System requirements

MVE is installed as a web server and can be accessed from a web browser on any computer on the network. MVE also uses a database to store information about the printer fleet. The following lists are the requirements for the web server, database, and user system:

Web server requirements

Table 1. Web server requirements

Processor

At least 4-core CPU (3GHz clock speed) that uses Hyper‑Threading Technology (HTT)

RAM

At least 12GB

Hard disk drive

At least 120GB free disk space
Note: MVE, Cloud Agent, Lexmark Document Distributor (LDD), and Device Deployment Utility (DDU) cannot be run on the same server.

Supported servers

  • Windows Server 2025 Standard Edition

  • Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition

  • Windows Server 2019

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition

Database requirements

Supported databases

  • Firebird (built-in version in MVE 4.7 is 5.0.4.1812)

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022

Note: The recommended minimum database size is 60GB to allocate 20MB for FRAMEWORK, and 4.5MB for MONITOR and QUARTZ. For more information, see “Setting up the database” on page 19.

User system requirements

Supported web browsers

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Mozilla Firefox (latest version)

  • Google Chrome™ (latest version)

  • Apple Safari (latest version)

Screen resolution

At least 1280 x 768 pixels