1.5 Prerequisites/Preconditions

COMA expects that a client application that requests to write an IPv4 address in string format or IPv6 address in string format as values for properties identifying computers has determined that the COMA server supports the Internet Protocol [RFC791] or Internet Protocol, version 6 [RFC2460], respectively.

COMA expects that a client application that requests to set properties representing component-related security descriptors detects which versions of the security descriptors are supported by the COMA server.

COMA expects that a client application that has to register components on a COMA server is able to locate modules supported by the COMA server. COMA expects that a client application that has to import a conglomeration or a partition on a COMA server has an installer package file that the COMA server recognizes.

COMA expects that a client application that has to install instance load balancing support on a COMA server recognizes the location of a file that a COMA server can use to install this support.

COMA expects that a replication client application that has to perform replication recognizes that installer package files created by the replication source are also supported by the replication targets.