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.

Related topics

Minimum software requirements

Minimum hardware requirements

Required ports

Agent compatibility

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
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
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 x64	Yes	Yes
Solaris 11.2 x64	Yes	Yes

Supported platforms for Debian package native installers

Operating system	Package RSCD agent install	Package NSH install
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:

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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
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
	11.31	PA-RISC IA64
IBM AIX	5.2	pSeries
	5.3	pSeries
	6.1	pSeries
	7.1	pSeries
IBM VIOS	2.1 and 2.2
Microsoft Windows	Windows XP	x86
	Windows XP Embedded SP2	x86
	Windows Server 2003	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2003 with Virtual Center	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008 with Virtual Center	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2012	x64
	Windows Server 2012 R2	x64
	Windows 7	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows 8	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
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	x86 x64 SPARC (sun4u)
	11.2	x64
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

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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)

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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	x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit)
	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Virtual Center	x64 (64-bit native)
	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)
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)

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Database support

This section provides the list of database platforms supported for BMC Server Automation.

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

Database type

Supported versions

Oracle

Enterprise Edition (EE) and Standard Edition (SE):

11g R2
11g R2 RAC
12c
12c RAC

(not recommended for production setup) Express Edition (XE)

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 (EE, SE)
2008 Cluster (EE, SE)
2008 R2 (EE, SE)
2008 R2 Cluster (EE, SE)
2012 (EE, SE)
2012 Cluster (EE,SE)
2012 R2 (EE, SE)
2014 (EE, SE)

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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 with Virtual Center	x86
	Windows Server 2003 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2003 R2 with Virtual Center	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008 with Virtual Center	x86
	Windows Server 2008 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008 R2 with Virtual Center	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2012	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2012 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows 7	x86
	Windows 8	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	2012	x64 (64-bit native)
	2012 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	XP	x86
	Vista	x86 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) x86 x64
	11.2	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

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Patch management support

This section provides the list of platforms supported for patch management.

OS platform	Version	Architecture / Hardware
IBM AIX	5.2	pSeries
	5.3	pSeries
	6.1	pSeries
	7.1	pSeries
Microsoft Windows	Windows XP	x86
	Windows Server 2003	x86
	Windows Server 2003 with Virtual Center	x86
	Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2003 R2 with Virtual Center	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008 with Virtual Center	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2008 R2 with Virtual Center	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2012	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2012 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows 7	x86 x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows 8	x86 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 (sun4v) x86
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
	12
	14
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 Performing 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 Performing HP-UX or CentOS patch analysis using Vendor Patch Content.}

Supported platforms for storing the patch repositories of patch catalogs

Patch catalog	Supported platforms for storing patch repositories
Windows	Any Windows or Linux server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	Based on the version of RHEL patching you are performing, the supported patch repository platforms are as follows: For RHEL 6 or earlier: Any RPM-based Linux server For RHEL 7: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Oracle Enterprise Linux	Any RPM-based Linux server
SUSE Linux	The repository server can be any Linux server. However some SUSE-specific patches need to be stored only on a SUSE repository. BMC strongly recommends that you use a SUSE Linux server for storing the patch repository.
AIX	Any AIX server
Solaris	Any Windows or Linux server Note: If you are using Solaris 11 patches, you can only use a Solaris 11 server for storing the patch repository.
Ubuntu	Any Windows or Linux server
Debian	Any Windows or Linux server
Cent OS	Any Linux server
Fujitsu	Any Windows or Linux server
HP-UX	If you are using the offline patch downloader you can use any Windows or Linux server to store the patch repository. However, if you are using the VPC method you must store the patch repository only on a HP-UX server.

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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
Microsoft Windows	Vista SP2	32-bit
	Windows 7 SP1	32-bit
	Windows 8	32-bit 64-bit
	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	10.9	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

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Target platforms supported for bare-metal provisioning

This section provides the list of platforms supported for bare-metal provisioning.

OS platform	Version	Architecture / Hardware
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)
	Windows Server 2012	EFI
	Windows Server 2012 R2	x64 (64-bit native)
	Windows Server 2012 R2	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	SPARC (sun4u) SPARC (sun4v) x86
	11.2	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
Redhat KVM	5.4	x64
	5.5	x64
	6.0	x64
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

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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
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)

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Virtualization support

This section provides the list of platforms supported as virtualized environments that can be provisioned.

OS platform	Version	Architecture / Hardware
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 Linux KVM	5.4
	5.5
	6.0
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
	6.0
VMware vCenter Server	4.0	x86 x64
	4.1	x64
	5.0	x64
	5.1	x64
	5.5	x64
	6.0	x64

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Virtual guest OS support for version 8.7

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

	VMware vCenter						Citrix Xen			RHEV	Hyper-V SCVMM
	4.0 U2	4.1 U2	5.0	5.1	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.6	6	3.0	2012 SP1	2012 R2
Windows 2003 (32-bit)
Windows 2003 (64-bit)
Windows 2008 (32-bit)
Windows 2008 (64-bit)
Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012				¹
Windows Server 2012 R2
RHEL 4.x (32-bit)
RHEL 4.x (64-bit)
RHEL 5.x (32-bit)
RHEL 5.x (64-bit)
RHEL 6.x (32-bit)
RHEL 6.x (64-bit)
RHEL 7.x (64-bit)												Only RHEL 7.1 GEN2 template
Ubuntu

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.

²The 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:

- - Deploying Linux virtual machines fails on guest customization (2094397)
  - Installing the deployPkg plug-in in a Linux virtual machine (2075048)

For more information on guest operating support customization, see the Guest OS Customization Support Matrix available from the VMware online technical documentation.

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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

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

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Supported platforms for version 8.7

Supported platforms for installers

Supported platforms for Unified Product Installer (UPI)

Supported platforms for native installers

Supported platforms for individual components

Agent support

Application Server support

Console support

Database support

NSH support

Patch management support

Supported platforms for storing the patch repositories of patch catalogs

Patch offline downloader support

Target platforms supported for bare-metal provisioning

TFTP/PXE Server support

Virtualization support

Virtual guest OS support for version 8.7

Supportability considerations for BMC Server Automation and BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management