6.3 Remote Loader

The Remote Loader gives you flexibility in your Identity Manager solution configuration. It provides 32-bit or 64-bit support. By default, the installation program detects the version of the operating system and then installs the corresponding version of the Remote Loader. For installing 32-bit Remote Loader on a 64-bit Operating System, see Installing 32-Bit Remote Loader on 64-Bit Operating System. Figure 6-4 lists the supported operating systems for the Remote Loader.

Figure 6-4 Supported Operating Systems for the Remote Loader

If you have installed the Metadirectory engine as a 32-bit application on a 64-bit operating system, you cannot install the 64-bit Remote Loader on the same machine. The libraries for the 32-bit Metadirectory engine and the 64-bit Remote Loader have the same names. If they are both installed on the same machine, it causes conflicts.

Table 6-2 lists the supported operating systems for the Remote Loader.

Table 6-2 Supported Operating Systems for the Remote Loader

Server Operating System Version

Notes

Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Windows Server 2008 Server Core (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Windows Server 2008 R2

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Red Hat 5.0 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Novell recommends that you apply the latest OS patches via the manufacturer’s automated update facility before you install Identity Manager.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later support packs (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Novell recommends that you apply the latest OS patches via the manufacturer's automated update facility before you install Identity Manager.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode. Novell recommends that you apply the latest OS patches via the manufacturer's automated update facility before you install Identity Manager.

Solaris 10 (Sparc 32-bit and Sparc 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Solaris Zones (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

AIX 5L v5.3 (64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs only in 32-bit mode. The 64-bit Remote Loader is not supported.

Xen

Xen is supported when the Xen Virtual Machine is running SLES 10/OES 2/OES 2 SP1 as the guest operating system in paravirtualized mode.

VMware

The Metadirectory server runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1, SP2, and SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

The Remote Loader runs in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

Open Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)

The Metadirectory server runs only in 64-bit mode.

Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (64-bit)

The Metadirectory server runs only in 64-bit mode.