This topic contains the hardware and software requirements for running the Aptify 5.5.3 server components and the Windows Desktop client. It includes the following sections: 

• Database Server Requirements
• Application Server Requirements
• Aptify Desktop Client Requirements
• Development Requirements
• e-Business Server Requirements
• Aptify Web Interface Requirements
• Installation Computer Requirements

Database Server Requirements

This section lists the software and hardware requirements for the Aptify database server. Aptify is a write intensive (disk I/O) application which requires multi-disk RAID arrays to perform adequately. Drive specifications will create more space than is likely necessary to support the Aptify database, but will ensure there are enough disk I/Os to support the system. Note that this document specifies requirements for three levels of hardware support: minimum, mid-point, and high-end. 

The requirements are listed in the following sub-sections:

• Supported Database and Operating Systems
• Minimum Hardware Requirements - Database Server
• Midpoint Hardware Requirements - Database Server
• High End Hardware Requirements - Database Server

Supported Database and Operating Systems

Minimum Hardware Requirements - Database Server

Midpoint Hardware Requirements - Database Server

High-end Hardware Requirements - Database Server

Aptify recommends optimizing the memory that SQL Server utilizes so the setup can be successful. See Note Concerning SQL Memory Usage below for more details.

Note Concerning SQL Memory Usage

When installing a large service pack like Aptify 5.5.2 or 5.5.3 (and on busy systems in general), Aptify recommends restricting the amount of memory that SQL Server can utilize based on the system's overall available memory. This will ensure the setup program itself has access to the appropriate memory it needs to successfully install. You can find several examples online, including posts like the following, for guidance:

http://sqlserverperformance.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/suggested-max-memory-settings-for-sql-server-20052008/.

If possible, it is also good practice to restart the database server before beginning the install, this ensures all memory is released before beginning. This is particularly true for test installations that may occur on non-production systems with low-end hardware.

Application Server Requirements

If you are installing this service pack on a database server running Aptify 5.5.2, you must apply updates provided with 5.5.3. Your Aptify application server must meet the following basic requirements before applying the updates provided with Aptify 5.5.3. See Updating the Application Server for Aptify 5.5.3 for details.

This section lists the software and hardware requirements to support an Application Server for executing asynchronous process flow runs and scheduled tasks. An organization can deploy 1 to n application servers, depending on utilization and load.

Software Requirements

• Operating System: Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008
• Aptify 5.5.3 Application Server Component
• Aptify 5.5.3 Windows Desktop client
• Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 and 4.5: The Aptify setup program adds .NET Framework 3.5 to a computer if it is not already installed. You must install .NET Framework 4.5 manually if not already installed. You can download the installer here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653.
• The 32-bit version of the SAP Crystal Reports redistributable should be installed if scheduled views that send out reports are configured on the Application Server. Please contact Aptify Support if you need this redistributable.

Hardware Requirements

At a minimum, a computer that can run Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 can also function as an Application Server. However, Aptify recommends that an organization use a computer with at least the following specifications:

• Intel Dual-Core Xeon or Higher
• 8 GB RAM

Aptify Desktop Client Requirements

This section lists the recommended software and hardware requirements for running the Aptify Desktop client in the supported environments.

• Software Requirements
• Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 (Ultimate or Enterprise Editions) or Windows Vista® (Business or Ultimate Edition – SP1)
• Aptify 5.5.3 Desktop client
• 32-bit version of the Crystal Reports 13 viewer (Aptify can provide the installer for this software)
• Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 and 4.5: The Aptify setup program adds .NET Framework 3.5 to a desk­top computer if it is not already installed. .NET Framework 4.5 is not installed by Aptify. If not already installed on the computer, you can download the installer here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653.
• Microsoft DHTML Editing Control: This control is required to use HTML fields in the Aptify desktop client. You can download the control here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8956.
• Microsoft® Office 2007 or later
  
  • This includes Office 365 if you are using it in conjunction with the desktop version of Microsoft Office (2007, 2010, or 2013) or if you have Office Professional Plus with Office 365.
  • Microsoft Office is only required if an organization intends to use any of Aptify’s Microsoft Office integration features, such as the Export to Excel wizard, the Microsoft Word Mail Merge wizard, Pivot Table views, and Outlook integration.
  • Note that Aptify’s Pivot Table view type requires the Office Web Components that are included with Office 2003 (OWC 11). You need to download and install OWC 11 separately to enable pivot table sup­port. OWC 11 is available for download at:
    
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fami-lyId=7287252C-402E-4F72-97A5-E0FD290D4B76&displaylang=en
    
    
• Microsoft® MapPoint for Map Views support in Aptify Windows desktop application.

Hardware Requirements

Development Requirements

This section lists the minimum software and hardware requirements for development environments.

• Software Requirements
• Third-Party Software
• Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 7 (Ultimate or Enterprise Editions), Windows Vista SP1 (Business or Ultimate Edition), or Windows Server 2008, Windows Server R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2012
• Aptify 5.5.3 Server components and the Windows desktop client
• 32-bit version of the Crystal Reports 13 viewer (Aptify can provide the installer for this software)
• Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 and 4.5: The Aptify setup program adds .NET Framework 3.5 to a desk­top computer if it is not already installed. .NET Framework 4.5 is not installed by Aptify. If not already installed on the computer, you can download the installer here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653.
• Microsoft DHTML Editing Control: This control is required to use HTML fields in the Aptify desktop client. You can download the control here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8956.
• Microsoft® Office 2007 or later 
  
  • This includes Office 365 if you are using it in conjunction with the desktop version of Microsoft Office (2007, 2010, or 2013) or if you have Office Professional Plus with Office 365.
  • Microsoft Office is only required if an organization intends to use any of Aptify’s Microsoft Office integration features, such as the Export to Excel wizard, the Microsoft Word Mail Merge wizard, Pivot Table views, and Outlook integration. 
  • Note that Aptify’s Pivot Table view type requires the Office Web Components that are included with Office 2003 (OWC 11). You need to download and install OWC 11 separately to enable pivot table sup­port. OWC 11 is available for download at:
    
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fami-lyId=7287252C-402E-4F72-97A5-E0FD290D4B76&displaylang=en.
    
    
• Microsoft® MapPoint for Map Views support in Aptify Windows desktop application.

Third-Party Software

This section lists third party software packages that are required to develop components for Aptify. This is in addition to the hardware and software requirements described above.

• The following software is required to develop any component for Aptify 5.5.3:
  
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio
    
    
• Additionally, the following products are required to develop new user interface compo­nents for the Aptify desktop application that utilize the Aptify framework: 
  • Infragistics® NetAdvantage® 2008 Volume 1
    • You need a license for these Infragistics control if you are creating new Aptify forms within Visual Studio since several Aptify bound controls inherit from Infragistics controls (and when you use the components in Visual Stu­dio, licensing is required for the underlying third party controls).
    • While newer versions of the Infragistics tools may be available, Aptify 5.5 and later uses NetAdvantage® 2008 Volume 1. In order to obtain this software, you may need to purchase the latest version and then contact Infragistics to obtain the 2008 Volume 1 version (and an appropriate installation key for that ver­sion). 
    • Note that this requirement only applies to developing new functionality for the Aptify desktop application.
       
  • ComponentOne® Studio® for WinForms
    • Note that this requirement only applies to developing new functionality for the Aptify desktop application.
    • You need a license for this developer tool if you intend to add an Entity List View control to a form you are developing within Visual Studio (since the Entity List View control uses the ComponentOne C1FlexGrid control) or if you are inheriting from one of the Aptify wizard assembly that uses the C1FlexGrid control. Aptify uses the following version of the C1FlexGrid control: 2.6.20073.357.

    • Aptify also leverages the C1SpellChecker control for the text field spell check functionality. Aptify uses the following version of the C1SpellChecker con­trol: 2.0.20073.5.

      Note

      If you are developing user interfaces using the Aptify Visual Designer environment, you do not need these third party applications. The Visual Designer allows you to modify existing form templates in the system and is the most common way of altering the user interfaces in Aptify. Since when using the Visual Designer you are interacting with Aptify controls within Aptify’s design time environment (and not within the Visual Studio environment), a license to these third party controls is not necessary.

  • The following software is required to write Crystal Reports:
    • SAP® Crystal Reports®

    • The 5.5.3 Aptify Desktop client and Aptify web interface use the Crystal Reports 13 (Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010) viewer to display reports. Upgrading Crystal Reports versions for a Crystal Reports writer should not have an impact on Aptify. The reports viewed through Aptify should continue to use the Crystal Reports viewer leveraged by the Aptify interfaces. Existing reports should continue to function as they do today. New reports should still be compatible with the Crystal Reports 13 viewer.
      
      

      note

      Aptify distributes the run time libraries from Crystal Reports so that end users can run reports directly from the Aptify Windows desktop application. However, report writers need a license for the full version of Crystal reports to create and edit reports.

Aptify recommends that a developer’s computer meet the following minimum hardware specifications:

• • Intel Quad-Core Xeon or newer, or AMD equivalent
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 2 x 300GB in RAID 1

e-Business Server Requirements

The software and hardware requirements to support an Aptify e-Business Server for web presence and online transactions are described in the e-Business System Requirements.

Aptify Web Interface Requirements

Aptify provides a web browser-based interface. Using a standard web browser, a user can connect to Aptify over the Internet and access the same user profile that is available when using the Windows Desktop client. The software and hardware requirements to support an Aptify web server are described in the System Requirements for the Aptify Web Interface.

Installation Computer Requirements

If using minimum hardware, Aptify recommends running the installation program locally on the database server; do not run it over the network. The database server where you are running the Installer must meet the following basic requirements:

• Aptify Desktop client installed with 5.5.3 components
• Aptify Desktop client has connected at least once to the Aptify 5.5.3 database server