Availability Workbench
Technical Specifications
Requirements/Capabilities Client
Current Software Version
Software
Note that if the .NET Framework
version 4.0 (Full) and Windows
Installer 3.1 are not installed you
will be prompted to install them. It
is recommended to update to the
latest service packs on all
operating systems before
installing.
Server
2.0.8 (February 2012)
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Windows XP,
Vista (all versions) or
Windows 7 (all
versions).
Availability Workbench is a
32bit Application. Will also run
under 64bit
LMAdmin - 11.10.1.0
LMTOOLS – 11.9.1
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Hardware
Minimum Specifications
 Windows 2000 SP3
Intel Pentium 1.8 Ghz
processor (or
equivalent) and 128
MB
memory
 Windows XP Intel
Pentium 1.8 Ghz
processor (or
equivalent) and 256
MB memory
 Windows Vista or 7
Intel Pentium 1.8 Ghz
processor (or
equivalent) and 512
Mb memory (Home
Basic) or 1 GB
memory (all
other versions)
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Windows XP SP3 (all
versions except media
center)
Windows Vista (all
versions),
Windows 7 (all
versions),
Windows 2003 Server
or
Windows 2008 Server.
All operating systems
1 GHz processor, 512
MB memory and 950
MB free disk space
(32-bit) 2.1 GB free
disk space (64-bit).
The disk space
requirements are
based on a machine
without the .Net
Framework 4.0 (Full)
installed.
The FLEXnet License Server
feature occupies a maximum
of 14 MB of disk space
excluding the installation of
the .NET Framework version
4.0 and Windows Installer
version 3.1 and lmadmin.
Recommended minimum
specs – 4gig RAM 2.2Ghz
processor
Installed Components
Note that HASP is only installed if
the HASP licensing feature is
selected.
ARMS Reliability
www.armsreliability.com
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MDAC 2.8
SQL Server DMO.
HASP dongle licensing device driver.
Availability Workbench
Technical Specifications
Requirements/Capabilities Client
Available Modules /
Installed Components
Storage
Note that A typical large
Availability Workbench project will
occupy up to a 100 MB of disk
space, and is saved to file in XML
format with an extension awbx.
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Server
RCMCost
Avsim
Weibull
LCC
SAP Portal
Maximo Portal
Ellipse Portal
As per left with the inclusion
of Enterprise, which is a
database for storing models.
250 MB of disk space if
installation of both .NET
Framework version 2.0 or
higher and Windows Installer
version 3.0 is required.
950 MB free disk space (32bit) 2.1 GB free disk space
(64-bit) if installation of .NET
Framework version 2.0 or
higher is required.
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Enterprise
Enterprise Version
Requires minimum SQL
Express 2005 and projects
are stored within the SQL
database
Licencing
A standalone license with a
single activation ID that is
locked to the local machine.
Virtual Machine
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VMWARE
Citrix
Windows Remote
Desktop
Compatibility
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Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office 2010
SQL
Microsoft Access
2003, 2007, 2010
ARMS Reliability
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1 or more concurrent network
server licenses locked to a
license server, accessible
from multiple network client
machines, managed by
LMTOOLS or LMADMIN
located on the licence server.
Server licences can be
installed on:
 VMWare Workstation.
 VMWare ESXi virtual
machine.
 Microsoft virtual PC.
 Citrix XenApp
Availability Workbench
Technical Specifications
Requirements/Capabilities Client
Export
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Server
XML
Access
SQL Server
Oracle
Excel, csv, tab
delimited, user
delimited, fixed
column width
Architecture
Availability Workbench is a desktop application based on the .NET Framework. All data
associated with the application (e.g. project files and report templates) is stored in XML format
files. Availability Workbench is integrated with ERP/EAM systems such as SAP, Maximo and
Ellipse.
ARMS Reliability
www.armsreliability.com
Availability Workbench
Technical Specifications
Install File Locations
Location
Description
<Program Files>\Isograph\Availability
Workbench\1.0
 Program .exe and associated .dll files.
 Complied HTML help files.
 Manuals in PDF format.
 Maximo XML web service templates.
 Language files.
This directory contains the executable for the
Flexnet Trusted Storage service.
This service is always installed.
This directory (and sub-directories) contains
the report definitions, example projects,
example import files and example import and
export templates.
These files are copied to a user’s My
Documents folder when they run Availability
Workbench for the first time.
<Program Files>\\Common Files\Macrovision
Shared\FLEXnetPublisher
<Common Application Data>\Availability
Workbench\1.0
ARMS Reliability
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