SAS IT Resource Management Server includes one standard SAS/ACCESS engine of choice. It also includes SAS Metadata Bridges, three of choice, plus General Industry Standards, which is included automatically.

Third-Party dependencies:

• SAS IT Resource Management requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on the server tier for all operating systems. Please refer to the SAS 9.4 section of the Third-Party Software Requirements Web page, http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/ for
  the minimum version requirements for Java Runtime Environments.
• SAS IT Resource Management requires MXG Software from Merrill Consultants for the processing of SMF-based data sources on the server tier for all operating systems. This software is included with SAS IT Resource Management on the z/OS operating system. Customers processing SMF data on other operating systems should contact Merrill Consultants for a license to run MXG software.
• An X11 server is required for the installation of SAS on z/OS and UNIX. This server is required for the end-user display of the SAS Deployment Wizard (a JAVA application that performs SAS installation and configuration steps).
• SAS IT Resource Management includes Demand Technology Performance Sentry Software for the processing of Windows system data. The Demand Technology software is included with SAS IT Resource Management on the Windows operating system and the licenses for that product are for 50 seats and are offered for a 180 day period at which time the software can be renewed with Demand Technology.

* If your SAS IT Resource Management Server is on z/OS, please note the following memory requirements:

• Batch jobs using SAS IT Resource Management software on a z/OS server tier require a region specification of at least 1024M.
• TSO user IDs that will be using SAS IT Resource Management software should have an ASSIZEMAX specification of at least 1024M. The installer TSO user ID requires an ASSIZEMAX of 2000M. A CPUTIMEMAX value of 20000 is also recommended for the installer TSO user ID, particularly if migrations are being performed.

Note: SAS IT Resource Management Adapter for SAP Server is available upon customer request.

SAS recommends that you deploy SAS Metadata Server on a 64-bit host system. The SAS Metadata Server is multi-threaded and multi-core server hardware (typically quad core or higher) is recommended. A dedicated machine for the SAS Metadata Server is recommended to simplify tuning, management, and diagnostics, but is not required. The disk I/O performance of any server-class system should be sufficient. Memory requirements are highly dependent on the product mix and usage, but 8GB of RAM is sufficient for most large deployments. 4GB of RAM is sufficient for many deployments and should be considered a minimum unless the specific deployment is tested and verified to require less memory.

* If your SAS Metadata Server is on z/OS 64-bit, please note the following memory requirements:

• A modification of the MEMLIMIT size specified in the Metadata Server started task is recommended. By default, the value is MEM=2G, but this should be MEM=4G for use with SAS IT Resource Management.
• The default REGION size of 1024M does not require modification.

For information about the application server required to host SAS web applications, please select the link for Web Application Servers and HTTP Servers at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/index.html.

The list of web browsers that SAS supports is updated as new software is tested and approved. For the latest information, please select the link for Web Browsers and Plug-Ins at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/index.html.

To run the SAS IT Resource Management Report Center application in a web browser, Adobe Flash Player is required. For information about the version of Adobe Flash Player required by SAS, please see http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v94/browsers.html. The Adobe Flash Player may be downloaded from Adobe Systems at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. If you are not sure what release of Adobe Flash Player your browser is running, you can determine your current release by going to http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html.

Many supplied reports in SAS IT Resource Management 3.4 are based on Microsoft's ActiveX technology. To display those reports in a Web browser, you must install the SAS/Graph Control for ActiveX on the client tier. This can be installed from the installation media or manually downloaded and installed from the SAS/Graph Downloads Web site, http://support.sas.com/demosdownloads/setupcat.jsp?cat=SAS%2FGRAPH+Software. Further information may be found in Usage Note 10102, available at http://support.sas.com/kb/10/102.html.

The SAS/Graph Control for ActiveX is only supported for Microsoft Internet Explorer.