Afaria® 6.6 System Requirements
Last update: January 2011
Sybase Afaria product system requirements help you understand requirements and recommendations for your Afaria system. Recommendations for RAM and disk space are stated independently from any requirements of the operation system or other applications.
- Afaria Server
- Afaria Administrator
- Afaria Database
- OTA Deployment Center
- Relay Server
- iOS Provisioning Server
- iOS Certificate Authority
- OMA DM Server
- Clients
Upgrade Afaria Server to version 6.6 from any 6.0 SP1 configuration or any 6.5 FP2 configuration.
These requirements are a general statement of the system requirements. Click here for the complete list of system requirements and recommendations.
Afaria Server
This setup assumes you are installing your Afaria Server without Afaria Administrator in a TCP/IP network.
| Recommended Setup for 50-300 Concurrent Client Sessions | |
| Operating System | Any of the following Windows 64-bit operating systems:
Any of the following Windows 32-bit operating systems:
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| Processor | Any of the following processor types:
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| RAM | 1.5 GB |
| Disk Space | 20 GB, additional space is required for user data |
| Database |
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| Component Notes |
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Afaria Administrator
This setup assumes you are installing your Afaria Server and Afaria Administrator on separate servers within the same TCP/IP network.
| Recommended Setup | |
| Operating System | Any of the following Windows 64-bit operating systems:
Any of the following Windows 32-bit operating systems:
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| Processor | Any of the following processor types:
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| RAM | 512 MB |
| Disk Space | 10 GB, additional space is required for user data |
| Database | See Database for database requirements. |
| Additional Requirements |
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Afaria Database
Afaria supports these databases in a production environment:
- iAnywhere SQL Anywhere®[1] 11
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (SP1, SP2, SP3)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition (SP1, SP2, SP3)
- Oracle Database 11g Release 2
- Oracle Database 10g Release 2
- [1]
- This database is required for a double-byte character environment.
OTA Deployment Center
Afaria supports operating one OTA Deployment Center per Afaria installation. The Afaria installation may be a single Afaria Server or Afaria Server farm implementation.
The OTA Deployment Center deploys Afaria client software to supported devices.
- OTA Deployment Center for IIS Web server
- OTA Deployment Center for Apache Web server
| Requirements | |
| Web Server | Web server according to your hosting environment:
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| Third-Party Components |
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Relay Server
The Sybase iAnywhere Relay Server is a secure, load-balanced proxy server that relays communication between mobile devices and one or more Sybase server-based products. It is developed independently from Afaria. Afaria is one example of a supported product
Relay server in Afaria is an optional component that is bundled with the Afaria product on the product installation image.
| Relay Server | Version 11.0.1.2514 |
| Web Server |
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| Additional Requirements | At the time of Afaria 6.6 release, relay server requirements are described as the following[1]:
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- [1]
- Relay server requirements, as a component of the SQL Anywhere 11.0.1 product release, may be viewed at www.sybase.com/detail?id=1002288 (search for "Relay Server").
- [2]
- Relay server, as an Afaria component, was tested only in a Windows x86 environment.
iOS Provisioning Server
| Recommended Setup for 200-500 Concurrent Sessions with iOS Devices | |
| Operating System | Any of the following Windows 64-bit operating systems:
Any of the following Windows 32-bit operating systems:
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iOS Certificate Authority Server
Afaria iOS features require a Microsoft certificate authority as part of the implementation.
| Requirements | |
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OMA DM server
Afaria supports operating one OMA DM server per Afaria installation, on the same server as the Afaria Server.
- The Afaria OMA DM Server supports OMA DM standard versions 1.1.2, 1.2, and 1.2.1.
- The Afaria OMA DM Server supports only the Basic Latin Unicode character set.
Afaria Clients
| Android Client | |
| Operating System | Android 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2 |
| Protocol Support | HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Access Control for Microsoft Exchange Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static OTA provisioning Relay server Remote wipe/device lock |
| Licensable Policies | Configuration Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Session Manager Software Manager App Portal |
| BlackBerry Client | |
| Operating System | J2ME version 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 |
| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Authentication, client Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, Schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/device lock |
| Licensable Components | Configuration Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Session Manager |
| Feature Phone Client | |
| Operating System | Afaria features do not target particular operating systems or devices. You are responsible for testing devices for desired features. |
| Platform Features | Client notification to connect Groups, static Relay server Remote wipe/device lock |
| Licensable Policies | OMA DM |
| Additional Requirements for features and components | |
| OMA DM |
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| iOS Client | |
| Operating System | On hardware models iPhone, iTouch, and iPad:
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| Protocol Support | HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Access Control for Microsoft Exchange Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static OTA provisioning Relay server Remote wipe/device lock |
| Licensable Policies | Device Configuration |
| Licensable Components | Configuration Manager |
| Java Client | |
| Operating System | Must support Java Virtual Machine (JVM) version 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 |
| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static |
| Licensable Components | Session Manager |
| Palm Client | |
| Operating System | Palm OS 5.2, 5.4 |
| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static OTA deployment Relay server |
| Licensable Components | Backup Manager |
| Symbian Client | |
| Operating System | Symbian OS 9.5, 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9 |
| Symbian Platform |
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| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Access Control for Microsoft Exchange Authentication, client Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/device lock |
| Licensable Policies | Antivirus and Firewall OMA DM |
| Licensable Components | Backup Manager |
| Windows Client | |
| Operating System | Any of the following Windows 32-bit operating systems:
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| Browser | Internet Explorer 7.0, 8.0 |
| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Authentication, client Authentication, server Byte-level differencing Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote Control |
| Licensable Components | Backup Manager |
| Data Security Manager | Supported operating systems:
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| Patch Manager | Supported operating systems:
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| Windows Mobile Professional Client (Excluding Windows CE) | |
| The Afaria Windows Mobile Professional client type also includes subtype Windows CE. | |
| Operating System | Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional |
| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Access Control for Microsoft Exchange Authentication, client Authentication, server Byte-level differencing Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, other Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/device lock |
| Licensable Policies | Application Control Antivirus and Firewall |
| Licensable Components | Backup Manager Configuration Manager Data Security Manager Document Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Remote Control Session Manager Software Manager |
| Windows CE (Windows Mobile Professional Client Subtype) | |
| This device type is a subset of the Afaria Windows Mobile Professional client type. | |
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| Operating System |
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| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Authentication, server Byte-level differencing (Clients with StrongArm processors) Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, schedule Relay server |
| Licensable Components | Backup Manager Document Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Remote Control Session Manager Software Manager |
| Windows Mobile Standard Client | |
| Operating System | Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard |
| Protocol Support | XNET, XNETS, HTTP, HTTPS |
| Platform Features | Access Control for Microsoft Exchange Authentication, client Authentication, server Byte-level differencing Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, other Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Outbound notification Relay server Remote wipe/Device lock |
| Licensable Policies | Application Control Antivirus and Firewall |
| Licensable Components | Backup Manager |
