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Attachmate Products and Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Technical Note 2325
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
EXTRA! X-treme version 9.0 SP2
INFOConnect version 9.0
Reflection for HP with NS/VT version 14.0 SP5
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007 R1 SP3
Reflection for Secure IT Windows Server version 7.0 SP1
Reflection for the Web 2008 (All Editions)
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS version 14.0 SP5
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection Suite for X version 14.x
Reflection X version 14.x
Verastream Host Integrator version 6.6
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Summary

This technical note describes Attachmate product support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and lists any known issues.

Attachmate Product Version Support on the Windows Server 2008 Platform

To ensure optimum performance and support for your Attachmate product running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, run the Attachmate product version that is officially supported on Windows Server 2008.

Works with Windows Server 2008 Certification

The following product has Microsoft “Works with Windows Server 2008” certification.

Verastream Host Integrator 6.6

Products Supported on Windows Server 2008

The following Attachmate products are supported on Windows Server 2008.

EXTRA! X-treme version 9.0 (SP2)
INFOConnect version 9.0
Reflection for IBM 2007 R1 (SP3)
Reflection for the Web 2008 (All Editions)
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS version 14.0 (SP5)
Reflection for HP with NS/VT version 14.0 (SP5)
Reflection for Secure IT Windows Server version 7.0 (SP1)
Reflection X version 14.x
Reflection Suite for X version 14.x

Earlier versions of Attachmate products have not been fully tested on Windows Server 2008 and therefore the products' behavior on this platform is unknown.

These products work on both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, with the following qualifications:

  • Attachmate Java-based products run anywhere a Java virtual machine (VM) does, including 64-bit operating systems.
  • Reflection X version 14.x includes both 32- and 64-bit versions of Reflection X components for the Windows platform; the 64-bit components run natively on the x86-64 platform.
  • Reflection for Secure IT Windows Server includes both x86 and x86_64 packages.

For more information regarding 64-bit support, see Technical Note 1953.

Known Issues

Review the following known issues with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Attachmate products. Check this technical note periodically for updated reports of known issues.

Reflection for the Web and IIS 7 Integration

There is a known issue with integrating Reflection for the Web 2008 with IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008. Contact Attachmate Technical Support for information about a workaround.

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