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  • Basic knowledge of Unix commands

  • Basic knowledge of CHARON products

  • CHARON qualified versions:

    CHARON-AXP V4.4 Build 147-07

    CHARON-AXP V4.5 Build 155-05 (+ patches)

    CHARON-AXP V4.6 Build 166-03 (+ patches)

    CHARON-AXP V4.7 Build 171-01 (+ patches)

    CHARON-AXP V4.8 Build 183-02 (+ patches)

    CHARON-VAX V4.6 Build 165-02 (+ patches)

    CHARON-VAX V4.7 Build 171-01 (+ patches)

    CHARON-VAX V4.8 Build 183-02 (+ patches)


  • Scripts have been tested and validated on the following Linux distributions/versions:

    CentOS 7

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 to 6.68

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7, 7.1 and 7.2

     

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  • Some packages have to be installed on the CHARON server:
    • Mandatory packages:
      • glibc.i686
      • bc
      • perl

    • Recommended packages:
      • telnet : recommended for connection from the CHARON server to the virtual machine console
      • expect : recommended if ssh cannot be used to execute shutdown commands from the console
      • evince : recommended for reading online documentation
      • screen : recommended, mandatory for CHARON-AXP V4.4
      • postfix : recommended, Mail Transport Agent used to send emails
      • firefox : recommended for checking and updating licenses, accessing online documentation
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  • All described operations will have to be performed on the CHARON server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported).
    (warning) The 'menu' must be used by one user at a time only

  • CHARON-AXP and CHARON-VAX installations are supported when installed in /opt/charon folder only

  • Mail service must have been configured. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...

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