Table of contents

Important note

This document applies to Linux Toolkit version 1.44, dated April, 26th  201646

Kit download

To download the kit, you must issue a request via email to the Stromasys support team (support@stromasys.com) or ask your reseller

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Unix commands
  
  
• Basic knowledge of CHARON products
  
  

• CHARON qualified versions:

  Image Modified

  CHARON-AXP V4.4 Build 147-07 CHARON-AXP V4.5 Build 155-

  05 minimum

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

  03 minimum

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

  01

  01 (+ patches) CHARON-AXP V4.

  7

  8 Build

  171-01 with patch 171-03

  183-02
  Image Modified	CHARON-VAX V4.6 Build 165-02

  minimum

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

  7

  8 Build

  171-01 with patch 171-03

  183-02

  
  

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

  Image Modified

  Fedora 20, 21 and 22

  CentOS 7
  Image Modified	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 to 6.

  6

  8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7 and up (7.

  2

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• Some packages have to be installed on the CHARON server:

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  • Mandatory packages:
    • glibc.i686
    • bc
    • perl
    • at
      
      
  • 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
      .

• All described operations will have to be performed on the CHARON server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported).
  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, ...
  
  
• Within the CHARON virtual machines configuration files:
  • do not use spaces or tabs between a parameter and its value as the toolkit does not handle this correctly, i.e.: parameter=value is correct, parameter = value is not correct.

  • do not add devices parameters on the same line, please split the line in 2 lines

    Unsupported	Supported
    set PKA container[600]= "/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" media_type[600]="RRD47"	set PKA container[600]= "/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" set PKA media_type[600]="RRD47"

    
    

Conventions

Note related to display/edit options

Some menu options will allow you to display or edit files using available editors (if installed) between:

Select the one you prefer or refer to 'man pages' for more information on available ones.

Note related to emails

There are 2 kinds of emails:

Do not use Stromasys email address to send results directly, for example to support@stromasys.com. The sender will be unknown to us, it is then recommended to send results to yourself first and to forward us the email you received.

Both use 'sendmail' command to send emails. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...

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