This document covers the following topics:
Natural supports the following 64-bit operating system platforms, both for the Natural development environment (Natural) and for the Natural runtime environment (Natural Runtime):
Microsoft Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Home Editions of Microsoft Windows are not supported.
Notes:
Natural was built and tested with the following compiler:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
The memory space required by Natural largely depends on the number of users.
The memory space per user is determined by the settings in the
parameter file, especially by the values of profile parameters such as
USIZE
and SSIZE
. By default,
Natural is invoked with the parameter file NATPARM
. However, you
can also invoke Natural with an alternative parameter file (by specifying, for
example, PARM=myparm
).
In addition to the user-specific memory, memory is required for the buffer pool, which is shared among all users.
Approximately 2 GB of hard-disk space is required for Natural (including all Natural and Software AG Installer packages). This value depends on the installation hardware. On some platforms, it is higher.
Another 250 MB of hard-disk space is required for Natural Security.
The following is required if you want to use related Natural products:
Entire Access to access SQL databases.
EntireX when using Natural RPC.
Entire Net-Work to access remote Adabas database systems.
Tamino when using Natural for Tamino.
HTTP server, like Apache or IIS when using the Natural Web Interface.
Natural includes interfaces to:
Adabas
It is recommended that you use the latest versions of the above listed Software AG products. You can view all available Software AG product versions and check the dates when their maintenance ends by visiting Software AG's Empower web site at https://empower.softwareag.com/. Go to Products > Product Version Availability.
Natural Security requires:
Natural (same version and update package or fix as that of Natural Security).
Adabas.
Entire Net-Work. Only required if the FSEC
system
file is located in a remote database. See also
Using
Natural Security on Multiple Platforms in the
Natural Security documentation.
With the runtime version of Natural Security, the
Administrator Services and Maintenance parts of Natural Security are not
available. For the runtime version, it is recommended that an FSEC
database is available by remote access via Entire Net-Work.