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CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP model

Minimal number of host CPU cores

Recommended number of host CPU cores

VAX 6610

2

4

VAX 6620

3

4

VAX 6630

4

6

VAX 6640

6

8

VAX 6650

8

12

VAX 6660

8

12

Other models22

When starting, the CHARON-VAX software checks the available number of host CPU cores. Currently, this check is based on the maximum number of VAX CPUs that can be emulated, not on the number of the actually configured VAX CPUs. Therefore the number of host CPU cores recommended for the maximum number of emulated CPUs - as shown in the right column of the table above - must be available. If the available number of host CPU cores is below this number, CHARON-VAX will issue a warning message even if the requirements for the configured number of VAX CPUs are fulfilled. The CHARON-VAX software will work despite this warning if the requirements for the configured number of VAX CPUs are fulfilled.

Note

Hyperthreading must be switched off completely. Disable hyperthreading in the BIOS settings of the physical host or, for a VMware virtual machine, edit the virtual machine properties, select the Resources tab then select Advanced CPU. Set the Hyperthreaded Core Sharing mode to None.

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  1. Login as the local system administrator ("Administrator") on the host system.

  2. Create a special user for running CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP (optional). This user must have all the administrative privileges. Please consult with your Windows User's Guide on details.

    Note

    The CHARON installation procedure will create a special group called CHARON-GRP and the current user will be automatically included to this group. Do not remove this group and do not remove any CHARON user from it, otherwise a problem with virtual memory allocation may appear on CHARON startup.

    The created user may belong to some domain, but please note that in this case you have to add this user to the CHARON-GRP manually as it is described in this article and then reboot CHARON host.


  3. Stay logged in as local system administrator ("Administrator") or log off and login as the CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP user having administrative privileges (if this option has been chosen).

  4. Create a special directory for the CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP distribution kit and copy the provided files there.

  5. In case of upgrading from V4.7 and below first uninstall all CHARON products

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The CHARON Virtual Machines Manager is an essential utility for CHARON management. CHARON installation always keeps most up-to-date version of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager provided by all the installed kits.

Note

In case of upgrading from V4.8 update all existing CHARON Virtual Machines to make them run the latest version - othewise they will remain at V4.8. See the following chapters for details.

The CHARON installation procedure has created the following structure under the "Start" menu:

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Directory

Description

Build_XXX\x86 (and Build_XXX\x64 on x64 systems)

Contains product executables and libraries

Drivers

Contains the CHARON drivers

Chapi

Contains CHARON API files used for creating new emulated devices

InstallShell

Contains the CHARON installation procedure executables

Logs

Contains the CHARON installation log

RedistributablesContains the redistributables needed for CHARON running (already installed, except the license alert script)
Virtual Machines ManagerContains the most up-to-date version of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager
Virtual Machine TemplatesContains templates for creating CHARON Virtual Machines
Virtual MachinesContains the CHARON Virtual Machines
Virtual Disk ImagesContains the CHARON virtual disk images, for example "charoncp012" and "idle_vms_pkg_v3.0"

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If a remote license server is to be used:

  • Copy the file "hasp_install\haspdinst.zip" from the CHARON distribution to any directory on the server, for example "C:\Temp".
  • Extract the content of this archive to the same directory.
  • Login as "Administrator" on the server and open "cmd.exe" from the "Start" menu.
  • Switch to that directory.
  • Install the extracted file.


    Example:

    ...> cd c:\temp
    c:\temp> haspdinst.exe -fr -kp -nomsg
    c:\temp> haspdinst.exe -install -cm


  • Copy the file "hasp_install\hasplib.zip" from the CHARON distribution to any directory on the server, for example "C:\Temp".
  • Extract the contents of this archive to the same directory.
  • Copy the file "haspvlib_68704.dll" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Aladdin Shared\HASP" (in case of x64 host) or "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Aladdin Shared\HASP" (in case of x86 host)
  • Connect the network HASP dongle to the server USB port.

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Uncheck the "Allow Access to Remote Licenses" and the "Broadcast Search for Remote Licenses" checkboxes from the "Access to Remote License Managers" tab then press the "Submit" button to apply changes.

Info

It is possible to have several licenses available to CHARON-VAX at the same time. In this case you have to specify in the CHARON-VAX configuration file the license key ids to be used.

Example:


set session license_key_id="1877752571,354850588"



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