I have not verified the issues with the installer being 64-bit, but you could deploy the war into your own instance of tomcat/jboss/websphere/what have you.
Axton Grams The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, Inc. 2009/1/20 J.T. Shyman <jshy...@columnit.com> > Ok, but the consolidated installer will not run on a 32-bit Linux O/S. > > So, I'm back to the original question, I guess...how does one install the > 7.5 mid-tier on a 32-bit O/S? > > --- J.T. Shyman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:46 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Mid-Tier not 64-bit in AR System 7.5.00 (was RE: ARS 7.5 & > Office 2007) > > AR System 7.5.00 is a consolidated installer - but you do not have to > choose > all of the components to install at once. So just uncheck the things you > don't want installed and keep the things you do want installed checked. > > So for the Mid-Tier, just uncheck all the server and client stuff, for > example. > > To launch the installer in Linux: > > - In a command window, change directories to the location of the setup.sh > file for the suite installer > - Run setup.sh > > -David J. Easter > Sr. Product Manager, Solution Strategy and Development > BMC Software, Inc. > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of J.T. Shyman > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:24 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Mid-Tier not 64-bit in AR System 7.5.00 (was RE: ARS 7.5 & > Office 2007) > > David, > > Maybe I am the one confused but it appears that AR System, Mid-Tier, > Flashboard, Email, Assignment, Approval and Clients are all in one big > install file and that file expands into an executable for the most part. > > Prior to 7.5 Mid-Tier was a separate installer. It doesn't appear to > be so now. For linux the file is called ARSuiteKitLinux.tar.gz which, when > expanded looks like this: > > +---ARSuiteKit > │ L---Disk1 > │ │ setup.jar > │ │ setup.sh > │ │ > │ +---InstData > │ │ │ MediaId.properties > │ │ │ Resource1.zip > │ │ │ > │ │ L---VM > │ │ setup.bin > │ │ > │ L---utility > │ ARSystem-ini-template.txt > │ ARSystemMaintenanceTool.sh > │ > L---MidtierWar > midtier_linux.war > > I don't see a separate mid-tier installer such as the one that > exists for AR 7.1. All I see is a war file. > > Am I missing something, somewhere? > > J.T. Shyman > Column Technologies > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 3:39 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Mid-Tier not 64-bit in AR System 7.5.00 (was RE: ARS 7.5 & > Office 2007) > > > Ok, but the installer is 64bit > > I'm not sure I understand that statement. The Mid-Tier installer isn't > 64-bit... > > This isn't any different than in previous versions of AR System. What you > did in 7.0.01 (or 7.0.01 or 6.3) for installing the Mid-Tier on a 64-bit OS > running a 32-bit JVM remains the same. > > -David J. Easter > Sr. Product Manager, Solution Strategy and Development BMC Software, Inc. > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. > My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role > as > a spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC > Software, > Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of J.T. Shyman > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:03 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Mid-Tier not 64-bit in AR System 7.5.00 (was RE: ARS 7.5 & > Office 2007) > > Ok, but the installer is 64bit so is there a way to install just the > mid-tier on a 32bit Linux OS? > > J.T. Shyman > Column Technologies > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:03 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Mid-Tier not 64-bit in AR System 7.5.00 (was RE: ARS 7.5 & Office > 2007) > > (I'm going to start changing subject headers when new questions are asked > if > the subject matter changes. Should help searching results...) > > This is covered in the SoD for 64-bit that can be found here: > > 16-Jul-2008 (Statement of Direction) BMC Atrium CMDB on UNIX > and > Linux: Expected 64-bit roadmap and interoperability with AR System PDF > <http://www.bmc.com/products/documents/34/60/93460/93460.pdf> > > * Will the BMC AR System Mid-Tier be 64-bit as well? > > o No. The Mid-Tier will continue to be 32-bit. > > So the Mid-Tier is not a 64-bit binary - your assumption is, unfortunately, > incorrect. Only the AR System server became 64-bit native in this release. > The requirements for the Mid-Tier did not change from 7.1.00 for the most > part - so whatever you had before will continue to work properly. > > Note that while not 64-bit itself, the Mid-Tier will run within a 32-bit > JVM > on a 64-bit Operating System - just like it did in AR System 7.1.00. > BMC > is considering support for 64-bit JVMs in a future release. > > -David J. Easter > Sr. Product Manager, Solution Strategy and Development BMC Software, Inc. > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. > My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role > as > a spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC > Software, > Inc. > > ________________________________ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of J.T. > Shyman > Sent: Tue 1/20/2009 8:34 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARS 7.5 & Office 2007 > > > > David, > > I'm looking at the 7.5 compatibility matrix and have a question. > It is stated that there are only native 64-bit binaries for Linux. I am > assuming this includes the mid-tier binaries as well. Yet, the matrix also > states that 64-bit application servers (Tomcat, for example) are not > supported. > > Does this mean a 7.5 Mid-Tier would be best served as a 64bit box > running Mid-Tier and a 32bit box running the applet server? Or am I > misreading this? > > --- J.T. Shyman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:26 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARS 7.5 & Office 2007 > > Correct - that's why we called out specifically server operating systems, > desktop operating systems, databases, web or application servers, servlet > engines or browsers for the "or higher" expectations. > > You'll note that sections that don't apply the "or higher" clause don't > have > the "or higher" phrase in that section and don't use the table header of > "minimum". Full Text Search and Screen Readers fall into the category of > not applying to the "or higher" clause as well, for example. > > Thanks, > > -David J. Easter > Sr. Product Manager, Solution Strategy and Development BMC Software, Inc. > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. > My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role > as > a spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC > Software, > Inc. > > ________________________________ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of LJ > Longwing > Sent: Tue 1/20/2009 8:21 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARS 7.5 & Office 2007 > > > > That apparently doesn't fall under the 'or higher' clause huh...:) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:08 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ARS 7.5 & Office 2007 > > Correct. No specific testing was done with Office 2007, so it was not > included in the matrix. While it may or may not operate correctly, it > would > be considered "unconfirmed" at best. > > Note, this was true in AR System 7.1.00 as well. > > -David J. Easter > Sr. Product Manager, Solution Strategy and Development BMC Software, Inc. > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. > My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role > as > a spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC > Software, > Inc. > > ________________________________ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of LJ > Longwing > Sent: Tue 1/20/2009 7:52 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: ARS 7.5 & Office 2007 > > > ** > David, > I'm looking through the compatibility matrix for 7.5 and noticed that the > ODBC is supported for MS Office 2000 and 2003, but 2007 is conspicuously > missing? > __Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: > RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ____ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: > RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum > Sponsor: > RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
