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Table 19. Common data prerequisite properties (continued)
Prerequisite
property Platforms
OS Version All
numCPU Windows
risc.cpu UNIX
Temp All
Description
The full name and version of the
operating system that is running on the
machine; alternatively, you can use a
regular expression to pass a string that
represents the multiple variants of an
operating system.
Tip: Use this prerequisite property in
conjunction with os.servicePack and
os.architecture to check the current
service pack and system architecture.
The number of processors on the
machine
The CPU speed for a RISC processor
The available disk space for the specified
Temp file system
Valid values
The value can be any of the following
types:
v String that can represent multiple
versions, with each version separated
by a comma, for example:
RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.*,
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11,
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10,
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9,
AIX V6.1,AIX V5.3
Restriction: On Windows systems,
the * wildcard is only supported
within a regular expression.
v regex{str}, a regular expression with
the input parameter, str, representing
the search pattern for the version, for
example:
regex{Windows 200[3-8]}
Checks whether the actual OS
matches any version from Windows
2003 to Windows 2008.
regex{Red Hat*.*}
Checks whether the actual OS
matches a variant of Red Hat Linux.
Note: The values can use the special
characters as outlined in Table 1 on page
2.
Number, for example, 4
Numeric format in MHz or GHz, for
example:
1.4GHz
Numeric format in GBs or MBs, for
example:
300MB
Appendix C. Prerequisite properties reference
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