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Table 3‑3. Supported Database Servers for View Composer (Continued)
Database Service Packs/Releases Editions
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
(32- and 64-bit)
SP1, SP2, SP3 Express
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
(32- and 64-bit)
SP4 Express
Standard
Enterprise
Oracle 12c Release 1 (any release up to 12.1.0.2) Standard One
Standard
Enterprise
Oracle 11g
(32- and 64-bit)
Release 2 (11.2.0.4) Standard One
Standard
Enterprise
NOTE Oracle 10g Release 2 is no longer supported.
Upgrade Requirements for View Composer
The View Composer upgrade process has specific requirements and limitations.
To run the View Composer installer, you must be a domain user with Administrator privileges on the
system.
Security-Related Requirements
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View Composer requires an SSL certificate that is signed by a CA (certificate authority). If you intend to
replace an existing certificate or the default, self-signed certificate with a new certificate after you install
View Composer, you must import the new certificate and run the SviConfig ReplaceCertificate utility
to bind your new certificate to the port used by View Composer.
If you install vCenter Server and View Composer on the same Windows Server computer, they can use
the same SSL certificate, but you must configure the certificate separately for each component.
For complete information about security certificate requirements, see "Configuring SSL Certificates for
View Servers" in the View Installation guide.
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Certificates for vCenter Server, View Composer, and View servers must include certificate revocation
lists (CRLs). For more information, see "Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server
Certificates" in the View Installation guide.
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Verify that no applications that run on the View Composer computer use Windows SSL libraries that
require SSL version 2 (SSLv2) provided through the Microsoft Secure Channel (Schannel) security
package. The View Composer installer disables SSLv2 on the Microsoft Schannel. Applications such as
Tomcat, which uses Java SSL, or Apache, which uses OpenSSL, are not affected by this constraint.
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To enhance the security of View Composer, disable the weak cryptographic cipher suites on the
Windows Server computer on which the View Composer service is installed. See "Disable Weak
Cryptographic Cipher Suites on the View Composer Server" in the View Installation guide.
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