# Installation and Upgrade Guide

# Pre-Installation Requirements

Before you run the Studio installer, complete the following the following steps to prepare your network and host computers for deployment of Studio:

1. Download the most up-to-date documentation from http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html.
2. Read the product release notes for information on compatibility issues, known problems, and workarounds that might affect how you proceed with your deployment. Release notes are located at the top-level directory of the product package.
3. Provision host computers and configure software dependencies for your deployment. For details, see Hardware and Software Requirements
4. Organize the information needed for the installation process by completing the Installation Worksheet for AquaLogic Interaction Studio 2.2 MP1.

## Hardware and Software Requirements

Note: | For the most up-to-date list of supported software for your deployment, refer to the Interoperability page in the AquaLogic User Interaction Support Center.

The following table summarizes the hardware, operating system, and software requirements for Studio.

Caution: | IPv6 is not supported. You should verify that IPv6 is not enabled prior to installing Studio.
Table 2-1 Hardware and Software Requirements
Component | Requirement
--- | ---
Studio Host Computer | Hardware 1 GHz or higher, with 2MB L2 cache 1 GB memory 4 GB disk space Operating System AIX 5.3, on POWER3, POWER4, POWER5 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP1 or R2, on x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3, on x86 Solaris 8, 9, and 10, on SPARC SUSE Enterprise Linux 9, on x86
Database Server Host Computer | Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a or SP4, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with SQL Server 2000 compatibility level (Windows installations of Studio only) Oracle 9i (9.2.0.4 and above) in default or Oracle RAC configuration Oracle 10g (10.1.0.3 and above) and 10g R2 (10.2.0. and above) in default or Oracle RAC configuration
Portal Software | AquaLogic Interaction 6.1
Browser Requirements | Administrative Users: Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0 Browsing Users: Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0; Firefox 1.0, 1.5, 2.0; Netscape 7.2, 8.0; Safari 1.2

## User and Group Requirements

When installing on Unix, we recommend you use the same local user and group for all AquaLogic User Interaction services. For convenience, preinstall.sh, a script to create users, groups and directories, is provided in the Product Center. For details on using preinstall.sh, see Installation and Upgrade Guide for AquaLogic Interaction 6.1 MP1.

When installing on Windows, you must log in to the host machine as a local administrator.