Which platforms does ce 9 support? -Crystal Enterprise)

Knowledge in this article:
Crystal Enterprise 9
 
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Only for the reported version
Supported platforms
Installation/Configuration

Outline

What platforms does Crystal Enterprise (CE) 9 support?

Answer

This document lists the platforms used in ce 9 installation and software testing. The following Environment list only contains environments that explicitly support all ce 9 components.

This article is based on platforms.txt in the root directory of the installation drive (CD) of Crystal Enterprise 9. However, this article updates the original version of platforms.txt.

This article does not cover space or hardware requirements. Space requirements are specific in every ce implementation and cannot be summarized in an article.

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Platforms supported by Crystal Enterprise 9
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Directory
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1. Operating System
2. server disk space requirements
3. Web server/Web connector, divided by operating system
4. Java application server, divided by operating system
5. Web Browser
6. APS Database
7. LDAP Server
8. Firewall
9. Databases Used for reports
10. Application Development
11. Wireless Devices
12. platforms not supported
13. Future platforms

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1. Operating System
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Crystal Enterprise Server Components
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Microsoft Windows 2003 *
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, server version
Microsoft Windows NT4 Server SP6a
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, Advanced Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, data center Edition

Note: In non-production environments (non-production environments), Microsoft Windows XP is only supported by server components.

* Ce 9 containing MSDE 1.0 cannot be supported by Microsoft Windows 2003. To learn more about Microsoft's support policy, visit the http://support.microsoft.com and search for Knowledge Base Article 810391.

To learn more about CE components supported on Windows 2003, visit http://support.crystaldecisions.com/searchand search for c2013125 in the Knowledge Library.

Crystal Enterprise Client components
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In Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows ME
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows NT4 workstation SP6a
Microsoft Windows NT4 Server SP6a
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, server version
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, Advanced Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, data center Edition
Mac OS 9 and 10.1.5 (only Web browsers are supported)

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2. server disk space requirements
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Here are about the disk space requirements of Crystal Enterprise 9:

Automatic Process scheduler 227 MB
Web component server (Web component server) 104 MB
Page Server (106 MB)
Job server 114 MB
Report Application Server (139 MB)
106 MB Cache Server
Input File Repository server 57 MB
Output File Repository server 57 MB
Event Server (58 MB)

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3. Web server/Web connector, divided by operating system
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Windows 2003 Server
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IIS 6, which is included in Windows 2003 Server, cannot be supported by ce 9. Although Windows 2003 Server can be supported by Ce components as an operating system, it cannot be used as a web server.

W2k Server
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Microsoft iis5/ISAPI
Microsoft iis5/cgi
IPlanet 6.0 sp3/nsapi
Iplan 6.0 sp3/cgi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/nsapi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/cgi
Domino 5.0.8/dsapi
Domino 5.0.8/cgi
Ibm http 1.3.19.2/cgi

NT4 Server
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Microsoft IIS4/ISAPI
Microsoft IIS4/cgi
IPlanet 6.0 sp3/nsapi
Iplan 6.0 sp3/cgi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/nsapi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/cgi
Domino 5.0.8/dsapi
Domino 5.0.8/cgi

Solaris 8
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IPlanet 6.0 sp3/nsapi
Iplan 6.0 sp3/cgi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/nsapi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/cgi
Domino 5.0.8/cgi
Apache 1.3.26/asapi
Apache 1.3.26/cgi

Solaris 7
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IPlanet 6.0 sp3/nsapi
Iplan 6.0 sp3/cgi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/nsapi
IPlanet 4.1 sp10/cgi
Domino 5.0.8/cgi
Apache 1.3.26/asapi
Apache 1.3.26/cgi

AIX 4.3.3
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Domino 5.0.8/cgi
Apache 1.3.26/asapi
Apache 1.3.26/cgi
Ibm http 1.3.19.2
Ibm http 1.3.19.2

AIX 5.1
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Domino 5.0.8/cgi
Apache 1.3.26/asapi
Apache 1.3.26/cgi
Ibm http 1.3.19.2/asapi
Ibm http 1.3.19.2/cgi

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4. Java application server, divided by operating system
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W2k Server
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IBM Web sphere 4.03
Bea Web Logic 7 SP1
Bea Web Logic 6.1 SP3
Tomcat 4.1.12 *

NT4 Server
IBM Web sphere 4.03
Bea Web Logic 7 SP1
Bea Web Logic 6.1 SP3
Tomcat 4.1.12 *

Solaris 7/8
IBM Web sphere 4.03
Bea Web Logic 7 SP1
Bea Web Logic 6.1 SP3
Tomcat 4.1.12 *

AIX 5.1/4.3.3
IBM Web sphere 4.03
Bea Web Logic 7 SP1
Bea Web Logic 6.1 SP3
Tomcat 4.1.12 *

* To configure Tomcat 4.1.x, refer to the Knowledge Base Article c2012965.

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5. Web Browser
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (Windows)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 (Windows)
Netscape 6.2.3 (Windows)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 on os9 or OS X's Classic mode (Macintosh)

Report viewer support
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Internet Explorer 5.5 & 6 (Windows)

DHTML Viewer
Active X Viewer
Interactive DHTML Viewer
ActiveX Viewer
Java Plug-In Viewer

NS 6.2 (Windows)

DHTML Viewer
Interactive DHTML Viewer
Java Viewer
Java Plug-In Viewer
Navigator plug-in Viewer

IE 5.0 (Macintosh)

DHTML Viewer

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6. APS Database
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Microsoft SQL Server 7 SP4 (ODBC)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2 (ODBC)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3 (ODBC)
Microsoft MSDE (ODBC)
Oracle 9i (native)
Oracle 8i (8.1.7) (native)
IBM DB2 UDB 8.1 (native)
IBM DB2 UDB 7.2 (native)
Sybase Adaptive Server 12.5 (ODBC and native)
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 V 9.21 (ODBC)

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7. LDAP Server
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IPlanet directories server 4.13
IPlanet Directory Server 5.1 SP1
Novell NDS eDirectory 8.6.2
Lotus Domino 5.0.8
IBM SecureWay directory 3.2.1

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8. Firewall
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Checkpoint Firewall-1 4.1
Microsoft ISA Server
NEC eborder 1.2

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9. Databases Used for reports
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Database Client
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp2
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp3
Microsoft SQL Server 7 SP4
Oracle 9i
Oracle 8i (8.1.7)
IBM db2. 8.1
IBM db2. 7.2
IBM db2. 6.1
IBM DB2 on os390
Sybase 12.5
Sybase 12.0
Informix 2000 v9.21
Lotus Domino 5.0.8
Lotus Notes 4.6

Note: ODBC connectivity is provided through data direct ODBC 4.1.

Database Server
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Microsoft SQL Server 7 SP4
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp2
Oracle 9i
Oracle 8i (8.1.7)
IBM DB2 UDB 7.2
IBM DB2 UDB 6.1
Sybase Adaptive Server 12.5
Sybase Adaptive Server 12.0
Informix Dynamic Server 2000 V 9.21
Lotus Domino 5.0.8
Lotus Notes 4.6

OLAP data source
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Microsoft SQL Server 7 SP4 OLAP Service
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 sp2 Analysis Service
K5 5.0.2 patch 13a
IMAP4 6.1 patch 2
DB2 Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) 1.1
DB2 OLAP 7.1)
Holos 8.0
Holos 8.5
HDC File
Sap bw 2.0b/Oracle Server 8.0.5 backend
Sap bw 3.0/Microsoft SQL Server 2000 backend

Other data sources
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Microsoft Access 2000 (only used to generate reports through ODBC)
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Microsoft IIS 5.0
Microsoft IIS 4.0
IPlanet Enterprise Server 6.0
IPlanet Enterprise Server 4.1 sp7

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10. Application Development
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VBScript in CSP and ASP
Ecmascript in CSP and ASP
JSP running on the Java Application Server
ASP. NET

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11. Wireless Devices
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RIM Blackberry 957,850 and go. Web wireless Browser
Nokia 8390 WAP phone and openwave mobile browser 4.1
Motorola timeport 280 WAP phone and openwave mobile browser 4.1
Ipaq h3850 Pocket PC 2002 and pocket IE
Imode phone

Note: The above devices only support English. For more information, see the Technical Support site.

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12. platform not used
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To be consistent with the support plan released by Microsoft, the following platforms will not be supported in subsequent versions of Crystal Enterprise:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows ME
Microsoft Windows NT4

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13. Future platforms
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Crystal Enterprise 9 is already in.. NET Server. before the final release of the Net Server, the operating system is still not supported in the production environment. At that time, crystal decisions will provide a support statement. This applies to client, server, and web server support.

Learn more about how to prepare and install ce before installation in the environment, and attend the 9.0-management training course for Crystal Enterprise. For more information, visit: http://www.crystaldecisions.com/services/training/course/default.asp