASES 4 INTERFACE BUS 4 OMNITRACKER TELEPHONY INTEGRATION 5 OMNITRACKER WEB GATEWAY 5 OMNITRACKER MOBILE CLIENT (OMNIVELOX) 6 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION (SCM) 6 OMNITRACKER WEB SERVICE 7 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 7 SERVER DIMENSIONING 7 CLIENT DIMENSIONING 9 NETWORK CONFIGURATION (OMNITRACKER) 10 NETWORK CONFIGURATION (OMNITRACKER MULTI SERVER ARCHITECTURE) 10 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REMOTE DESKTOP 11 NETWORK CONFIGURATION (OMNISCAN) 11 VIRTUALIZED HARDWARE 11 Page 2 f 11
General Ntes In additin t the system requirements mentined in this dcument, OMNITRACKER als requires that all supprted third-party prducts are installed accrding t their respective hardware and sftware requirements. It is especially imprtant that these third-party prducts are installed in a way that is cmpatible with the prducts and technlgies mentined in this dcument. Thse prducts that are described as supprted in this dcument are supprted nly as lng as the respective manufacturers ffer standard supprt fr that prduct. Even if a prduct is described as supprted in this dcument, it is n lnger supprted, if the date mentined in the dcument Retired 3rdparty prduct supprt is reached. Yu can dwnlad this dcument frm the OMNINET web site r request it via email frm supprt@mninet.de. OMNINET makes n warranty, implied r therwise, abut the perfrmance r reliability f the mentined third-party prducts. Sftware Requirements OMNITRACKER Client Windws XP with SP3, Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2, Windws Vista, Windws 7, Windws Server 2008 SP2 1, r Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1 2. (Only 32-bit clients are prvided. 32-bit clients are supprted n 64-bit perating systems. Hme editins are nt supprted.) Micrsft.NET Framewrk versin 4.0. Please nte that a full installatin (as ppsed t a client prfile) is required. PLEASE NOTE that.net Framewrk versin 4.5 is currently nt supprted. If yu create yur wn reprt layuts, r if yu want t change the standard layuts delivered with OMNITRACKER, then licenses fr ne f the fllwing prducts are required n each PC intended fr reprt develpment: Crystal Reprts XI Crystal Reprts 2008 In rder t view reprts, Crystal Reprts Visual Studi 2010.NET runtime cmpnents are required. Please nte: T view and print already defined reprts, at least ne Crystal Reprts license prvided by OMNINET is required; this license, hwever, must nt be necessarily installed n the PCs n which yu are viewing the reprt. If yu want t integrate the Outlk address bk with the OMNITRACKER client, Outlk 2000, XP, 2003, 2007 SP2, r 2010 3 32-bit must be installed n the client PC. Micrsft Excel 2003 r higher must be installed, if yu want t exprt/imprt data t/frm Excel. Starting frm OMNI- TRACKER versin 9.2.700, Excel n lnger needs t be installed fr using the data exprt feature. Micrsft Wrd 2003 r higher must be installed, if yu want t use the mail merge feature. The OMNITRACKER Windws client can be run n Windws terminal servers. Any supprted Windws server versin can be used, but it is recmmended t use at least Windws Server 2008 and Vista clients fr ptimum perfrmance. The OMNITRACKER Windws client can be run n Citrix (XenApp) servers. At least Citrix Presentatin Server 4.5 with FP1 is required. Make sure t cnfigure the Citrix server fr ptimum WPF perfrmance accrding t Citrix s recmmendatins. OMNITRACKER Server Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2 (except Windws Server 2003 Web Editin) r Windws Server 2008 SP2 4, r Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1 5. (Only 32-bit servers are available. 32-bit servers are supprted n 64-bit perating systems.) Windws Cluster Services can ptinally be used if necessary. Micrsft.NET Framewrk versin 4.0. Please nte that a full installatin (as ppsed t a client prfile) is required. 1 Please nte that Crystal Reprts XI is nt supprted under Windws Server 2008 SP2. 2 Please nte that Crystal Reprts XI is nt supprted under Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1. 3 Outlk 2010 is supprted nly with OMNITRACKER 9.2.700 and later. 4 Please nte that Crystal Reprts XI is nt supprted under Windws Server 2008 SP2. 5 Please nte that Crystal Reprts XI is nt supprted under Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1. Page 3 f 11
PLEASE NOTE that.net Framewrk versin 4.5 is currently nt supprted. OMNITRACKER supprts the fllwing databases: Built-in Micrsft Jet database. Please nte that this is nt supprted in an OMNITRACKER Multi Server Architecture (MSA) cluster. Oracle Standard r Enterprise Editin versins 11.1.0.6, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3. The Oracle client sftware must have the same versin number as the server. Micrsft SQL Server 2008 with SP3 Standard r Enterprise Editin (with Native Client 10 with SP1), and SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Standard and Enterprise Editin (with Native Client 10 with SP1). IBM DB2 LUW V9.1 (with crrespnding ODBC driver). Please nte that this is nt supprted in an OMNITRACKER Multi Server Architecture (MSA) cluster. Micrsft Excel 2003 r higher must be installed, if yu want t exprt/imprt data t/frm Excel in server-side actins. Starting frm OMNITRACKER versin 9.2.700, Excel n lnger needs t be installed fr using the data exprt feature. Micrsft Wrd 2003 r higher must be installed, if yu want t use the mail merge feature in server-side actins. Versin Cmpatibility Yu must install cmpatible versins f OMNITRACKER clients and server. Usually, this means that clients and server must have the same versin number (unless specified therwise in the OMNITRACKER Release Ntes). This als applies t the OMNITRACKER Develpment Envirnment. All ther cmpnents (Email Gateway, Web Gateway, and s n) must have the same versin number as the OMNI- TRACKER server. OMNITRACKER Email Gateway Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2, Windws Server 2008 SP2, r Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1 are supprted. (Only a 32-bit versin f the Email Gateway is available. The 32-bit Email Gateway is supprted n 64-bit perating systems.) Mail server: An email server prviding Internet email prtcls (SMTP, IMAP4 and/r POP3) r MAPI must be available. When using the MAPI prtcl, certain advanced email functinalities f OMNI- TRACKER cannt be used. When using MAPI, Outlk 2003, Outlk 2007 SP2, r Outlk 2010 6 32-bit must be installed n the OMNITRACKER server cmputer. ODBC Data Imprt Fr ODBC data imprt, nly thse data bases are supprted that can be used as back-end database fr the OMNITRACKER server. (See page 3.) Exceptin: Micrsft Jet is nt supprted via ODBC; there is a dedicated Micrsft Jet (MDB) imprt instead. Data Exprt t External Databases Fr data exprt t external databases, nly thse data bases are supprted that can be used as back-end database fr the OMNITRACKER server. (See page 3.) Interface Bus The Interface Bus supprts the fllwing systems: Micrsft Exchange Server 2007 SP1, SP2 and Exchange Server 2010. Windws SharePint Services 3.0. Micrsft SharePint Server 2007. (= Micrsft Office SharePint Server 2007) Micrsft SharePint Fundatin 2010. Micrsft SharePint 2010. baramundi Management Suite 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.2, 8.5. SAP Slutin Manager 4.0 with activated service desk. The interface bus can run n these platfrms: Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2 (except Web Editin). Windws Server 2008 SP2. 6 Outlk 2010 is supprted nly with OMNITRACKER 9.2.700 and later. Page 4 f 11
Windws Server 2008 R2 with SP1. The functin BmsGw.FillClientInf and the client details view f the ITSM Center reference integratin require Internet Explrer 6.0 r higher t be installed. OMNITRACKER Telephny Integratin The OMNITRACKER Windws client can be integrated with TAPI 2.x cmpliant telephny systems. A TAPI 2.x cmpliant driver must be installed n each machine n which the OMNITRACKER Windws client is running. Nn-TAPI cmpliant telephny systems can be integrated by using OMNITRACKER s COMbased Telephny Integratin Interface. (See the Administratr s Guide fr mre infrmatin.) OMNITRACKER Web Gateway Web Server Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2 (including Web Editin), Windws Server 2008 SP2 7 r Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1 8. (Only a 32-bit versin f the Web Gateway is available. The 32- bit Web Gateway is supprted n 64-bit perating systems.) Micrsft Internet Infrmatin Server (IIS) 5.1 r higher. Micrsft.NET Framewrk versin 4.0. Please nte that a full installatin (as ppsed t a client prfile) is required. PLEASE NOTE that.net Framewrk versin 4.5 is currently nt supprted. In rder t view reprts, Crystal Reprts Visual Studi 2010.NET runtime cmpnents are required. Fr Windws Server 2008, the IIS 6 cmpatibility mdules must be installed. Web Server Dependencies Depending n the versin f the Operating System and IIS used, certain system cmpnents must be activated fr the OMNITRACKER WebGateway t functin prperly: Windws XP (IIS 5.1): 7 Please nte that Crystal Reprts XI is nt supprted under Windws Server 2008 SP2. 8 Please nte that Crystal Reprts XI is nt supprted under Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1. Internet Infrmatin Services (IIS) / Cmmn Files Internet Infrmatin Services (IIS) / Wrld Wide Web Service Internet Infrmatin Services (IIS) / Internet Infrmatin Services Snap-In Windws Server 2003 (IIS 6) Applicatin Server / Internet Infrmatin Services (IIS) / Cmmn Files Applicatin Server / Internet Infrmatin Services (IIS) / Internet Infrmatin Services Manager Applicatin Server / Internet Infrmatin Services (IIS) / Wrld Wide Web Service Windws Vista, Windws 7 (IIS 7): Internet Infrmatin Services / Web Management Tls / IIS 6 Management Cmpatibility / IIS Metabase and IIS 6 cnfiguratin cmpatibility Internet Infrmatin Services / Web Management Tls / IIS Management Cnsle Internet Infrmatin Services / Web Management Tls / IIS Management Service Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Applicatin Develpment Feature /.NET Extensibility Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Applicatin Develpment Feature / ASP.NET Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Applicatin Develpment Feature / ISAPI Extensins Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Applicatin Develpment Feature / ISAPI Filters Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Cmmn Http Features / Default Dcument Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Page 5 f 11
Cmmn Http Features / Static Cntent Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Security / Request Filtering Internet Infrmatin Services / Wrld Wide Web Services / Security / Windws Authenticatin Windws Server2008 & Windws Server 2008 R2 Supprted Web Brwsers Rles / Web Server (IIS) Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Cmmn HTTP Features / Static Cntent Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Cmmn HTTP Features / Default Dcument Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Applicatin Develpment / ASP.NET Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Applicatin Develpment /.NET Extensibility Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Applicatin Develpment / ISAPI Extensins Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Applicatin Develpment / ISAPI Filters Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Security / Windws Authenticatin Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Web Server / Security / Request Filtering Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Management Tls / IIS 6 Management Cmpatibility / IIS 6 Metabase Cmpatibility Web Server (IIS) - Rle Services / Management Tls / IIS Management Cnsle Internet Explrer 6.0 9.0 (ActiveX must be activated fr Internet Explrer 6.0; this is nt necessary fr versins 7.0 thrugh 9.0). Please nte that the cmpatibility mde f Internet Explrer 8.0 is nt supprted. The "Display intranet sites in Cmpatibility View" ptin in particular is nt supprted. Mzilla Firefx 10 ESR. JavaScript must be activated in the brwser settings. T view reprts in the brwser, Adbe Acrbat Reader versin 5 r higher is required. Micrsft Excel 2003 r higher must be installed, if yu want t exprt data t Excel using yur web brwser. OMNITRACKER Mbile Client (OMNIVELOX) Required PDA perating system: Windws Mbile 5 r 6. CPU: at least 400 MHz. PDA RAM: at least 32 MByte free RAM fr prgrams and data. On the OMNITRACKER server,.net Framewrk 2.0 is required. Fr Windws Server 2008, the IIS 6 cmpatibility mdules must be installed. If the OMNITRACKER server is a Windws Server 2008, then the IIS 6 cmpatibility mdules must be installed. If the push service shall be used: Yur netwrk prvider must ffer the usage f IP addresses withut netwrk translatin (NAT). Sftware Cnfiguratin Management Integratin (SCM) OMNITRACKER integratin tls are available fr the SCM systems listed belw. (Please cntact us regarding supprt further prducts r versins.) Micrsft SurceSafe versin 6.0 ClearCase versin 5.0 PVCS Versin Manager versin 6.8.1 MKS Surce Integrity versin 7.3 OMNISCAN Inventry Scanner The OMNISCAN inventry scanner can run n the fllwing perating systems: Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2 (including Web Editin) Windws Server 2008 SP2, r Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1. (Only a 32-bit versin f OMNISCAN is available. 32-bit OM- NISCAN is supprted n 64-bit perating systems.) The scanner can scan all Windws PCs that fulfill the fllwing requirements: Page 6 f 11
Windws Management Instrumentatin (WMI) is installed and active. (WMI is pre-installed n Windws 2003 and higher.) The Remte Registry Service is active. If a firewall is present, it must allw WMI and Remte Registry cmmunicatin. Mre than ne inventry scanner can be installed in the netwrk. The scanner can run n a different machine than the OMNITRACKER server. OMNITRACKER Web Service Windws Server 2003 with SP1 r SP2 (including Web Editin), Windws Server 2008 SP2, r Windws Server 2008 R2 SP1. (Only a 32-bit versin f the Web Service is available. The 32- bit Web Service is supprted n 64-bit perating systems.) Micrsft Internet Infrmatin Server (IIS) 5.1 r higher. Micrsft.NET Framewrk versin 4.0. Please nte that a full installatin (as ppsed t a client prfile) is required. PLEASE NOTE that.net Framewrk versin 4.5 is currently nt supprted. Fr Windws Server 2008, the IIS 6 cmpatibility mdules must be installed. Minimum Hardware Requirements This sectin describes the minimum requirements t run OMNITRACKER at a reasnable speed and gives recmmendatins f hw t increase system perfrmance. Please nte that OMNITRACKER can run n slwer systems but a drp belw the reasnable perfrmance threshld is t be expected (fr a mre detailed definitin f what can be cnsidered speed see Dimensining f the OMNITRACKER Applicatin and Database Server belw) Unless nted therwise, the specified hardware requirements d nt describe a system cnfiguratin that allws OMNITRACKER t perfrm at ptimal speed. Since OMNITRACKER is an applicatin which may be highly custmized and the cnfiguratin schema may strngly affect the resurce utilizatin (CPU, memry, disk, netwrk, ) it is impssible t recmmend hardware sizing t ptimize perfrmance fr specific cnfiguratins and lad prfiles withut further analysis. Server Dimensining The minimum hardware requirements depend n the usage scenari fr OMNITRACKER. Yu must take int accunt the maximum number f cncurrent users, and the user actin frequency (UAF). User actin frequency (UAF) means the average number f actins a user perfrms per minute. A typical mix f actin types is given in the Applicatin Server and Database Server sectins. Fr less than 100 cncurrent users, yu usually btain the maximum perfrmance if applicatin server and database server are running n the same machine. This requires that the machine is sized in a frm that it can accmmdate bth servers; furthermre, the database server must be cnfigured in a frm that it leaves enugh main memry fr the OMNITRACKER server and the perating system. If yu want t separate applicatin and database servers, yu shuld make sure that bth servers are cnnected via a 1.000 MBit/s link. Belw yu can find dimensining suggestins fr applicatin and database server. If yu intend t use nly a single server, please add up CPU Passmark rating, RAM sizes, and hard drive requirements respectively. Dimensining f the OMNITRACKER Applicatin and Database Server The fllwing infrmatin is based n the benchmark rating calculated by the Passmark tl PerfrmanceTest 7.0 (www.passmark.cm). We recmmend the fllwing dimensins fr yur server fr a given number f cncurrent users and a given User actin frequency. The numbers belw are based n the fllwing mix f actin types: (1) 5% Write actins (Create and Mdify Objects) 2.5% Sending f emails (as part f write actins) 5% Full-text searches 15% Read actins (Visiting flders) 75% Read actins (Opening bjects) With this mix f actin types and the server dimensins given, a reasnable minimum perfrmance culd be achieved fr peak-time user actin frequencies (6 actins per user per minute): A server respnse time (nt cunting client-side prcessing) f less than 3s fr at least 80% f all user actins. (1) Please nte that it is assumed that nly typical ac- Page 7 f 11
tins are perfrmed. Atypical actins are cmplex actins such as reprt generatin, mdifying many bjects at nce (e.g. via scripting), accessing external systems etc. Dimensining f the OMNITRACKER Applicatin Server Cncurrent Users <= 100 400 700 UAF (1) 6 6 6 CPU Passmark Rating 1292 2153 7967 RAM size 4 GByte 4 GByte 4 GByte Hard drive: OT system files (1) 1 GBytes (OT system files) + usage dependent space fr full text search index and attachments. There shuld be three separate hard drives fr 1) The Operating system, 2) The full text search index, 3) and the attachments. UAF: User Actin Frequency (Number f actins per minute per user). Example: A CPU Passmark rating f 2153 can be achieved by system prperties such as: Number f physical cres 2 Prcessr type CPU-clck speed RAM Xen E5620 2.4 GHz 4 GByte Multi Server Architecture Dimensining 910 When using the Multi Server Architecture, all the abve dimensins apply t the single server ndes with ne exceptin: The Passmark CPU indices f all server ndes shuld rughly add up t the required CPU Passmark index fr a given lad. Example: T supprt 400 users with a User Actin Frequency f 6 as abve, the sum f CPU Passmark ratings f all Applicatin server ndes shuld be 9 Please als verify the supprted databases in the OMNITRACKER server sectin. 10 Please als refer t the Netwrking sectin fr additinal Multi Server Architecture specific requirements. slightly greater than the CPU Passmark rating f 2153 required f a single server nde. Dimensining f the Database Server Cncurrent Users <= 100 400 700 UAF (1) 6 6 6 CPU Passmark Rating 6460 10765 39833 RAM size 4 GByte 4 GByte 8 GByte Hard drive DB-area (1) Depends n use; rule f thumb: 1-10 Kbyte per OMNITRACKER data file (+ 512MB system files) Use RAID-1 r RAID-10 fr DB files and transactin lg. UAF: User Actin Frequency (Number f actins per minute per user). Example: A CPU Passmark rating f 10765 can be achieved by system prperties such as: Number f physical cres 10 Prcessr type CPU-clck speed RAM Xen X5670 2.93 GHz 8 GByte Fr ptimum perfrmance, the database server s RAM shuld be as large as the database files (i.e. as large as the database tables and indices, excluding attachments). E.g. if yur database files have a size f 10 GB, assign at least 10 GB RAM t yur database. Yu must als make sure that the RAM is assigned t yur database server sftware, nt nly t the hardware; sme database servers require that yu assign the RAM manually t the database server. Yu als must cnsult yur database dcumentatin t ensure that yur specific database editin supprts the required amunt f memry. This als means that fr RAM sizes abve 3 GByte the respective 64bit editin f the perating system is usually required. Even thugh it is technically pssible t have ther applicatins access the OMNITRACKER server s database server, this cnfiguratin is nt recmmended in rder t avid versining prblems and in rder t ease diagnsis f perfrmance issues. Page 8 f 11
Dimensining f a Terminal Server The mst imprtant things t take int accunt when dimensining Terminal Servers fr OMNI- TRACKER clients are required RAM size (at least 2GByte RAM + 300MByte per user) and required netwrk bandwidth (at least 256 kbit/s per user). Rugh CPU Passmark indices fr the Terminal Server can be btained by scaling up the respective CPU Passmark indices fr OMNITRACKER clients (see belw). Ethernet link between OMNITRACKER Applicatin Server and Database Server We recmmend a gigabit Ethernet cnnectin between the servers. Dimensining f the Web Server(s) The fllwing Passmark rating is a recmmended value f the Web Server which serves abut 100 cncurrent Web users. The Benchmark rating cnsists f the rating values f the CPU, RAM and Hard Disk. Cncurrent Users 100 Web Server Passmark Rating 724 CPU Passmark 1248 RAM (4,00 GB) 698 Hard Disk (20 GB) 392 Fr mre than 100 cncurrent Web users, yu shuld use multiple Web servers. Client Dimensining Benchmark Rating: The basis fr dimensining the Client hardware is using the Passmark PerfrmanceTest7.0 benchmark tests (www.passmark.cm), using nly the fllwing measurements: CPU GPU memry Number f prcessrs 1 Prcessr type Pentium 4 CPU-clck speed RAM Hard drive: OT system files GPU system Screen reslutin 2.8 GHz 1 GByte 500 Mbytes Tier-1 1280x900 The Passmark rating f 242 is cmpsed f: CPU Mark: 384.1 2D / 3D Graphics Mark: 295.4 / 62.8 Memry Mark: 437.4 Recmmended System Prperties: The recmmended Passmark rating is 400 fr typical OMNITRACKER cnfiguratins bth fr WPF- and MFC-client types, which can be achieved by system prperties such as: Number f prcessrs 1 Prcessr type CPU-clck speed RAM Hard drive: OT system files GPU system Screen reslutin Cre Du T2250 1.73 GHz 2 GByte 500 Mbytes Tier-1 1280x900 The Passmark rating f 400 is cmpsed f: CPU Mark: 836.3 2D / 3D Graphics Mark: 237.4 / 104.6 Memry Mark: 430.0 A Passmark rating f 800 can be achieved by system prperties such as: Minimal System Prperties: The minimal Passmark rating nly fr assuring functinal crrectness - is 242 bth fr WPF- and MFC-client types, which can be achieved by system prperties such as: Page 9 f 11
Number f prcessrs 1 Prcessr type CPU-clck speed RAM Hard drive: OT system files GPU system Screen reslutin Cre2 Du E8400 3 GHz 2 GByte 500 MBytes Tier-2 1280x900 The Passmark rating f 800 is cmpsed f: CPU Mark: 2063.3 2D/3D Graphics Mark: 282.7 / 218.9 Memry Mark: 904.3 OMNINET s recmmendatin is that the hardware fr the WPF-client perfrms at least twice as gd (by dubling the Passmark rating) as the hardware used fr the MFC-client. Please nte: When yu are upgrading frm OMNI- TRACKER 8.x r earlier (based n MFC technlgy) t OMNITRACKE 9.x r later (based n WPF technlgy), yu need t upgrade yur hardware, if yu want the client t run with the same perfrmance; this is caused by the WPF technlgy that is used in OMNITRACKER 9.x and later. The abve requirements refer t situatins when OMNITRACKER is the nly running applicatin n the client. If ther applicatins are running cncurrently, yu must add the OMNITRACKER system requirements t the sum f the system requirements f all ther applicatins. The best perfrmance results can be achieved by using Windws 7, SP1. Netwrk Cnfiguratin (OMNI- TRACKER) OMNITRACKER uses TCP/IP fr cmmunicatin. Recmmend bandwidths: Fr Windws Client cnnectins, a bandwidth f at least 128 kbit/s per user is recmmended. The netwrk latency shuld nt be higher than 50 ms. Fr Web Client cnnectins, a bandwidth f at least 256 kbit/s per user is recmmended. When perating OMNITRACKER using Terminal Services r Citrix Metaframe, a bandwidth f at least 256 kbit/s per user is recmmended. Fr security reasns, OMNITRACKER applicatins are digitally signed; when they are started, an Internet cnnectin t a certificate revcatin list server is created t ensure the validity f the signature. This check des nt happen, if Windws detects that there is n Internet access. In very rare circumstances, a Windws system might be cnfigured in such a way that it des nt crrectly detect that the current user has n Internet access. In this case, starting OMNI- TRACKER applicatins (e.g. the Windws client) might take up t several minutes. In rder t avid that, either grant Internet access t all users, r suppress the certificate checking using a cnfig file (see http://supprt.micrsft.cm/kb/936707/en-us fr details). Netwrk Cnfiguratin (OMNI- TRACKER Multi Server Architecture) Cluster-Internal Netwrk When using OMNITRACKER in a Multi-Server Architecture setup, a dedicated high-bandwidth (1 Gbit/s r better), lw-latency (<< 1ms) netwrk is required fr inter-server cmmunicatin. Fr a 2 nde cluster, this can be a direct link; fr three r mre ndes, additinal netwrking hardware (switches etc.) is required. Please nte that the latency f mst virtualized netwrk adapters in current virtualizatin prducts is prhibitively high.. This fact renders all but the mst sphisticated virtualized envirnments unsuitable fr Multi-Server Architecture installatins. Page 10 f 11
Strage When using OMNITRACKER in a Multi Server Architecture setup, several file system areas need t be shared between the cluster ndes and must therefre be available thrugh the netwrk (usually n a NAS), namely: The full-text search index files, The Email queue files, And the attachments files. Recmmendatins fr Remte Desktp When running the Windws client n a Windws terminal server, the fllwing recmmendatins apply t the remte desktp clients: On Windws XP, Vista, and Server 2003, yu shuld install the remte desktp cnnectin 7.0 client update (available frm Micrsft s dwnlad site). Fr small-bandwidth cnnectins, select the apprpriate cnnectin speed in the remte desktp client. Fr high-latency cnnectins (>= 100ms rund-trip), select the apprpriate cnnectin speed in the remte desktp client (e.g. Satellite (2 kbits-16mbps with high latency) ). Set the clr depth t 16 bit. Disable all checkbxes (e.g. fnt smthing, visual styles, etc.) except Persistent bitmap caching. D nt use large windws sizes. Use the smallest windw size that still allws yu t wrk efficiently. Netwrk Cnfiguratin (OMNIS- CAN) OMNISCAN uses TCP/IP fr cmmunicatin. OMNISCAN transfers apprximately 2-3 MBytes f data between the scanned PC and OMNI- SCAN. Virtualized Hardware OMNITRACKER server and client cmpnents can be used with virtualized hardware r virtualized perating systems (VMWare, Micrsft Virtual Server, Hyper-V). In rder t ensure reasnable perfrmance, the virtualized envirnment must meet the same Passmark requirements as nn-virtualized hardware. Please nte that the latency f mst virtualized netwrk adapters in current virtualizatin prducts is prhibitively high. This fact renders all but the mst sphisticated virtualized envirnments unsuitable fr Multi-Server Architecture installatins. When using OMNITRACKER in virtualized envirnments, supprt restrictins apply (e.g. the OMNINET supprt team may ask the custmer t reprduce the prblem using real hardware r may refer the custmer t the supprt team f the virtualizatin sftware vendr). Please nte that the vendrs f Windws, Crystal Reprts, SQL Server, Oracle r DB2 may have similar supprt restrictins. The abve mentined virtualizatin sftware prducts are manufactured by cmpanies that are independent f OMNINET. OMNINET makes n warranty, implied r therwise, abut the perfrmance r reliability f these prducts. Page 11 f 11