Supported platforms

Eloquence B.08.20 is supported on the following platforms and operating systems:

HP-UX

Eloquence is available for HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers:

• PA-RISC based systems: HP-UX 11iv1 (11.11) or later is required.
• Itanium based systems: HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23) or later is required.

Linux

Eloquence is available as an RPM package for the IA32 (i686), AMD64/EM64T (x86_64) and IA64 (Itanium) architecture.

• Linux 2.6.9 kernel
• glibc2.3 based systems (or newer) supporting NPTL based threading

Windows

Eloquence is available for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) systems:

• Windows XP, Server 2003 or later is required

New installation directory

Eloquence B.08.20 is installed in a separate directory.

HP-UX and Linux

The Eloquence B.08.20 software is installed to the "/opt/eloquence/8.2" directory. This allows Eloquence B.08.20 to be installed in parallel with previous Eloquence releases.

An existing installation of a previous Eloquence release is not updated or replaced when installing Eloquence B.08.20. It may be uninstalled once it is no longer used. The installation procedure does not copy or migrate the configuration of a previous Eloquence release.

Windows

By default, Eloquence B.08.20 is installed to the "Eloquence\8.2" directory below "Program Files". On 64-bit Windows, Eloquence is installed below "Program Files (x86)". Product specific files are no longer installed into the Windows system32 directory. This allows Eloquence B.08.20 to be installed in parallel with previous Eloquence releases.

The Eloquence B.08.20 installation program automatically upgrades any previous Eloquence software to the new installation directory (see upgrade note in the Windows installation instructions for details).

Eloquence B.08.20 requires a license key version B.08.20 or above. For a new Eloquence installation or when upgrading from a previous Eloquence version a new license key must be obtained to use the Eloquence server components.

The basic FTS functionality is included in the base product. To use enhanced FTS indexing functionality, an additional FTS or FTC license key is required.

Please refer to Eloquence B.08.20 License Key documentation for additional details.

Obtaining Eloquence

The Eloquence B.08.20 release is available for download from the Eloquence web site: http://eloquence.marxmeier.com/download/B0820.

Please check the Eloquence web site for any updates and recommended patches: http://eloquence.marxmeier.com/support/B0820

If available, please install the most recent patch bundle after the installation of the original distribution. After that install any additional patches as needed. Please refer to the patch install documentation for details.

Installing Eloquence

Eloquence installation follows the conventions of the respective platform. For a detailed description, please refer to the following platform specific installation instructions.

HP-UX

The HP-UX installation instructions provide information on supported HP-UX releases, required HP-UX patches and system prerequisites.

The HP-UX kernel parameters document describes the HP-UX kernel configuration changes required to use Eloquence B.08.20, B.08.10 and B.08.00, relative to older releases.

Linux

Linux installation instructions provide information on supported Linux releases, system prerequisites and installation along with distribution specific notes.

The Linux kernel parameters document describes the Linux kernel configuration changes required to use Eloquence B.08.20, B.08.10 and B.08.00, relative to older releases.

Windows

Windows installation instructions provide information on supported Windows versions, system prerequisites and installation along with platform specific notes.

Configuring Eloquence

The B.08.20 Eloquence configuration document provides detailed information on configuration changes, such as modified installation and configuration directory and file names, updated config templates, and choice of 32-bit or 64-bit database server (where applicable).