Hardware and software requirements

 

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The official statements of support for WAS products are provided online at the Supported hardware and software Web page.

If there is a conflict between the information provided in the information center and the information on the Supported hardware and software pages, the information at the Web site takes precedence. Prerequisites information in the information center is provided as a convenience only.

 

Required disk space

Disk space requirements vary by operating system and hardware platform.

Space is also required for the installable components in the secondary packet of the product package. Refer to the documentation for each installable component to determine exact space requirements.

 

Supported operating systems

The official statements of support for operating systems are on the Supported hardware and software site.

The installation programs for WAS products verify that a supported operating system is installed. The verification includes checking for required patches with the prereqChecker application.

Although the Installation wizard checks for prerequisite operating system patches, review the prerequisites on the Supported hardware and software Web site if you have not already done so.

Always consult the Supported hardware and software Web site to determine whether your operating system is supported when you receive a message from the prereqChecker program. In some cases, the Web site will be more current than the prereq checker on a product disc. For example, IBM often declares support for new versions of operating systems for a product that is already released. The prereqChecker might issue a message when, in fact, a new version of an operating system is supported.

The Web site lists all supported operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches that install to have a compliant operating system.

If you get an error from the prereqChecker program, you can continue the installation. PrereqChecker errors do not prevent you from installing. The messages are notifications of potential problems that you can ignore if the Web site lists your operating system as supported.

Refer to the product documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and corequisite products, such as browsers, to learn how to migrate to supported versions.

 

Supported languages

The WAS V6.x distributed product is supported on these native languages:



Sub-topics

Mozilla 1.7 support for national languages

 

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