Release Notes for
                        Helix Enterprise Evaluation
                        Open Virtual Appliance (OVA)

                              Version 2015.1

Introduction

    The Helix Enterprise Evaluation Appliance provides users with Helix
    Versioning Engine, Swarm, and Insights in a single, highly integrated
    VM. The appliance serves each component on a different port on a single
    in-network DHCP IP address. This allows users to quickly set up and
    experience the capabilities of the Helix platform, and get a feel for
    how the system is used and managed.

    Once deployed, Perforce Helix clients and IDE integrations can be used
    with the appliance. These are freely available on the Perforce website
    along with documentation and tutorials.

    To access the online Tutorial Video Library, visit
    http://www.perforce.com/resources/tutorials

    Perforce numbers releases YYYY.R/CCCCC, e.g. 2013.1/123456. YYYY is the
    year; R is the release of that year; CCCCC is the bug fix change level.
    For future versions of this document, each bug fix in these release
    notes will be marked by its change number. Any release includes (1) all
    bug fixes of all previous releases and (2) all bug fixes of the current
    release up to the bug fix change level.

Supported Virtualization Software

    * Oracle VM VirtualBox:
        VirtualBox 4.0+
    * VMWare:
        ESX/ESXi 3.5, 4.x, 5.x
        vCenter 2.5, 4.x, 5.x
        Server 1.0.6, 2.0
        Workstation 6.5.x, 7.x, or greater

    Other virtualization software which supports the Open Virtual Appliance
    standard may also be suitable for this evaluation.

Not for production use

    This appliance is tested and configured only for small use cases. It is
    not intended to be used for commercial or industrial purposes except as
    a tool to evaluate the Helix platform.
    
    To use the Helix components in a production environment, please go
    to perforce.com/downloads and download the components individually.

Please send all feedback to support@perforce.com.

Deploying the OVA

    1. Choose a virtualization platform which supports the Open Virtual
       Appliance standard. For example, download Oracle VirtualBox:

       https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

    2. Download the Helix Enterprise Evaluation OVA from perforce.com.

    3. Import the Helix Enterprise Evaluation OVA.

       In Virtualbox, choose 'File > Import Appliance' and browse to the
       location where you saved the .ova file

       Re-initializing MAC addresses is optional but recommended.

    4. Start the appliance, and access the virtual console provided by your
       virtualization platform.

       Make a note of the key combination which releases keyboard and mouse
       focus from the virutal console. Then place your cursor focus inside
       the console, and follow the on-screen prompts.

       Enter a password of your choosing, and your email server if it is
       available. This step may take a few minutes while Helix components
       are configured for your environment.

    5. After the appliance starts up, see the virtual console for the URL
       to get started using Helix.