This document describes the minimum configuration requirements to install the application and/or data servers on a Microsoft Windows server with an Oracle 12c database.
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| Operating system | - Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter.
Warning: Oracle Corporation does not officially support Oracle 12.1.0.2 with Windows 2016. It is only supported with Windows 2012 R2.On Windows 2016, Oracle 12.2.0.1 should be used. - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter.
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| Server | - Industry-standard server or virtual machine.
- Processors:
- Recommended: Intel® Xeon® E5 v3 or later, E7 v3 or later required to sustain up to 50 concurrent users in a single-tier architecture.
- AMD OPTERON™ or EPYC™
- Avoid low energy processors, best performance with a clock speed above 2.4 GHz
- 1 additional core recommended for every 40 sessions.
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| RAM | - 2 GB minimum for Windows Operating System, 2 GB minimum (more is better) per Oracle database instance
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| Disk space | - For Oracle 12c software: 5 GB for 12.1.0.2 SE2, can be more for 12.2.0.1 and/or Enterprise Edition.
- For Sage X3 (reference folder and software): 6 GB.
- For the SEED demonstration folder (SEED): 8 GB.
- For the production folder: Depends on the data managed. A sizing tool is available to calculate the size requirements.
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| Database software | - Oracle 12c, versions 12.1.0.2 and 12.2.0.1, editions SE2 (Standard Edition 2) or EE (Enterprise Edition).
- It is necessary to set up a listener.
- You should ensure that in Oracle's sqlnet.ora file:
- the SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES parameter value is set to "NONE". The "NTS" value is not supported at installation time, but it may be set back to "NTS" after installation.
- The SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_CLIENT and SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_SERVER parameters must be set to "8". Create these parameters if they do not already exist.
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| Mail server | - The workflow engine used in "Classic" mode requires an SMTP server or gateway accessible from the server.
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| Publication server | - An Apache server 2.4 must be installed on the application server:Download link (Apachelounge)
- Note: Apache 2.2 is still supported but obsolete.
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| User accounts | - Oracle Home User must be a built-in account and not a standard Windows User Account.
- Installing Oracle 12c requires a user account with local administrator rights. This account can also be used for running Sage X3.
- It is strongly recommended that a domain user is chosen. This user must be able to:
- Access and modify the Oracle 12c folder.
- Open a session as a service.
It is recommended to use a domain user account belonging to the server's local Administrators group. - For the actual software users, it is recommended to define a user group and assign the access to the different software folders after installing the software components.
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| Others | - A SAFE X3 ADXADMIN administration runtime must be installed on the server.
- A JDK or Java Runtime Environment (version 8) must be installed.
- SAFE X3 Management Console CFG.240 or later must be installed.
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