2.5 Supported Environments

2.5.1 File Viewer Support

In Kablink Vibe, file viewing capabilities are provided by OpenOffice.org viewer technology. For more information, see:

The file viewers also support data indexing by the Lucene Index Server.

2.5.2 IPV6 Support

Kablink Vibe supports the IPV6 protocol when it is available on the server. If the protocol is available, Vibe detects it and supports IPV6 by default, along with IPV4.

2.5.3 Clustering Support

You can install Vibe components on multiple servers to provide failover support, as described in Section V, Multi-Server Configurations and Clustering.

2.5.4 Virtualization Support

Novell tests the Vibe software on both Xen and VMware platforms. Vibe is supported on these platforms, as well as other virtualization platforms, such as Microsoft Hyper-V. If you encounter an issue that cannot be duplicated in a Novell test environment, you may be responsible for following up with the provider of your virtualization software.

For more information about XEN virtualization support, see the Open Enterprise Server 2 Virtualization Documentation website and the SLES Virtualization Technology Documentation website.

For more information about VMware virtualization support, see the VMWare website.

2.5.5 Linux File System Support

The following file systems are supported for Vibe running on Linux:

  • ext3 (recommended in most cases)

    NOTE:The maximum number of file entries in a Vibe File folder cannot exceed 31,998 when using the ext3 file system.

  • NSS (recommended if you are running OES Linux and need the feature-rich environment of NSS)

  • reiser3