:: System Requirements

For Windows Clients:

• WinXP Pro, Vista, 2003, 2008
• A 32-bit Java 2 JRE or SDK version 1.5 or higher. An appropriate JRE is included in the installation package, and can optionally be installed as part of the InQuest installation process.
• A JDBC compliant repository, typically an RDBMS (DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, etc.). An Apache Derby database is included in the installation package and can optionally be installed as part of the InQuest installation process.
• TCP/IP connectivity to all the agents.

For UNIX and Linux Clients:

• AIX 5.3, 6.1; Sun Solaris (SPARC) 9, 10; HP UX 11i V2 and V3 (PA-Risc and Itanium); any Linux on Intel supporting WMQ
• A 32-bit Java 2 JRE or SDK, version 1.5 or higher.
• An X emulator that supports Java Swing.
• A JDBC compliant repository, typically an RDBMS (DB2, Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, etc.). An Apache Derby database is included in the installation package and can optionally be installed as part of the InQuest installation process.
• TCP/IP connectivity to all the agents.

For Windows Agents:

• WinXP Pro, Vista, 2003, 2008
• IBM WebSphere MQ version 6 or 7
• A 32-bit Java 2 JRE or SDK, version 1.5 or higher. An appropriate JRE is included in the installation package, and can optionally be installed as part of the InQuest installation process.
• TCP/IP connectivity to the client(s).

For UNIX and Linux Agents:

• AIX 5.3, 6.1; Sun Solaris (SPARC) 9, 10; HP UX 11i V2 and V3 (PA-Risc and Itanium); most Linux on Intel supporting WMQ
• WMQ, same as the Windows Agent section above.
• A 32-bit Java 2 JRE or SDK, version 1.5 or higher.
• TCP/IP connectivity to the client(s).
• Optionally, an X emulator that supports Java Swing, to use the graphical mode of the installer.

Supported platforms:

InQuest can run on any of the following platforms:

• Windows: WinXP Pro, Vista, 2003, 2008
  
  Note that on 64-bit versions of Windows, only 32-bit WMQ-applications are supported
  
• Unix: AIX 5.3 and 6.1
  Sun Solaris 9, 10 (SPARC)
  HPUX 11i V2 and V3 (PA-Risc and Itanium)
  
• Linux (Intel): WMQ supported Enterprise versions of SuSE (SLES) and Red Hat (RHEL)

WebSphere® MQ (previously known as MQSeries)

On any machine where you want to run InQuest you will need an installation of:

• IBM WebSphere® MQ 6.0.n or
• IBM WebSphere® MQ 7.0.n

Java

A 32-bit Java 2 JRE (run-time) or SDK (run-time and development kit, including compiler), version 1.5 or higher, is required on every system where InQuest will run.

On Windows systems an appropriate JRE can be installed as part of the InQuest installation process. JRE and JDK implementations are freely available from both Sun and IBM. In addition, most Java IDEs are packaged with their own Java implementations.

Database

The InQuest Client requires a database to store configuration and authentication information. Audit data are also stored in database tables.
InQuest is designed to use any JDBC compliant repository, typically an RDBMS. While any product which provides a JDBC driver (type 3) should be compatible, the InQuest Client has been tested specifically with the following databases:

• IBM® DB2® Database
• Oracle® Database
• Microsoft SQL Server®
• MySQL®

This list is provided for convenience in case you need to obtain a suitable DBMS product. Cressida does not specifically recommend these products over other similar products. InQuest is expected to work with any JDBC compatible repository including those which use a JDBC-ODBC adapter.