Sybase Afaria product system requirements help you understand requirements and recommendations for your Afaria system. Recommendations for RAM and disk space are stated independently from any requirements of the operation system or other applications.
Afaria supports operating one OTA Deployment Center per Afaria installation. The Afaria installation may be a single Afaria Server or Afaria Server farm implementation.
The OTA Deployment Center deploys Afaria client software to supported devices.
OTA Deployment Center for IIS Web server
OTA Deployment Center for Apache Web server
Requirements
Web Server
Web server according to your hosting environment:
Windows — IIS 5.0, 6.0, or 7.5, as appropriate for operating system
The Sybase iAnywhere Relay Server is a secure, load-balanced proxy server that relays communication between mobile devices and one or more Sybase server-based products. It is developed independently from Afaria. Afaria is one example of a supported product
Relay server in Afaria is an optional component that is bundled with the Afaria product on the product installation image.
Afaria Samsung agent – for Android OS phones and tablets:
3.x (tablet)
2.x
Afaria agents may be released to different markets at different times.
Core Features
Access Control for Email Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static OTA provisioning Relay server Remote wipe/device lock
Authentication, client Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/device lock
Components
Inventory Manager Inventory Manager TEM License Manager Session Manager
Feature Phone Client
Operating System
Afaria features do not target particular operating systems or devices. You are responsible for testing devices for desired features.
Core Features
Client notification to connect Groups, static Relay server Remote wipe/device lock
Policies and Portal Packages
OMA DM
Additional Requirements for Features and Components
OMA DM
The client OS must provide native support for one or more of the following OMA DM standards:
1.1.2
1.2
1.2.1
It is recommended that you upgrade devices to the manufacturer's most current firmware before deploying Afaria OMA DM policies.
The following feature phone is known to support the Afaria OMA DM features:
Access Control for Email Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static OTA provisioning Relay server Remote wipe/device lock
Policies and Portal Packages
Device Configuration Portal Application Packages
Components
Configuration Manager Inventory manager Inventory Manager TEM
Java Client
Operating System
Must support Java Virtual Machine (JVM) version:
1.6
1.5
1.4
Core Features
Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static
Components
Session Manager
Palm Client
Operating System
Palm OS:
5.4
5.2
Core Features
Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static OTA deployment Relay server
Access Control for Email Authentication, client Authentication, server Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/device lock
Any of the following Windows 32-bit operating systems:
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Ultimate
Windows Vista Business SP1, SP2
Windows Vista Enterprise SP1, SP2
Windows Vista Home Ultimate SP1, SP2
Windows XP SP3
Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows Server 2003
Core Features
Authentication, client Authentication, server Byte-level differencing Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote Control
Components
Backup Manager Data Security Manager Document Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Patch Manager Remote Control Session Manager Software Manager
Data Security Manager
Supported operating systems:
Windows XP SP3
Windows XP SP2
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Patch Manager
Supported operating systems:
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows XP SP2, excluding Windows XP Tablet PC Clients
Windows XP SP3, excluding Windows XP Tablet PC Clients
Windows Mobile Professional Client (Excluding Windows CE)
The Afaria Windows Mobile Professional client type also includes subtype Windows CE.
Operating System
Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Windows Mobile 6.5 Classic Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional Windows Mobile 6.0 Classic Windows Mobile 5.0 Windows Mobile 5.0 Phone Edition Windows Mobile 2003 Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition Windows Mobile 2003 SE Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition
Core Features
Access Control for Email Authentication, client Authentication, server Byte-level differencing Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, other Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/device lock
Policies and Portal Packages
Application Control Antivirus and Firewall
Components
Backup Manager Configuration Manager Data Security Manager Document Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Remote Control Session Manager Software Manager
Windows CE (Windows Mobile Professional Client Subtype)
Authentication, server Byte-level differencing (Clients with StrongArm processors) Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, schedule Relay server
Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard Windows Mobile 5.0
Core Features
Access Control for Email Authentication, client Authentication, server Byte-level differencing Client notification to connect Data views, custom Groups, dynamic Groups, static Monitor, connection Monitor, other Monitor, schedule OTA deployment Relay server Remote wipe/Device lock
Policies and Portal Packages
Application Control Antivirus and Firewall
Components
Backup Manager Configuration Manager Data Security Manager Inventory Manager License Manager Remote Control Session Manager Software Manager
