4.3 Minimum System Requirements

Business Continuity Clustering supports up to four peer clusters that are running OES 2023 and Novell Cluster Services.

The BCC operating environment requires the versions of OES and NetIQ products listed in Table 4-1, with the latest patches applied.

Table 4-1 BCC Operating Environment

Supported Product

For documentation, see:

eDirectory 9.2.7

This product is included with OES 2023.

eDirectory 9.2.7 documentation Web site on NetIQ.com

Open Enterprise Server 2023

OES 2023 documentation Web site on MicroFocus.com

Novell Cluster Services

For information about clustering OES 2023 services and storage, see the product documentation on the OES 2023: OES Cluster Services for Linux Administration Guide

iManager 3.2.6

This product is included with OES 2023.

iManager 3.2.6 documentation Web site on NetIQ.com

Clusters plug-in for iManager

This product is included with OES 2023.

Installing or Updating the Clusters Plug-in for iManager in the OES 2023: OES Cluster Services for Linux Administration Guide

Identity Manager 4.8.6

The credential to activate IDM is included in the BCC license.

IIdentity_Manager_4.8.6 documentation Web site on NetIQ.com

Fully configured and tested peer clusters are the most important requirement for BCC. Figure 4-1 shows a business continuity cluster with two peer clusters. It illustrates where the required products are installed. The figure uses the following abbreviations:

Figure 4-1 Business Continuity Cluster Component Locations