System Requirements

Server System Requirements

      For OpenVMS Alpha

      For OpenVMS I64

Desktop System Requirements

STREAM_LF File Format Requirement (SMB-based Filesystems Only)

Server System Requirements (OpenVMS)

The IDE Server is required to use the Distributed NetBeans client. The IDE Server runs on an OpenVMS Alpha or OpenVMS I64 system to provide services to Distributed NetBeans clients.

 

Hardware

-  500MHz minimum Alpha or I64 processor
-  256MB of memory
-  2000 blocks minimum free disk space on your system disk
-  ODS-5 or ODS-2 disk (ODS-5 is required for Java files)

 

Operating System

OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 or higher

-or- OpenVMS I64 Version 8.2 or higher

 

Software

For OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 or higher

-  Software Development Kit (SDK) v 1.4.2-4P2 (or higher) for OpenVMS Alpha for the Java Platform

  Java SDK Download Page at http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/download/index.html

-  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 5.4 ECO 4 or higher

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS web site at  http://h71000.www7.hp.com/network/tcpip.html

-  A remote file access provider:

FTP Service in TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS enabled and started

-or- Advanced Server Version 7.3A or higher for OpenVMS (see Notes)
  Advanced Server web site at    http://h71000.www7.hp.com/pathworks/advancedserver.html

-or- Samba for OpenVMS 2.2.8 or higher (unsupported/optional) (see Notes)

   Samba for OpenVMS web site at http://www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/jyc/

-  (Optional) C/C++, FORTRAN, COBOL, or PASCAL compiler for OpenVMS
-  (Optional) Code Management System (CMS) for OpenVMS
 
For OpenVMS I64 Version 8.2 or higher
 
-  Software Development Kit (SDK) v 1.4.2-1 (or higher) for OpenVMS I64 for the Java Platform
  Java SDK Download Page at http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/download/index.html
 
-  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 5.5 or higher
  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS web site at
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/network/tcpip.html
 
-  A remote file access provider:

FTP Service in TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS enabled and started (see Notes)

-or- Samba for OpenVMS 2.2.8 or higher (unsupported/optional) (see Notes)

 Samba for OpenVMS web site at http://www.pi-net.dyndns.org/anonymous/jyc/

-  (Optional) C/C++, FORTRAN, COBOL, or PASCAL compiler for OpenVMS
-  (Optional) Code Management System (CMS) for OpenVMS 

 

Advanced Server Notes

-  The TCP/IP PWIP Service must be enabled and started for PATHWORKS if you are using Advanced Server as your remote file access provider.  Enter the following command:

$ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG
select 4 - optional
select 1 - PWIP
select 2 - Enable and Start

-  The shares that you map to use in Distributed NetBeans remote filesystems must be created in STREAM_LF format.  For example:

$ administer add share /dir share_name share_path /host=(rms=stream_lf)/permission=(everyone=none,user_name=full)

-  For better performance, especially when using CMS, disable the Advanced Server's Open File Cache, set the Files Per Client to 25 (or more), and set the Byte Range Locks equal to one half of the value for Files Per Client.

To turn off the open file cache, type the command ADMIN/CONFIG and select the Advanced button. Clear the Use Open File Caching selection, then restart the Advanced Server. For more information about these settings, see the

  Advanced Server for OpenVMS Server Administrator's Guide at  
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/6543/6543pro_020.html

 

Samba for OpenVMS Notes

The shares that you map to use in Distributed NetBeans remote filesystems should be created in STREAM_LF format. You specify this parameter in the share section in the Samba configuration file (SMB.CONF). For example:

[test1$]
comment = test
valid users = user1
path=efs$:[test]
public = no
writable = yes
vms record format = stream_lf
create mask = 0777

 

FTP Filesystem Notes

Before you can use the FTP as your remote file access provider in Distributed NetBeans, the TCP/IP FTP Service must be enabled and started. Enter the following command:

$ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG
select 3 - Server components
select 5 - FTP
select 2 - Enable and Start

 HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Installation and Configuration at

       http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82FINAL/6524/6524pro_003.html#sec_config_srvr

 

Desktop System Requirements (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, HP-UX)

-  NetBeans 3.6 installed on your desktop system
    Download NetBeans 3.6 from -  Java 2 Standard Edition v 1.4.2-07 or higher installed on your desktop system
  Download J2SE from -  Distributed NetBeans client module installed on your desktop system
 Download Distributed NetBeans client module from

-  (Optional) X-windows server (such as eXcursion) installed on your desktop system. This is required to run Java applications that use Swing, and to use some features of the Distributed NetBeans client (such as "Use XTerm for Compile" and "Use XTerm for Execution.")

-  For further information about desktop system requirements see

 NetBeans Requirements at http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/36/relnotes.html#SystemRequirements

 

STREAM_LF File Format Requirement (for SMB-based Filesystems only)

If you are using Advanced Server or Samba to connect to your OpenVMS system, when you edit a file using the NetBeans IDE the file must have a record format of STREAM_LF. If you edit a file with record format other than STREAM_LF, saving the file within NetBeans can corrupt the file.

(This restriction does not apply if you are using an FTP filesystem.)

Distributed NetBeans detects whether your files are in STREAM_LF format.  If they are not in STREAM_LF format, you are asked if you want the files to be automatically converted for you.

 

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