Install Update Manager on the same machine that hosts the Software AG product installations, for which you want to manage fix updates or install support patches. Update Manager supports managing fixes and support patches for Software AG product installations of release version 10.5 or higher.

You can install Software AG as a user with no administrative rights in any directory that is not controlled by the system. Do not install Software AG in a system-controlled directory such as Program Files.

If you are going to install on a UNIX system, create a non-root user account for performing the installation and install as that user. The installation user will own all files you install.

If you want to use the graphic user interface of Software AG on a Unix system, the Unix system must have an X Windows environment.

The performance of the products installed on your environment is related to the available hardware resources. Running Software AG Update Manager with limited hardware resources might affect the performance of the product, for example, when running Update Manager on a system with a single CPU core. Performance might be affected when running Update Manager simultaneously with other installed products and/or antivirus programs.