Correct, you would need ARS for Solaris X86 Server. not ARS for Solaris for Sunos.. Which is what is currently availible.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Lyle Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > There's a big difference between Solaris running on Sun processors and > Solaris running on Intel processors. It's kind of like the difference > between PCs and the old Macintoshes (before they switched to using Intel > processors). Basically, it's an entirely different hardware platform, and > the binaries are compiled for the specific hardware platform they are > intended to run on. Abstraction has nothing to do with it. Basically, if > the AR server was compiled for Sun processors, it simply will not run on > Intel processors. > > Lyle > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rabi Tripathi > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: ARS/ITSM 7.5 on Solaris/Intel box? On Sun's "Virtual Box" for > Intel? > > Hi folks, > I need to create a ARS 7.5/ITSM setup to play with. Preferably on Solaris. > I have no Sun box readily available. > > I'm thinking of either using a dedicated Intel box with Solaris, or just > use Sun's "Virtual box" on my existing Windows PC. ( > http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/vboxdownload.html) > > Anybody done either? > > ARS 7.5 compatibility matrix has bad news: > "Solaris running on x86 or x64 processors is not supported." > > But, is not the same as saying it will notwork, so I want to take my > chances, unless somebody tells me...forget it. I'm not sure if code like > ARS' written for Solaris is hardware dependent. Is it? What happened to > abstraction? > > Searches I tried on arslist turned up nothing, so I have a feeling either I > am wasting my time with this idea, or my search skills are not as good as i > think they are. > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum > Sponsor:[email protected]<sponsor%[email protected]>ARSlist: > "Where the Answers Are" > > > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and > destroy all copies of the original message. > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum > Sponsor:[email protected]<sponsor%[email protected]>ARSlist: > "Where the Answers Are" > -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
