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Depending on the cloud environment, Stromasys may offer a prepackaged Charon VE image images on selected cloud marketplaces. This image includes Such images include the Charon VE-enabled emulator software (already installed) and the VE License Server RPM package (can be installed optionally). An instance launched from such a prepackaged image can also be used as a VE license server.

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• Requirements for direct ESXi host binding:
  • The VE license server must run in one of the VMs on the ESXi server.
  • ESXi/vSphere version 6.5 and above.
  • Valid license that supports the vSphere API feature. Otherwise the license server fails to start with the message
    Failed to detect ESXi/vCenter server.
  • Ports 443 (TCP) and 902 (TCP, UDP) must be accessible to the VE license server host.
  • 100 MB of free disk space on the ESXi server to be used by the VE license server host.
  • Administrative user (and password) on the ESXi/vSphere host used for the binding between license server and ESXi/vSphere host.
• Requirements for vCenter Server binding:
  • The VE license server must run in a VM on one of the ESXi systems managed by the vCenter server.
  • vCenter Server version 6.5 and above.
  • Ports 443 (TCP) and 902 (TCP, UDP) must be accessible to the VE license server host.
  • 100 MB of free disk space on the vCenter Server to be used by the VE license server host.
  • Administrative user (and password) on the vCenter server used for the binding between license server and vCenter server.

Please note: vMotion for the virtual machine running the VE license server can only be used if the license server binds to the vCenter Server. The target system must be managed by the same vCenter Server.

The VE license server for VMware environments has also been tested successfully in a Google GCVE (Google Cloud VMware Engine) environment. Please contact Stromasys to discuss your requirements if you need this product combination.

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The necessary features are available in Charon-SSP 4.2.x and later. Stromasys or your Stromasys VAR will provide you with the software or a download link. In certain cloud environments, Stromasys may offer a prepackaged Charon-SSP VE image images on selected cloud marketplaces. This image includes the Charon-SSP emulator software (already installed) and the VE License Server RPM package (can be installed optionally). If you use a Charon host in the cloud and the instance was launched from such a prepackaged image, the required VE-capable emulator software is already installed (refer to the respective cloud-specific Getting Started Guide for more information).

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• <version> indicates the software version (e.g., 45.30.51).
• <architecture> indicates the type of emulated SPARC covered by the software (currently it can have the values 4m, 4u, 4v, 4u+, or 4v+).
• The string ve in the package containing the Charon emulator software indicates that this version of the emulator requires a VE license server.
• The string el7 denotes packages intended for Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle Linux 7.x.
• The string el8 denotes packages intended for Red Hat/CentOS/Oracle Linux 8.x.
• Charon Agent, Manager, and Director are not license-model specific.

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• In versions before 1.0.17, the license server will not start automatically after the initial installation. It will be started once a valid license has been installed (see Installing a License on the VE License Server).
• When upgrading to version 1.0.24 or above from an older version of the license server, a license update is required due to a change in the license schema.
• If you plan to use a primary and a backup license server, the license server software must be installed on both systems.

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The log output below shows a sample Charon-SSP emulator and management package installation on a Linux 7 system:(RHEL/CentOS 8.x, assuming that the RPMs are in the current working directory):

# yumdnf install charon*.rpm
LoadedLast plugins:metadata fastestmirrorexpiration 
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Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package charon-agent-ssp.x86_64 0:4.3.5-1 will be installed
---> Package charon-director-ssp.x86_64 0:4.3.5-1 will be installed
---> Package charon-manager-ssp.x86_64 0:4.3.5-1 will be installed
---> Package charon-ssp-4m.x86_64 0:4.3.5.el7-1 will be installed
---> Package charon-ssp-4u.x86_64 0:4.3.5.el7-1 will be installed
---> Package charon-ssp-4v.x86_64 0:4.3.5.el7-1 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved
check: 18:49:07 ago on Di 23 Mär 2021 17:29:15 CET.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                   Arch       Version            Repository        Size
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Installing:
 Packagecharon-agent-ssp          x86_64   Arch   5.0.1-1    Version       Repository @commandline      28 M
 charon-director-ssp       x86_64     5.0.1-1 Size
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Installing:
 charon-agent-ssp    x86_64 4.3.5-1           @commandline     112 k
 charon-manager-ssp        x86_64     5.0.1-1            @commandline     1.8 M
 charon-ssp-4m             x86_64     5.0.1.ve.el8-1     @commandline     2.2 M
 charon-ssp-4u+            x86_64     5.0.1.ve.el8-1     @commandline      14 M
 charon-ssp-4v+            x86_64     5.0.1.ve.el8-1     @commandline      14 M
Installing dependencies:
 
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Transaction Summary
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Install  48 Packages

Total size: 70 M
Total download size: 9.2 M
Installed size: 183 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:

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Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction

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Installed:
  
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  charon-agent-ssp-5.0.1-1.x86_64                                               
  /charon-agentdirector-ssp-45.30.51-1.x86_64             32    M  charon-director-ssp x86_64 4.3.5-1       /charon-director-ssp-4.3.5      287 k  charon-manager-ssp  x86_64 4.3.5-1    
  /charon-manager-ssp-4.3.5       6.0 M
 charon-ssp-4m5.0.1-1.x86_64            x86_64 4.3.5.el7-1   /charon-ssp-4m-4.3.5.el7-x86_64 6.1 M
 charon-ssp-4u            x86_64 4.3.5.el7-1   /charon-ssp-4u-4.3.5.el7-x86_64  24 M  charon-ssp-4v       x86_64 4.3.5.el7-1
  /charon-ssp-4v4m-45.0.31.5ve.el7el8-1.x86_64  24    M  Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  6 Packages

Total size: 92 M
Installed size: 92 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction

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Installed:
  charon-agent-ssp.x86_64 0:4.3.5-1      charon-director-ssp.x86_64 0:4.3.5-1   
  charon-manager-ssp.x86_64 0:4.3.5-1    charon-ssp-4m.x86_64 0:4.3.5.el7-1                                  
  charon-ssp-4u+-5.0.1.ve.el8-1.x86_64                                       charon-ssp-4u.x86_64 0:4.3.5.el7-1  
  charon-ssp-4v.x86_64 0:4.3.5.el7-1+-5.0.1.ve.el8-1.x86_64  

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Complete!