Software requirements

    Note:
  • Before installing this product, we recommended contacting Customer Support to check for any available software updates.

  • For information about the supported environments, operating systems, database servers, and browsers, see the Support Matrix.

  • In addition to the prerequisites listed here, there may be additional protocol-specific prerequisites for running virtual services. For details, see Configure agents.

Database Requirements

Both SV Designer and SV Server require a database to run, however SV Designer can use an embedded database which simplifies initial installation and configuration. For supported database types and versions, see Database types.

For details on database configurations, see Database configuration.

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Access Rights

The following access permissions are required for Service Virtualization:

Platform Action Required Permissions
Windows Installation Windows administrator rights.
To run the Service Virtualization Server Windows administrator rights on the Server machine.
To run the Service Virtualization Designer To configure the Service Virtualization HTTP/S agent, Windows administrator rights are required.
MS SQL Installation The following MS-SQL account Server Roles are required:
  • dbcreator
  • public
To run the Service Virtualization Server The following MS-SQL User Mapping user privileges to access the database:
  • db_owner
  • public
To run the Service Virtualization Designer The following MS-SQL account User Mapping user privileges to access the database:
  • db_owner
  • public
Oracle To use an Oracle database
  • GRANT CREATE TABLE TO username;
  • GRANT CREATE SESSION TO username;
  • GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO username;
  • GRANT CREATE PROCEDURE TO username;
  • GRANT CREATE TRIGGER TO username;
To specify space requirements
  • GRANT UNLIMITED TABLESPACE TO username;
  • ALTER USER username QUOTA 100M ON tablespace_name;
PostgreSQL To use a PostgreSQL database
  • LOGIN
  • CREATEDB
  • INHERIT

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Additional Software Prerequisites

The following prerequisite software is required for Service Virtualization. These applications are included in the Service Virtualization installation package.

When you run the installation, you are prompted to allow Service Virtualization to install all required prerequisites that are not yet installed. You can choose to install, or exit the installation.

Service Virtualization Designer
  • .NET Framework 4.8

  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 x64 Redistributable

  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Redistributable
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable

Service Virtualization Server (Windows)
  • .NET Framework 4.8
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 x64 Redistributable
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Redistributable
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable

Service Virtualization Server (Linux)

See Installing Service Virtualization on Linux

Service Virtualization Lab

Java 8 JRE or later from one of the following:

  • Open JDK 8u112
  • Oracle Java 1.8.0.111

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