Platform Development Environment 2.4

Linux | Solaris (32-bit) | Windows

Operating Systems

Linux

Platform Notes

• To run this version of the Apama Engine requires the following two packages, which are not installed by default in RedHat 7.3:
  
  • libgcc-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  • libstdc++3-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm
• To compile plug-ins or C++ client programs on RedHat 7.3 requires the following packages in addition to those listed above:
  • gcc3-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  • gcc3-c++-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  • libstdc++3-devel-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm
  Later revisions should also work, but have not been tested with this version of the Apama Engine. These can be downloaded from ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat-archive/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/ or some mirror thereof (a full list of RedHat mirror sites can be found at http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html).
• C++ Clients compiled against the C API using GCC 2.96RH will crash when an exception is thrown by the Engine client library. This arises from a fundamental incompatibility between the C++ runtimes of the client and the Engine client library. The Workaround is to use pure C or to not use exceptions in the C++ code.
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 installations prior to Update 1 contain serious bugs that will prevent this product from operating correctly. PDE is certified on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3, Update 5. Attempting to run on a version of Enterprise Linux at an earlier update level is not a supported configuration.
• The Java API has been successfully tested with most Sun JREs post version 1.1, and with the Microsoft 5.00.3805 JVM. However minor differences in output format and behaviour are evident with pre-1.3.1 JREs - it is recommended that version 1.3.1 or later is used.
• It is recommended that all transport and codec plugins for the IAF be written in pure C. While C++ plugins can be written and will work in most cases, you may experience problems loading such plugins into an adapter. See the Release Notes for further information
• Console-mode installation is not supported and installation requires an X server to be running. If you are accessing the machine over ssh, on Solaris the 'xauth' program must be installed in order for the X server connection forwarding to be set up correctly by sshd. On Linux, either select to install the XFree86 server at initial install time, or install the appropriate XFree86-4.1.0 (or later) package.

* Client code compiled with the 3.4.6 compiler will not dynamically link with Apama's pre-built libraries (built on gcc 3.2.3 on Redhat 3). When using Redhat 4 customers are required to download and install g++ 3.2.3. This can be installed alongside the default compiler but any Apama code must be compiled with the older version. This applies to all C++ clients built against the C/C++ Client APIs, any C/C++ IAF plugins, and any Correlator plugins.

Solaris (32-bit)

Platform Notes:

• Console-mode installation is not supported and installation requires an X server to be running. If you are accessing the machine over ssh, on Solaris the 'xauth' program must be installed in order for the X server connection forwarding to be set up correctly by sshd. On Linux, either select to install the XFree86 server at initial install time, or install the appropriate XFree86-4.1.0 (or later) package.
• There are known problems with compiling C++ plugins with the C Plugin Development Kit using gcc-3.0.x on Solaris. If developers wish to use gcc on Solaris, it is recommended that they use gcc-3.1.1 (or more recent) or gcc-2.95.
• The Java API has been successfully tested with most Sun JREs post version 1.1, and with the Microsoft 5.00.3805 JVM. However minor differences in output format and behaviour are evident with pre-1.3.1 JREs - it is recommended that version 1.3.1 or later is used

Windows

Platform Notes:

• Running the Event Correlator on a version of Windows 2000 earlier than Service Pack 2 may result in poor performance in some circumstances. For   optimum performance, Apama recommends patching Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or later.
• Installation and operation on Windows NT 4 (Service Pack 6) requires that the latest version of Microsoft's Runtime Libraries are installed. The newer   version is automatically installed by Microsoft Visual Studio/C++ 6.0 (SP5). Alternatively the libraries may be downloaded from Microsoft as detailed in   this knowledge-base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q259403
• The Java API has been successfully tested with most Sun JREs post version 1.1, and with the Microsoft 5.00.3805 JVM. However minor differences in output format and behaviour are evident with pre-1.3.1 JREs - it is recommended that version 1.3.1 or later is used