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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.

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.

CPU type and speed

Any relatively modern Intel or AMD CPU can be used that provides an all-core base frequency of 2.4 GHz or more.

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1. Right-click My Computer and select Properties. The System Properties dialog box will appear.

2. Click the "Advanced" tab.

3. In the "Startup and Recovery" area, click "Settings". The "Startup and Recovery" dialog box will appear.

4. In the System startup area, click "Edit". This will open the Windows boot.ini file in Notepad.

5. In the [Operating Systems] section, add the following switches to the end of the startup line that includes the /fastdetect switch: /PAE and /3GB

6. Save the changes and close Notepad.

7. Click OK two times to close the open dialog boxes, and then restart the computer for the change to take effect.

Disk storage

The total amount of disk space required for CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP can be calculated as a sum of all the disk/tape image sizes plus 500 MB for the CHARON software plus space required for the normal host OS.

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• On license server (where network license will reside): open port 1947 for both TCP and UDP
• On the client, if broadcast search for remote licenses is to be used, UDP traffic from port 1947 of the license server to ports 30000-65535 of the client must be permitted.
  
• On both server and client: set up default gateway

Please consult the Windows online documentation for details.

If stricter firewall rules are required, it is possible to open the ports 30000-65535 and 1947 only for the "Sentinel HASP License Manager" (hasplms.exe) service (it will be installed by CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP11).

If you plan to use a magneto-optical (MO) drive installed on host system with CHARON (mapped as "\\.\PhysicalDrive<N>" to some of CHARON emulated disk controllers) the host "MediaChangeNotification" (MSN) service must be switched off manually for this drive according to the following procedure:

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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 administrative privileges. Please consult the Windows online documentation for details.
   
   Please note that 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 special 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 with the administrative privileges (if this option has been chosen).

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

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Upgrading From Older Versions

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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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Software licenses can also be uninstalled using the method, described in the "Removing CHARON-VAX Software Licenses" chapter of this Guide.

For license servers accessible only via non-broadcast search it is also possible to disable access to network licenses if only a local license is to be used: Click on the "Configuration" link to open the "Configuration for Sentinel Manager" page.

Uncheck the "Allow Access to Remote Licenses" checkbox from the "Access to Remote License Managers" tab then press the "Submit" button to apply changes.

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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. This user must have administrative or standard privileges (in this case login as Administrator for manging NDIS drivers and running NCC utility). Please consult with Windows online documentation for details.

3. Add this user to the CHARON-GRP group as it is described in this article and then reboot CHARON host.

4. Login as the created user.

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