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BMC Server Automation 8.3 ... Planning System requirements

Supported platforms by component

This topic provides the list of supported platforms for each BMC Server Automation component.

Related topics

Minimum software requirements

Minimum hardware requirements

Required ports

Agent compatibility

Note

The most current supported platforms and compatible versions of various components of BMC Server Automation and third-party products, is listed through the BMC Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility Utility. 

Agent support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 

CentOS Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

5.x

x86 32-bit

x86 64-bit

Debian

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

HP-UX11.11PA-RISC 64-bit 

11.23

PA-RISC 64-bit 
Itanium 

 11.31

PA-RISC 64-bit
Itanium

IBM AIX

5.2pSeries 64-bit 
 5.3pSeries 64-bit
 6.1pSeries 64-bit
 7.1pSeries

IBM VIOS

2.1 and 2.2 

Microsoft Windows

Windows  XPx86 32-bit 

Windows XP Embedded SP2x86 32-bit 

Windows Server 2003x86 32-bit 

Windows Server 2003 R2x86 64-bit
 Windows Server 2008

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008 R2x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2012x86 64-bit 

Windows 7

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Enterprise Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

6.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Sun Solaris8x86 32-bit
SPARC
 9x86 32-bit
SPARC 

10x86 32-bit
x86 64-bit
SPARC 

11x86 32-bit
x86 64-bit
SPARC 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4.x

x86 64-bit 
x86 32-bit 
zSeries 

5.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 
zSeries 

6.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 
zSeries 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

9.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 
zSeries 

10.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 
zSeries 

11.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 
zSeries 

Ubuntu Linux Server

11.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 

12.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 

VMWare ESX Server2.5 
 3.0 

3.5 
 4AMD64/EM64T 32-bit

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Application Server support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 
Microsoft WindowsWindows Server 200332-bit
 Windows Server 2003 R2x86 64-bit 
 Windows Server 2008

x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008 R2x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2012x86 64-bit 
 Windows Server 2012 R2x86 64-bit
Oracle Enterprise Linux5.xx86 64-bit
 6.xx86 64-bit
Oracle Solaris9SPARC
 10SPARC
 11SPARC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5.xx86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 

6.xx86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9.xx86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 

10.x

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 

11.x

x86 64-bit 

VMware vCenter

5.1

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Console support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 

Microsoft Windows

Windows  XPIntel 32-bit

Windows Server 2003x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2003 R2x86 64-bit
 Windows Server 2008

x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008 R2x86 64-bit

Windows Server 2012x86 64-bit

Windows 7

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

 Vista

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Solaris

9SPARC

10SPARC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

6.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Sun Solaris

9

x86 64-bit 

10

x86 32-bit 

SPARC

11

x86 32-bit 

SPARC 64-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

10.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

11.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

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Database support

The BMC Server Automation product supports the following database types and versions:

Database typeSupported versions
Oracle
  • 11g R2
  • 11g R2 RAC

Note

See Oracle 11.2.0.2 patch requirement if you plan to use Oracle version 11.2.0.2 as the database for BMC Server Automation.

Microsoft SQL Server
  • 2008
  • 2008 Cluster
  • 2008 R2
  • 2008 R2 Cluster

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NSH support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 

CentOS Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

5.x

x86 32-bit

x86 64-bit

HP-UX11.11PA-RISC 64-bit 

11.23

PA-RISC 64-bit 

IA64 64-bit

 11.31

PA-RISC 64-bit

IA64 64-bit

IBM AIX

5.2pSeries
 5.3pSeries
 6.1pSeries
 7.1pSeries
Microsoft WindowsXPx86 32-bit 
 Windows Server 2003x86 32-bit 

Windows Server 2003 R2x86 64-bit
 

Windows 7 

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

 

Windows 2008

x86 64-bit 

 

Windows 2008 R2

x86 64-bit 

 Windows 2012

x86 64-bit 

 Vista

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Enterprise Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

Oracle Solaris8

x86 32-bit 

SPARC

9

x86 32-bit 

SPARC

10

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

SPARC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

pSeries

 5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

 6.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

9.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

10.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

11.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

VMware ESX Server

3.0

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Patch management support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 
HP-UX11.11PA-RISC 64-bit
 11.23x86 64-bit
PA-RISC 64-bit 
 11.31x86 64-bit
PA-RISC 64-bit 

IBM AIX

5.2pSeries
 5.3pSeries
 6.1pSeries
 7.1pSeries

Microsoft Windows

Windows  XPx86 32-bit 

Windows Server 2003x86 32-bit 

Windows Server 2003 R2x86 64-bit
 Windows Server 2008

x86 32-bit 
x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008 R2x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2012x86 64-bit 

Windows 7

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Enterprise Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

6.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Sun Solaris8

x86 32-bit

SPARC

 9

x86 32-bit

SPARC

10

SPARC 32-bit 

x86 32-bit 

SPARC 64-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

 x64 64-bit 

zSeries

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

zSeries

6.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

zSeries

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

9.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

zSeries 

10.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

zSeries 

11.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

zSeries 

Note

To view the list of platforms supported for storing the patch repositories of patch catalogs. see the Before you begin section in Creating a patch catalog.

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Provisioning support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 

Citrix XenServer

5.5.0

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

5.6.0

x86 32-bit

x86 64-bit

HP-UX

11.23

PA-RISC 64-bit 

Itanium 2 64-bit

 11.31

PA-RISC 64-bit

Itanium 2 64-bit

IBM AIX

5.2pSeries 64-bit 
 5.3pSeries 64-bit
 6.1pSeries 64-bit
 7.1pSeries

Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2003x86 32-bit 

Windows Server 2003 R2x86 64-bit
 Windows Server 2008

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008 R2x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2012x86 64-bit 
 Windows Server 2012 R2x86 64-bit

Oracle Enterprise Linux

4.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

5.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

Oracle Sun Solaris9

SPARC

10

x86 32-bit 

SPARC

11

SPARC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4.x

x8632-bit 

 x6464-bit 

5.x

x8632-bit 

x6464-bit 

6.x

x8632-bit 

x6464-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

9.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

10.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

11.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

VMWare ESX Server

3.0Intel 32-bit 
 3.5Intel 32-bit 
 4.0AMD64/EM64T 64-bit 
VMWare ESXi Server

4.1

5.0

 

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TFTP/PXE Server support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 

Microsoft Windows

Windows Server 2003x86 32-bit 
 Windows Server 2003 R2

x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008x86 64-bit 

Windows Server 2008 R2x86 64-bit 

Oracle Enterprise Linux

5.x

x86 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

5.x

x86 32-bit

x86 64-bit 

6.xx86 64-bit 
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server9.xx86 32-bit 

10.x

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

11.x

x86 64-bit 

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Virtualization support

OS platformVersionArchitecture /
Hardware 

Citrix XenServer

5.5.0

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit

5.6.0

x86 32-bit

x86 64-bit

IBM LPAR

Power564-bit 
 Power664-bit
Microsoft Hyper-VSCVMM 2008 R2 

Oracle Solaris Zones

10

x86

SPARC

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers
(RHEV Manager)		3.0 
VMWare ESX Server3.0
3.5
4.0
4.1		 

VMWare ESXi Server

3.5
4.0
4.1
5.0
5.1		 
VMWare vCenter2.5x86 32-bit 

4.0

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

4.1

x86 32-bit 

x86 64-bit 

 

5.0

x86 64-bit 
 

5.1

x86 64-bit 
 5.5x86 64-bit

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Virtual guest OS support

The following table lists the various guest operating systems supported by each server version:

 VMware vCenterCitrix XenRHEVHyper-V SCVMM

 

4.0 
U2

4.1
U2

5.0 

5.1

5.5 2

5.5

5.6

6

3.0

2008
R2

2012
SP1

Windows 2003 (32-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Windows 2003 (64-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Windows 2008 (32-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Windows 2008 (64-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Windows Server 2012

(error)

(error)

(error)

(tick) 1

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(tick) 3

RHEL 4 (32-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

RHEL 4 (64-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

RHEL 5 (32-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

RHEL 5 (64-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

RHEL 5.6 (32-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

RHEL 5.6 (64-bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

RHEL 5.7 (32 bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

RHEL 5.7 (64 bit)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

RHEL 6.0 (32-bit)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

RHEL 6.0 (64-bit)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

RHEL 6.1 (32-bit)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

RHEL 6.1 (64-bit)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

RHEL 6.2 (32-bit)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)

RHEL 6.2 (64-bit)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(tick)

(error)

(tick)


 1 If Guest OS customization for Windows Server 2012 does not complete, reboot the virtual machine manually, as described in VMware knowledge base article 2037366. See also known issue QM001776934. This issue was resolved in vCenter Server 5.0 Update 2, vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1, and ESXi 5.1 Update 1.

2 Support for vCenter Server 5.5 is provided in BMC Server Automation 8.3.03 (8.3 SP 3), and requires a workaround discussed in Knowledge Article KA414807 from BMC Customer Support.

3 Supported in BMC Server Automation 8.3.01 (8.3 SP1) or later.

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Supported platforms for native installers

The following tables list supported platforms for native installers.


Supported platforms for IBM AIX native installers

Operating system

BFF RSCD agent install

BFF NSH install

AIX 5.2

Yes

Yes

AIX 5.3

Yes

Yes

AIX 6.1

Yes

Yes

AIX 7.1

Yes

Yes


Supported platforms for Linux native installers

Operating system

RPM RSCD agent install

RPM NSH install

SUSE 9.0 x86

Yes

Yes

SUSE 10.0 x86

Yes

Yes

SUSE 11.0 x86

Yes

Yes

SUSE 9.0 x64

Yes

Yes

SUSE 10.0 x64

Yes

Yes

SUSE 11.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Linux 3.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Linux 4.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Linux 5.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Linux 3.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Linux 4.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Linux 5.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Cent OS 4.6 x86

Yes

Yes

Cent OS 5.2 x86

Yes

Yes

Cent OS 4.6 x64

Yes

Yes

Cent OS 5.2 x64

Yes

Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 x86

Yes

Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0 x64

Yes

Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 x64

Yes

Yes


Supported platforms for Oracle Solaris SVR4 package native installers

Operating system

Package RSCD agent install

Package NSH install

Solaris 8.0 SPARC

Yes

Yes

Solaris 9.0 SPARC

Yes

Yes

Solaris 10.0 SPARC

Yes

Yes


Supported platforms for Debian package native installers

Operating system

Package RSCD agent install

Package NSH install

Debian 5.0 x86YesYes
Debian 6.0 x64YesYes
Debian 5.0 x86

Yes

Yes
Debian 6.0 x64YesYes
Ubuntu 10YesYes
Ubuntu 11YesYes
Ubuntu 12YesYes

Note

BMC supports use of the Debian package installer only for installation of the Network Shell or the RSCD agent. BMC does not support using the Debian package installer to upgrade these components. To upgrade, you must uninstall the earlier version and install the version to which you want to upgrade.

For information about using these installers, see:

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