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AGRIS Product Suite  |  System Requirements  |  Version 19.2.0 

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This document details the hardware and supporting software required for the Greenstone agribusiness management system, AGRIS Product Suite 19.2.0, including the AgroGuide™ and oneWeigh™ systems. This document contains subsections for each configuration supported by AGRIS 19.2.0.
For information regarding AGRIS on Microsoft SQL Server, please refer to the documentation here: AGRIS on Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL)
NOTE: AGRIS 19.2.0 is ONLY supported on the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server® 2019 Standard
  • Windows Server® 2016 Standard
  • Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard
  • Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard SP1
  • Windows® 10 Professional (32- and 64-bit) version 1607 or higher
  • Windows® 8.1 Professional (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows® 7 Professional SP1 (32- and 64-bit)

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Requirement

Added

Removed

HW-Hard-Drive

No changes

No changes

HW-RAM

No changes

No changes

HW-CPU

No changes

No changes

SW – AGRIS Dataset Conversions

No changes

No changes

SW-Database Engine

Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)
  • Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 SP2 (Build 13.20.023)
  • Actian® PSQL™ 12.11.023 (SP1 Update 9)

SW-Database File Format

No changes

No changes

SW-Operating System

No changesWindows Server® 2019 Standard

No changes

SW-Application Software

No changes

No changes

SW-Report Component

No changes

No changes

SW- Terminal Server

No changes

No changes

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Software

Version

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows®

  • Windows® 10 Professional (32- and 64-bit) version 1607 or higher
  • Windows® 8.1 Professional (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows® 7 Professional SP1 (32- and 64-bit)^ 

^ See Microsoft's lifecycle document HERE, which states that Microsoft established the Service Pack Support End Date of 4/9/2013 and Extended Support End Date of 1/14/2020.  Therefore no further testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Workgroup Engine

  • v11 SP3 Update 21 (Build 11.31.071)
  • v12 SP1 Update 9 (Build 12.11.023)
  • Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Engine

Actian Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Database File Format

V9.5

Database Conversion Engine

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)*

v2.8

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Cisco® WebEx™


Remote Support

Cisco Corporation

Microsoft .NET Framework**

  • v4.7.2
  • AGRIS also requires the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed manually on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Refer to the AGRIS installation instructions document for details.

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

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Software

Version(s)

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows Server® (Active Directory and Com+ Enabled)

2008 R2 Standard SP1 (64-bit), 2012 R2 Standard (64-bit), 2016 Standard (64-bit), 2019 Standard (64-bit)

NOTE:  See Microsoft's lifecycle document HERE, which states that Microsoft established the:

  • Mainstream Support End Date of 1/13/2015
  • Extended Support End Date of 1/14/2020

Therefore no further testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Server Engine

  • v11 SP3 Update 21, 32- or 64-bit (Build 11.31.071) for database servers. NOTE: This version is not supported on Windows Server 2016.
  • v12 SP1 Update 9 (Build 12.11.023)
  • Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Engine

Actian Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Database File Format

V9.5

Database Conversion Engine

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)*

v2.8

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Remote Desktop™ Sharing Software

N/A

Remote Support


Microsoft .NET Framework**

  • v4.7.2
  • AGRIS also requires the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed manually on Window Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. Refer to the AGRIS installation instructions document for details.

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

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Software

Version

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows®

  • Windows® 10 Professional (32- and 64-bit) version 1607 or higher
  • Windows® 8.1 Professional (32- and 64-bit) Windows® 7 Professional SP1 (32- and 64-bit)^ 

^ See Microsoft's lifecycle document HERE, which states that Microsoft established the Service Pack Support End Date of 4/9/2013 and Extended Support End Date of 1/14/2020.  Therefore no further testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Client

  • v11 SP3 Update 21 32-bit (Build 11.31.071)
  • v12 SP1 Update 9 32-bit (Build 12.11.023)
  • Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Engine

Actian Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Database File Format

V9.5

Database Conversion Engine

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)*

v2.8

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Cisco® WebEx™

Remote Support

Cisco Corporation

Microsoft .NET Framework**

  • v4.7.2
  • AGRIS also requires the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed manually on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Refer to the AGRIS installation instructions document for details.

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

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Software

Version

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 (Domain membership required)

Standard (64-bit)

NOTE:  See Microsoft's lifecycle document HERE, which states that Microsoft established the:

  • Mainstream Support End Date of 1/13/2015
  • Extended Support End Date of 1/14/2020

Therefore no further testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Terminal Server Software *

  • Server 2008 R2 Terminal Services
  • Citrix XenApp 6.5.0 Advanced (for Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1)**

Terminal Server

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Client

  • v11 SP3 Update 21 32-bit (Build 11.31.071)
  • v12 SP1 Update 9 32-bit (Build 12.11.023)
  • Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Client

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

v2.8 or higher

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft .NET Framework***

v4.7.2

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

*See section 5.4 for details on the Terminal Server Client printing environment

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**The Citrix® Virtual Memory Optimization service should be disabled on servers with AGRIS.

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Software

Version

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 R2 (Domain membership required)

R2 Standard (64-bit)

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Terminal Server Software *

  • Server 2012 R2 Terminal Services
  • Citrix XenApp 7.6 Advanced (for Windows Server® 2012 R2)**

Terminal Server

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Client

  • v11 SP3 Update 21 32-bit (Build 11.31.071)
  • v12 SP1 Update 9 32-bit (Build 12.11.023)
  • Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Client

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

v2.8 or higher

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft .NET Framework***

  • v4.7.2
  • AGRIS also requires the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed manually on Windows Server 2012 R2. Refer to the AGRIS installation instructions document for details.

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

*See section 5.4 for details on the Terminal Server Client printing environment
**The Citrix® Virtual Memory Optimization service should be disabled on servers with AGRIS.

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Software

Version

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows Server® 2016 (Domain membership required)

Standard (64-bit)

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Terminal Server Software *

Server 2016 Terminal Services

Terminal Server

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Client

v12 SP1 Update 9 32-bit (Build 12.11.023)

Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Client

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

v2.8 or higher

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft .NET Framework**

  • v4.7.2
  • AGRIS also requires the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed manually on Windows Server 2016. Refer to the AGRIS installation instructions document for details.

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

*See section 5.4 for details on the Terminal Server Client printing environment

**A software framework containing a library of coded solutions to common programming problems and a virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework.


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3.3.4 Windows Server® 2019

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Hardware Requirements
The following table lists the minimum hardware configuration required for AGRIS to operate in a terminal server environment.

Hardware

1 - 10 users

11 - 25 users

Over 25 users

Processor

1.5 GHz (or faster) Dual Processor

2.0 GHz (or faster) Dual Processor

Server Farm

Monitor

1024 x768 resolution

1024 x768 resolution

RAM

8.0 GB*

16.0 GB*

Hard Drive

3.0 GB Free Space

3.0 GB Free Space

*When using AGRIS with MSSQL, each AGRIS client instance (sysmenu.exe process) can consume on average 240-275 MB of RAM. Ensure there is enough server RAM available to handle this increased requirement.


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Supporting Software Requirements
The following table lists the supporting software required to operate AGRIS in a terminal server environment.

Software

Version

Function

Vendor

Microsoft Windows Server® 2019 (Domain membership required)

Standard (64-bit)

Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

Terminal Server Software *

Server 2019 Terminal Services

Terminal Server

Microsoft Corporation

Pervasive® PSQL™ Client

Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Database Client

Actian Corporation

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)

v2.8 or higher

Report Component

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft .NET Framework**

  • v4.7.2
  • AGRIS also requires the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed manually on Windows Server 2019. Refer to the AGRIS installation instructions document for details.

Application Construction Platform

Microsoft Corporation

*See section 5.4 for details on the Terminal Server Client printing environment

**A software framework containing a library of coded solutions to common programming problems and a virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework.

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4. AGRIS Operating System / Database Support Matrix

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Operating System

MSSQL 2017 Standard, Cumulative Update 11

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2016 Service Pack 1

Actian® Zen/PSQL™ v13 R2 Update 2 (Build 13.31.006)

Actian® PSQL™ 12.11.023 (SP1 Update 9)

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Actian® PSQL™ 11.31.071

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Windows Server® 2019 Standard (64-bit)YesNoYesNoNo

Windows Server® 2016 Standard (64-bit)

Yes

Yes

YesYes

#

No

Windows Server® 2012 R2 Standard (64-bit)

Yes

Yes

YesYes

#

Yes

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Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard SP1 (64-bit)***

No

No

Yes*Yes

#

Yes

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Windows® 10 Professional 32-bit version 1607 or higher

Yes

Yes

YesYes

#

No

Windows® 10 Professional 64-bit version 1607 or higher

Yes

Yes

YesYes

#

No

Windows® 8.1 Professional 32-bit

No

No

Yes*Yes

#

Yes

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Windows® 8.1 Professional 64-bit

Yes

Yes

YesYes

#

Yes

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Windows® 7 Professional SP1 32-bit^ 

No

No

Yes*Yes

#

Yes

**

Windows® 7 Professional SP1 64-bit^ 

No

No

Yes*Yes

#

Yes

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* PSQL v13 supports this operating system however Cultura Technologies has not tested AGRIS with PSQL v13 on this operating system.** not tested AGRIS with PSQL v13 on this operating system.

** Support of the AGRIS system on the PSQL v11 database engine ended July 1, 2016.  While this configuration was tested on earlier releases and changes in this release should not impact support of this configuration, no testing was done on this. If you have issues with this configuration, you may need to upgrade to PSQL v12 or Zen/PSQL v13 or MSSQL 2016 SP1.

# Support of the AGRIS system on the PSQL v11 v12 database engine ended July 1, 20162019.  While this configuration was tested on earlier releases and changes in this release should not impact support of this configuration, no testing was done on this.  If you have issues with this configuration, you may need to upgrade to PSQL v12 or Zen/PSQL v13 or , MSSQL 2016 SP1 or MSSQL 2017.  See Actian's Product Support Lifecycle Policy for PSQL document HERE.

*** See Microsoft's lifecycle document HERE, which states that Microsoft established the Mainstream Support End Date of 1/13/2015 and the Extended Support End Date of 1/14/2020.  Therefore no further testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.

^ See Microsoft's lifecycle document HERE, which states that Microsoft established the Service Pack Support End Date of 4/9/2013 and the Extended Support End Date of 1/14/2020.  Therefore no further testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.# See Actian's Product Support Lifecycle Policy for PSQL document HERE, which states End of Support dates of July 1, 2016 for PSQL v11 and July 1, 2019 for PSQL v12testing of AGRIS occurs with this operating system.

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5. Printing

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When using AGRIS text drivers with laser or inkjet printers, you should use the PCL print drivers for optimum results.

When deciding to use the AGRIS text drivers some print capabilities may not be supported when using multifunction devices (scanner/copier/fax/printer) laser printers.

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5.2 Laser Printers

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Printers

Greenstone recommends that laser printers use a Windows-native driver. Text-based printing features in AGRIS require a laser printer capable of printing at least 66 lines per page.


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5.3 Dot-Matrix Printers

Greenstone recommends that all dot-matrix printers be of the 24-pin impact type and capable of running in Epson® emulation.
Graphical forms, graphical reports, and the AgroGuide™ system do not support printing to dot-matrix printers.

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Please refer to the applicable Standalone Application system requirements, detailed in section the Standalone Application, for the appropriate configuration information.

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