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

Java

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.

Application Server

Supported application servers for the Convergence for MDM Server are:

Database

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

Getting the Oracle Database

Oracle Database can be downloaded for free for Linux and Windows at the following URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index-092322.html

Note: Convergence for MDM works with Oracle Express Edition (not available for Windows 64bits machines). It also is possible to use with any other edition of Oracle (Standard or Enterprise). These are free to use for the purpose of developing, testing and prototyping. Note also that Amazon Web Services offers Oracle as part of Cloud Relational Database Service.

If you have any difficulty figuring out a good solution for getting Oracle, please contact support@semarchy.com

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.