Installation guide

EMC NetWorker Release 8.1 SP1 Installation Guide 21
Introduction
The Console server uses:
◆ Embedded Apache server software to:
• Download of the Console jar files.
• Startup of the Console server daemon or service.
◆ Embedded Sybase SQL Anywhere software to store reporting and Console server
configuration information.
You can install the Console server software package on an AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Microsoft
Windows host. The Console server software requires the NetWorker client software.
The
NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on EMC Online Support Site provides the
latest information about supported operating system versions.
You can install the Console server software on the NetWorker server but EMC does not
recommend this configuration when the NetWorker server manages 50 or more clients and
when the Console server will monitor multiple datazones.
The minimum system requirements for a Console server host is 1 GHz with 512 MB of
RAM.
To monitor:
◆ 50 servers—Use a Console server with at least Dual 1 GHz processors and no less than
2 GB of RAM.
◆ 100 servers— Use a Console server with at least Dual 1 GHz processors and no less
than 4 GB of RAM.
◆ 200 servers—Use a Console server with at least Dual 1 GHz processors and no less
than 8 GB of RAM.
To ensure Console server database backups, configure the Console server as a client of
the NetWorker server. The
NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to configure an
Console server database backup
Console client
A Console client is any host in the environment that uses a web browser and Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) to display the Console server GUI. Multiple users can access the
Console server GUI concurrently from different browser sessions.
Table 2 on page 21 summarizes the JRE and browser requirements for a Console client.
Table 2 Console client requirements (page 1 of 2)
Operating system JRE and browser Requirements
AIX 6.1, 7.1 • JRE 1.6.x
• Mozilla
HP-UX 11iv1, 11iv2, 11iv3 • JRE 1.6.x
• Mozilla
Linux x86 (32-bit) RHEL 5, 6 • JRE 1.6.x or JRE 1.7.x
• Mozilla
•Firefox