HP File System Extender (FSE) manual Software requirements, Windows platform

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•2.4.21-20.ELsmp

Red Hat Linux kernel that supports symmetric multiprocessing (multiple processor machines)

Windows platform

FSE software, including the server and client components of the FSE Management Console, runs on the following Windows operating system families:

•Windows 2000 Server, updated with Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later

•Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

With Windows platform, the supported processor architecture is Intel Pentium.

IMPORTANT: In distributed or mixed FSE implementations with the FSE server or integrated FSE system running on Windows platform, only hosts running on Windows platform can be used as external FSE clients.

Software requirements

The following third-party software packages must be installed before installing the FSE software. Specific package versions and their relation to FSE components are provided in the FSE Installation Guide.

Linux platform

The following packages are required on the supported Linux distributions:

•Extended Attributes utilities

•Logical Volume Manager package

•E2fsprogs tools

•libgcc C library

•libstdc++ C++ library

•glibc locale C library

•Firebird SuperServer

•Python interpreter

•customized Samba package with offline file support (required to enable remote access via CIFS)

•tar archiving package

NOTE: FSE installation packages check that the appropriate software packages are installed.

Windows platform

The following packages are required on the supported Windows operating system families:

•Python interpreter

•Python for Windows extensions

•Firebird SuperServer

Windows 2000 Server specific

•StorageCraft VolumeSnapshot (license needed)

NOTE: FSE installation wizard checks that the appropriate software packages are installed.

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Contents HP StorageWorks File System Extender File System Extender 3.2 Release Notes Contents Known issues and workarounds Related documentation About this guideIntended audience Hardware requirements Document conventions and symbolsPrerequisites Software requirementsHelpful web sites HP technical supportHP-authorized reseller Page Supported storage arrays, tape drives, and libraries Supported hardware and softwareHardware requirements Linux platform Supported operating systems and platformsWindows platform Software requirementsSupported third-party software Miscellaneous enhancements New featuresEnhanced robustness Support for LTO Ultrium 3 mediaNew features Keeping the FSC and Hsmdb journals small Shortening the termination delay for FSE commandsRecommendations General recommendationsScanGranularity = Preventing exhaustion of Corba socketsMigrating to a newer tape drive technology Linux-specific recommendationsImproving performance of the FSE-Samba integration Windows-specific recommendationsCommon limitations LimitationsSpecial file types are not supported Reusing file systems for newly configured FSE partitionsLinux-specific limitations Append-only and immutable files cannot be released Limited symbolic link supportDirectories with sticky bit not supported File size limitationFile transfer blockage between Samba client and server Unsupported third-party software Unsupported Windows services and file system featuresRecycle Bin must be disabled on FSE implementation Windows-specific limitationsLimitations on the Traditional Chinese Windows systems Limited support for Windows disk checkerUsing the command fsefile --migrateDirectoryPath Filename Known issues and workaroundsKnown issues and workarounds
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