System requirements

Verify that the target computer meets the installation requirements listed in the following table. These requirements apply to all PATROL for Windows Servers components.

Resource	Requirements	Comments (if any)
Operating systems	All components of the PATROL solution for Microsoft Windows Servers work with the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2008, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Core, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Core, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2016, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Core, x86-64 Microsoft Windows 7, x86-64 Microsoft Windows 8, x86-64 Microsoft Windows 10, x86-64	Remote monitoring is supported on all of the following operating systems. References to x86-64 include AMD64 and Intel 64 architecture. References to the operating systems mentioned include all editions of these platform families. 32-bit platforms are not supported. Installing Microsoft Windows Servers KM manually using setup.exe utility (done by extracting the installation utility and Windows KM installation file in a single directory) is not supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Core x86-64 platform. You can install the KM on this platform using the TrueSight console. For more information, see Creating a deployable package and Deploying packages to PATROL Agents. Remote monitoring support for Nano server Version 5.0.00 onwards, remote monitoring (only) of Nano Server is supported. You can monitor 64-bit applications, tools, and PATROL Agent remotely.
Security levels	All security levels are supported. For more information about PATROL security, see PATROL Security levels.	The PATROL Security Level is set during the installation of the PATROL infrastructure components. If your product contains the PATROL Agent, you are able to select the security level. Make sure that the level that you select is compatible with the rest of your enterprise’s PATROL installation.
PATROL products	BMC PATROL Agent 9.5 and later BMC PATROL Security 3.0.16 BMC PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows 3.5.90 and later BMC PATROL Central Operator – Microsoft Windows Edition 7.8.00 and later BMC PATROL Central Operator – Web Edition 7.8.00 and later BMC PATROL Console Server 7.8.00 and later Distribution Server 7.8 and later BMC ProactiveNet Operations Console 9.6 or later BMC ProactiveNet Central Monitoring Administration Console 9.6 or later
Ports (UDP/TCP)	If you are installing an agent or console with PATROL for Windows Servers, you must specify the port number to connect to all the agent computers.	The default port number for agents is 3181. The default port number for the RTServer is 2059.
Browsers	This product uses an installation utility that requires a browser. For a list of supported browsers, see the PATROL Installation Utility Online documentation.
Disk space needed to install	600 MB for an agent (without components and KMs)
	200 MB for a console (without components and KMs)
	70 MB for PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Operating System
	50 MB for PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Active Directory
	50 MB for PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Active Directory Remote Monitoring
	60 MB for PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Domain Services
	50 MB for PATROL KM for Microsoft Windows Desktop Services
	50 MB for PATROL KM for Event Management
	50 MB for PATROL Wizard for Microsoft Performance Monitor and WMI
	40 MB for PATROL Knowledge Module for Microsoft Hyper-V Monitoring

Note

BMC products are certified for use on supported operating system versions. BMC does not explicitly test for OS patches/updates that are released after a BMC product is released.

BMC products should work fine with minor updates to these supported operating systems. For assistance, please contact BMC Customer Support.

System requirements for BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management environment

The following topics list the system requirements for installing and using PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers in the BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management environment. These topics are available in the ProactiveNet 9.5 online documentation portal.