Preparing to Install

Review the information in this section before you begin your installation.

System Requirements and Certification

Before installing Semarchy Convergence for MDM, you should read the system requirements and certification documents to ensure that your environment meets the minimum installation requirements.

Hardware Requirements

The Convergence for MDM server runs as an application in a supported application server. The hardware requirements are those of the application Server.
Refer to your application server documentation for more information about the required hardware requirements.

Software Requirements

This section contains a list of software requirements for this release of Semarchy Convergence for MDM.

Note: It is recommended to ensure that all software involved in the installation has current patch applied.

Server Requirements

Supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Development Kit (JDK) versions are:

The JAVA_HOME (for a JDK) or JRE_HOME (for a JRE) environment variable must be configured to point to this installation of Java.

Supported application servers for the Convergence for MDM Server are:

Note for Glassfish 4.0 Users: Due to a Glassfish 4.0 bug, you must patch your Glassfish 4.0 installation in oder to to install Convergence for MDM:
- Download nucleus-grizzly-all.jar and copy it to the /glassfish/modules folder. Overwrite the existing file.
- Make sure that this change takes effect by removing the Apache Felix cache, located in the glassfish/domains/domain1/osgi-cache directory. This directory is created when the GlassFish instance starts for the first time.

Supported database versions for the repository and the data locations are:

Client Requirements

Supported browsers for the Convergence for MDM Workbench are:

License

To complete the installation and configuration of Semarchy Convergence for MDM, you will be requested for a license file.
Please contact support@semarchy.com if you run into licensing issues or connect to www.semarchy.com/trysemarchy to request a trial license of Semarchy Convergence for MDM.

Important: Make sure that you have the Semarchy license file provided by Semarchy before starting the installation.