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Report Server

• Be sure that the Report Server host system meets the minimum operating system requirements:
  • Windows
  • UNIX
• (Solaris) Install the required operating system patches to the Report Server host system.

  Note: For more information, see the Policy Server Release Notes.

• Be sure that the Report Server host meets the connectivity requirements.
• If you are reinstalling the Report Server, uninstall the current instance. The installation fails if you attempt to install over an existing instance.
• Windows installations:
  • Be sure that you have access to a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group. The user account that runs the installer must be a member of the local Administrators group.

    Important! Installing to a system where the default Windows security settings have been modified for the local Administrator group is not supported.

  • Be sure that the system to which you are installing is not a domain controller. Installing to a domain controller is not supported.
• UNIX installations:
  • Be sure that you have access to a root user account and a non–root user account. You require a root-user account to start the installation and a non–root user account to complete the installation. Be sure that the non–root user account:
    • is the owner of a valid home directory
    • has write permissions to the home directory
  • Set at least one of the following variables to a valid utf8/UTF-8 locale:
    • LC_ALL

      Example: export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

    • LANG

      Example: export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

    • LC_CTYPE

      Example: export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8