Prinergy servers and workstations must meet specific hardware and software requirements to be supported with this version of Prinergy.
Read the following topics closely and ensure that your system and any connected or integrated components meet or exceed these requirements prior to upgrading. If you have any questions, contact your local Response Center.
Supported servers
Prinergy Workflow 11.0 requires Microsoft Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022 on one of the following Dell platforms:
Windows 2019 or Windows 2022
Generation 13/14/15 Premium and High-Performance Servers
| Generation 13/14/15 Performance Plus Servers
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Supported as primary server, EPM+, secondary server, and render station. Note, High-Performance servers have a faster CPU and SSD system disks. | Supported as primary server, EPM+, secondary server, and render station. |
Virtual Environments:
Prinergy is supported on the following virtual platforms:
NOTE: Intel and AMD CPUs are supported in Kodak Virtual Operating Environment installations (VMWare and Hyper-V)
VMWare Vsphere: | Notes |
|---|---|
| 6.7 and below | Prinergy is tested and will function on vSphere 6.x if it is already installed and running. However, VMWare has terminated support for this and all previous version as of November 15th, 2023. Note: Prinergy 11 and higher images cannot be deployed on vSphere ESXi 6.x. |
| 7.0 and up | Supported. VMWare vSphere/ESXi 7.x and 8.x are required in order to continue to receive support from VMWare. |
Hyper-V: | Notes |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Supported *Per Microsoft, Windows 2022 VMs are not supported on Server 2016 |
| 2019 | Supported |
| 2022 | Supported |
Important: For VOE (Virtual Operating Environment), Kodak does not provide the license for Microsoft operating system. The licenses can be purchased through a Microsoft reseller of your choice.
Memory requirements
Prinergy primary servers and Hot Standby servers require a minimum of 16 GB RAM. Prinergy secondary servers and render stations require a minimum of 12 GB RAM. More may be required based on your sites configuration.
Storage requirements
Prinergy Workflow 11.0 requires system drives with a minimum of 150 GB storage space (with at least 10 GB free space) on primary servers and system drives with a minimum of 100 GB storage space (with at least 10 GB free space) on secondary servers and render stations. Note that this is the absolute minimum required for operation. You will almost certainly need more storage space available for jobs and user data.
Hot Standby (EPM) servers
Prinergy Workflow 11.0 supports Carbonite Double-Take software 8.4 under Windows 2019 (8.5 is the officially qualified version). Windows 2022 requires Double-take 8.5 (Windows 2019 also supports 8.5). Double-Take upgrades are performed by a Kodak engineer during the operating system upgrade.