Software Requirements

The installation includes some of the components, although they may be optional.

Refer to the following table for the software requirements for a well-functioning system. Refer to the readme file for details about the supported versions of various third-party software components.

Table 1. Software Requirement
Software	Mandatory	Bundled with Installer?	Comments
TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS)	Yes	No, it is not supplied within installer and needs a separate installation.	TIBCO Enterprise Message Service is the messaging transport. At least one `EMS` server must be installed on the network that can be used with TIBCO Service Performance Manager.
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)	Yes	Yes, it is supplied within the installer.	TIBCO Service Performance Manager bundles Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7.0 with available patches, on the target machine. However, you need not use the JRE bundled with installer and can use your version of JRE (new or previously installed on the same machine). In that case, you need to edit/modify the required.`tra` and `.cfg` files to reflect the accurate JRE location.
Tomcat Web Server	Yes	Yes, it is supplied within the installer	TIBCO Service Performance Manager bundles Tomcat 7.x. It is not a prerequisite as during the installation process, it is installed on your machine. The Tomcat web server is necessary to host the TIBCO ActiveMatrix(R) Dashboard application.
Database	Yes	No, it is not supplied within installer and needs a separate installation.	TIBCO Service Performance Manager requires a database for data persistence. You may connect to Oracle, PostGreSQL, DB2, or MS SQL Server - one of the external JDBC compliant database(s).
TIBCO StreamBase® TIBCO StreamBase LiveView®	No	No, it is not supplied within installer.	If you plan to install LiveView during TIBCO Service Performance Manager installation, you needs a separate installation of LiveView. Using LiveView Desktop, you can monitor the data.