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Requirements
Review the requirements information to identify system requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information needed to successfully install or upgrade HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite
Hardware, software, file system, and compatibility information
Review the requirements information to identify operating system, file system, and compatibility requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information required to install HCL VersionVault.
File system requirements for ACL-enabled VOBs
Verify that the file systems for VOB storage pools support Access Control List (ACL) authorization at the file system-level. This support is required to assign multiple groups and users to element ACLs. Depending on the operating system, you might need to perform one or more steps to enable file system ACL authorization.

Installing
Learn how to install the product.
- HCL VersionVault Release Notes
  To learn about the changes in the product, see the release notes.
- Deploy HCL VersionVault
  Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your HCL VersionVault deployment.
  - Requirements
    Review the requirements information to identify system requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information needed to successfully install or upgrade HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite
    - Hardware, software, file system, and compatibility information
      Review the requirements information to identify operating system, file system, and compatibility requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information required to install HCL VersionVault.
      - Prerequisites for installing on Oracle Solaris 11 platforms
        On Oracle Solaris 11 systems, installing and configuring HCL VersionVault requires some Oracle Solaris 11 system software packages that might not be installed by default. These packages must be available before you install VersionVault.
      - File system requirements for ACL-enabled VOBs
        Verify that the file systems for VOB storage pools support Access Control List (ACL) authorization at the file system-level. This support is required to assign multiple groups and users to element ACLs. Depending on the operating system, you might need to perform one or more steps to enable file system ACL authorization.
    - Compatibility
    - Networking requirements and performance information
      Review requirements for IPv6 support, domain configuration for client and server hosts on Windows, and concurrent access limitations for HCL VersionVault servers on Windows.
    - National language support
      Review information about localized support for HCL VersionVault configurations and supported data code page locales.
  - Plan your deployment
    Review a checklist of required and optional tasks with links to additional information for planning the installation and deployment process for HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
  - Install HCL VersionVault clients and servers
    The method that is used to install HCL VersionVault depends on the target platform and on your installation strategy.
  - Configuring your environment after deploying
    For some types of HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite hosts, you must complete some configuration tasks after you have installed the products.
- Use IBM® installation and packaging utilities
  Use IBM installation and packaging utilities to download and install software.

File system requirements for ACL-enabled VOBs

Verify that the file systems for VOB storage pools support Access Control List (ACL) authorization at the file system-level. This support is required to assign multiple groups and users to element ACLs. Depending on the operating system, you might need to perform one or more steps to enable file system ACL authorization.

The following table lists the requirements to support ACL authorization of VersionVault VOB objects by operating system and VOB storage location. Only the operating system and VOB storage location configurations included in this list are supported.

Table 1. ACL authorization of VOB objects - Operating and file system configuration requirements
Lists the supported operating systems, VOB locations, and configuration requirements to enable ACLs authorization of VOB objects for HCL VersionVault
Operating system and VOB location	Configuration requirements
Locally-stored VOBs
Windows	Supported on NTFS. No system configuration is required.
Solaris	Supports the following file systems: UNIX (UFS), Z (ZFS), and Veritas file system (VxFS). No system configuration is required.
Linux	ACLs support must be enabled for these file systems: ext3, ext4, or reiserfs. Also, the file system must be mounted with the acl option. See the Linux documentation for your distribution for information. In some cases, ACLs support might be enabled by default.
VOBs stored on network filer
Windows, Linux, and UNIX	For configuration requirements, see Using a network filer for ACL-enabled VOB storage.

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