Publisher computer requirements

The computer executing the Publisher synchronization must meet the following minimum requirements. Additional requirements might apply depending on the installed system links and rendering modules.

Note    The Meridian Enterprise application server should not be used to execute the Publisher. Publisher processing, particularly rendering that can happen at any time, requires significant system resources and can degrade performance for Meridian Enterprise users to unacceptable levels. Instead, a dedicated computer should be used so that Publisher processing will not interfere with the source or destination system processes.

• Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® CPU 2.0 GHz or higher
• 4 GB RAM or more
• One of the Windows Server operating systems (with latest Service Pack) listed in the Supported Applications document for this release of the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise product suite.
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC) version 3.0

Note    MMC 3.0 is available for Windows Server 2003 from Microsoft Update.

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
• Windows Identity Foundation (for cloud-hosted Microsoft SharePoint destinations only as described in Configuring the Microsoft SharePoint destination options. The Publisher computer must also meet WIF system requirements. To download, see Windows Identity Foundation in the Microsoft Download Center.)

• Meridian Enterprise client software

  Note    We recommend that the PowerUser client be installed to ensure that all required components are installed. On 64-bit computers, install the 64-bit client software. These components are required to be installed if the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise system link is used.

• DCOM access to the Meridian Enterprise application server
• DCOM access to a BlueCielo license server
• Internet Information Services 6 or higher with the following components installed and enabled
• Windows Authentication service
• ASP.NET 2.0
• Static Content
• OLE DB access to an existing SQL Server or Oracle database server that will host the Publisher database. If Oracle will be used, the Microsoft provider for Oracle must be installed.
• To use the error log email notification feature, Microsoft CDO must be installed. For most systems, CDO can be installed by the Outlook Express client.

Note Additional software is required by the various rendering modules as described in Understanding the additional requirements and in the topics that describe the specific rendering modules.

Note    We do not recommend running Publisher with rendering modules on the source or destination document management systems servers.