Supported platforms for version 8.7
The following are lists of OS platform versions that are supported by BMC Server Automation. You can use the individual component installers to manually install or upgrade a component, if the UPI does not support your OS version.
Supported platforms for installers
The following sections provides the list of supported platforms for installing or upgrading.
Supported platforms for Unified Product Installer (UPI)
This section provides the list of supported platforms for installing or upgrading using the unified product installer.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5.x | x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
SUSE Enterprise Linux | 11 | x64 (64-bit native) |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Microsoft Windows Server | 2008 R2 SP1 2012 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) |
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 |
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SUSE 9.x x86 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE 10.x x86 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE 11.x x86 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE 9.x x64 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE 10.x x64 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE 11.x x64 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE 12.x x64 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes |
SUSE zSeries 9.x | Yes | No |
SUSE zSeries 10.x | Yes | No |
SUSE zSeries 11.x | Yes | No |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (zSeries) | Yes | No |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (zSeries) | Yes | No |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 (zSeries) | Yes | No |
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 |
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Solaris 9 SPARC (sun4u) Solaris 9 SPARC (sun4v) Solaris 9 SPARC (sun4us) | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 10 SPARC (sun4v) Solaris 10 SPARC (sun4us) | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 11 SPARC (sun4u) | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 9 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 10 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 11 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 10 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Solaris 11.x x64 | Yes | Yes |
Supported platforms for Debian package native installers
Operating system | Package RSCD agent install | Package NSH install |
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Debian 5.0 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Debian 6.0 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Debian 5.0 x86 | Yes | Yes |
Debian 6.0 x64 | Yes | Yes |
Ubuntu 10 | Yes | Yes |
Ubuntu 11 | Yes | Yes |
Ubuntu 12 | Yes | Yes |
For information about using these installers, see:
Supported platforms for individual components
This section provides the list of supported platforms for each BMC Server Automation component or capability.
For details about the specific installation programs required for each platform and each component, see Installation programs for BMC Server Automation.
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
This section provides the list of supported platforms for Agents.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
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CentOS Linux | 4.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
Debian | 5.x | x86 x64 |
6.x | x86 x64 | |
HP-UX | 11.23 | PA-RISC IA64 (an Aries |
11.31 | PA-RISC IA64 (an Aries | |
IBM AIX | 5.2 | pSeries |
5.3 | pSeries | |
6.1 | pSeries | |
7.1 | pSeries | |
IBM VIOS | 2.1 and 2.2 | |
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2003 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
Windows Server 2008 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 | |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 4.x | x86 x64 64-bit |
5.x | x86 x64 64-bit | |
6.x | x86 x64 64-bit | |
Oracle Solaris | 9 | x86 SPARC (sun4u) |
10 | x86 x64 64-bit supporting 32-bit binaries SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) SPARC (sun4us) | |
11.x | x86 x64 SPARC (sun4u) | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 4.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) pSeries (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) IA64 (64-bit native) |
5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) | |
6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 9.x | x86 x64 64-bit zSeries 64-bit |
10.x | x86 x64 64-bit zSeries 64-bit | |
11.x | x86 x64 64-bit zSeries 64-bit | |
12.x | x64 64-bit | |
Ubuntu Linux Server | 10.x | |
11.x | ||
12.x | ||
14.x | ||
VMware ESX | 3.0 | x86 |
3.5 | x86 | |
4.0 | x64 with 32-bit code | |
4.1 | x64 with 32-bit code |
Application Server support
This section provides the list of supported platforms for Application Servers.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | x64 (64-bit native) |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 11.x | x64 (64-bit native) |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x64 (64-bit native) |
Console support
This section provides the list of supported platforms for the console.
Note
Although the following table lists several 32-bit platforms, note that the unified product installer supports only 64-bit platforms. If you install the Console as a separate component, BMC recommends installing it on a 64-bit platform.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | x64 (64-bit) |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows 7 SP1 | x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit) | |
Windows 8 | x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit) | |
Windows 10 | x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit) | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 11.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) |
Database support
This section provides the list of database platforms supported for BMC Server Automation.
Database type | Supported versions |
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Oracle | Enterprise Edition (EE) and Standard Edition (SE):
(not recommended for production setup) Express Edition (XE) Note The following databases do not have support for IPv6 in BMC Server Automation:
If you plan to use Oracle version 11.2.0.2 as the database for BMC Server Automation, before you install BMC Server Automation, you must install the appropriate patch to Oracle 11.2.0.2:
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Microsoft SQL Server |
Important BMC Server Automation does not support using an encrypted Microsoft SQL Server database connection at the time of installation or upgrade. However, after the product is installed or upgraded successfully, BMC Server Automation can use an encrypted connection to communicate with the Microsoft SQL Server database. For steps on enabling and disabling an encrypted connection to your SQL database server, see Encrypting your database connection. |
NSH support
This section provides the list of supported platforms for Network Shell.
Note
Although the following table lists several 32-bit platforms, note that the unified product installer supports only 64-bit platforms. If you install Network Shell as a separate component, BMC recommends installing it on a 64-bit platform.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
---|---|---|
CentOS Linux | 4.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
HP-UX | 11.23 | PA-RISC IA64 |
11.31 | PA-RISC IA64 | |
IBM AIX | 5.2 | pSeries |
5.3 | pSeries | |
6.1 | pSeries | |
7.1 | pSeries | |
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2003 | x86 |
Windows Server 2003 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2008 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 4.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
Oracle Solaris | 9 | SPARC (sun4u) x86 |
10 | SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) SPARC (sun4us) x86 x64 | |
11.x | SPARC (sun4u) x86 x64 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 9.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
10.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
11.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Ubuntu Linux Server | 10.x | |
11.x | ||
12.x | ||
14.x | ||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) IA64 (64-bit native) pSeries (64-bit native) |
5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
6.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
VMware ESX | 3.0 | x86 |
3.5 | x86 | |
4.0 | x64 with 32-bit code |
Patch management support
This section provides the list of platforms supported for patch management.
Important
The following OS versions are supported as patching targets, only if the target system has an 8.7 P4 agent version installed on it.
- RedHat Enterprise Linux version 5 (and earlier)
- Oracle Enterprise Linux version 5 (and earlier)
- SuSE version 10 (and earlier)
Workaround: For targets on any of these platforms, either update the version 8.7 agents with the component template fix available from Knowledge Article 000120867 or use an earlier version of the agent (for example, version 8.6).
- Only offline patch catalogs can be created for OEL platforms.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
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IBM AIX | 5.2 | pSeries |
5.3 | pSeries | |
6.1 | pSeries | |
7.1 | pSeries | |
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2003 | x86 |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) |
Windows Server 2008 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) |
| Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 4.x*** | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
| 5.x*** | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
| 6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
Oracle Solaris | 9 | SPARC (sun4u) x86 |
| 10 | SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) SPARC (sun4us) x86 x64 |
11* | SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) SPARC (sun4us) x64 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 4.x*** | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) |
| 5.x*** | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) |
| 6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 9.x*** | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) |
| 10.x*** | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) |
| 11.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) zSeries (64-bit native) |
Ubuntu Linux Server | 11 |
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Debian | 6.x | x86 x64 |
HP-UX** | 11.23 | PA-RISC IA64 |
11.31 | PA-RISC IA64 | |
CentOS Linux** | 5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
| 6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
* For Solaris 11, a separate script-based solution is provided. See How to perform script-based patch analysis for Solaris 11.
** For HP-UX and CentOS Linux, a separate script-based solution called Vendor Patch Content (VPC) is provided. See How to perform HP-UX or CentOS patch analysis using Vendor Patch Content.
*** Supported for 8.7 P4 agents, or for agent versions with the component template fix available from Knowledge Article 000120867.
Supported platforms for storing the patch repositories of patch catalogs
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Patch offline downloader support
This section provides the list of supported platforms for running the patch offline downloader.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
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Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | x64 (64-bit native) |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
IBM AIX | 6.1 | pSeries |
7.1 | pSeries | |
Oracle Solaris | 10 | SPARC (64-bit) |
11.x | SPARC (64-bit) | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | 32-bit 64-bit |
6.x | 32-bit 64-bit | |
7.x | 32-bit 64-bit | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 10 SP2 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
11.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | 32-bit 64-bit |
6.x | 32-bit 64-bit |
Target platforms supported for bare-metal provisioning
This section provides the list of platforms supported for bare-metal provisioning.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
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Citrix XenServer | 5.5.0 | x86 x64 |
5.6.0 | x86 x64 | |
6.0.0 | x86 x64 | |
HP-UX | 11.23 | PA-RISC IA64 |
11.31 | PA-RISC IA64 | |
IBM AIX | 5.2 | pSeries |
5.3 | pSeries | |
6.1 | pSeries | |
7.1 | pSeries | |
Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2003 | x86 |
Windows Server 2003 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2008 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | EFI | |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
EFI | ||
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
EFI | ||
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
Oracle Solaris | 9 | SPARC (sun4u) |
10 | SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) SPARC (sun4us) x86 x64 | |
11.x | SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) x86 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 4.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
5.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
6.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) EFI | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) EFI | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 9.x | x86 |
10.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
11.x | x86 x64 (64-bit native) | |
11 SP2 | EFI | |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) EFI | |
VMware ESX Server | 3.0 | x86 |
3.5 | x86 | |
4.0 | x86 x64 with 32-bit code | |
VMware ESXi Server | 4.1 | |
5.0 | ||
Ubuntu Linux Server | 12.04 | |
14.04 |
TFTP/PXE Server support
This section provides the list of platforms for use as a TFTP/PXE server.
Note
Although the following table lists several 32-bit platforms, note that the unified product installer supports only 64-bit platforms. If you install the TFTP/PXE server as a separate component, BMC recommends installing it on a 64-bit platform.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
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Microsoft Windows | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | x64 (64-bit native) |
Windows Server 2012 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5.5 | x86 x64 (64-bit native) |
6.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
7.x | x64 (64-bit native) | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 11.x | x64 (64-bit native) |
12.x | x64 (64-bit native) |
Virtualization support
This section provides the list of platforms supported as virtualized environments that can be provisioned.
OS platform | Version | Architecture / Hardware |
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Citrix XenServer | 5.5.0 | |
5.6.0 | ||
6.0 | ||
IBM LPAR | Power5 (Enterprise Edition Only) | |
Power6 (Enterprise Edition Only) | ||
Power7 (Standard and Enterprise Edition) | ||
Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 Note: Generation 1 and Generation 2 Hyper-V templates from Microsoft are supported. | SCVMM 2012 SP1 | |
SCVMM 2012 R2 | ||
Microsoft Hyper-V 4.0 Note: Generation 1 and Generation 2 Hyper-V templates from Microsoft are supported. | SCVMM 2012 R2 | |
Oracle Solaris Zones | 10 u4 | x86 SPARC |
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers (RHEV Manager) | 3.0 | |
VMware ESX Server (via vCenter Server) | 3.0 | |
3.5 | ||
4.0 | ||
4.1 | ||
VMware ESXi Server (via vCenter Server) | 3.5 | |
4.0 | ||
4.1 | ||
5.0 | ||
5.1 | ||
5.5 | ||
VMware vCenter Server | 4.0 | x86 x64 |
4.1 | x64 | |
5.0 | x64 | |
5.1 | x64 | |
5.5 | x64 | |
6.0 | x64 |
Virtual guest OS support
The following table lists the various guest operating systems supported by each server version:
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1 If Guest OS customization for Windows Server 2012 is not completed, reboot the virtual machine manually, as described in VMware knowledge base article 2037366.
2 The deployPkg plug-in is not installed by default with open-vm tools, which may cause the guest customization to fail. For steps to install the deployPkg plug-in, see the following VMware knowledge base articles:
For more information on guest operating support customization, see the Guest OS Customization Support Matrix available from the VMware online technical documentation.
Supportability considerations for BMC Server Automation and BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management
This section lists the supportability considerations when using BMC Server Automation along with BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management.
Platform | BMC Server Automation | BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management |
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VMware | VMware 4.0 VMware 5.0 | VMware 4.0 VMware 5.0 |
IBM | IBM pSeries 5 IBM pSeries 6 IBM pSeries 7 | Not supported IBM pSeries 6 IBM pSeries 7 |
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V | SCVMM 2008 R2 SCVMM 2012 SP1 GA SCVMM 2012 R2 | Not supported SCVMM 2012 SP1 GA SCVMM 2012 R2 |
Comments
@Abhilasha Garg : Any updates on the comments I put up earlier on compatibility for Agent and patch management support?(XP and windows 7/8 are listed as supported platforms which is wrong)
Hi Avinash,
We're sorry we lost your earlier comments.
The RnD folks have confirmed that we support the said platforms (Windows XP, 7, and 8) for Patch Management.
We are testing against RSCD Agent again and I'll update asa we have the confirmation.
~Abhilasha
Hi Avinash,
An update on the RSCD Agent support.
RnD team has confirmed the support for Windows 7 and 8 for Agent.
Thank you !