This documentation supports releases of BMC Helix Continuous Optimization up to December 31, 2021. To view the latest version, select the version from the Product version menu.

System requirements for the Continuous Optimization Agent

The following hardware requirements and supported operating systems apply to the Continuous Optimization Agent. The Gateway Server supports all versions of the Continuous Optimization Agent that are earlier than or the same as the Gateway Server version.

Hardware requirements

The following table describes the hardware requirements for the Continuous Optimization Agent.

Operating systemDisk space required for
Agent installationDaily data collectionHistorical data

/etc file system

Windows, UNIX, and Linux300 MB

1 or 2 GB based on the number of processes, file systems, disks, and network interfaces in the system.

Depends on the size and the configuration of your system. For information about estimating the disk size for storing historical data, see Estimating the disk space on the Agent system for historical data.

(For UNIX and Linux)

2 MB

Note: Make sure that you have the execute (x) permission to the /etc directory.

For Linux systems, ensure that the installation directory is on a standard Linux file system such as ext3 or a Global File System (GFS) for high availability deployments (Active/Passive servers). Installation on a CIFS share mounted as a file system is not supported. You can use CIFS share only for the shared repository.

Supported operating systems

The following operating systems are supported for direct installation of the Continuous Optimization Agent:

Operating systemSupported versionArchitecture and notes
AIX7.1 and 7.264-bit hardware, 64-bit kernel, POWER8, and POWER9
CentOS7.6 and laterx86_64
8.0 and laterx86_64

Citrix Xen

7.6.0


x86_64

Note: Install XenServer Tools in each VM to get memory usage metrics.

Citrix Hypervisor8.0.0

x86_64

Note: Install XenServer Tools in each VM to get memory usage metrics.

HP-UX

11iv3 (B11.31)

Itanium
HP-IVM3.5HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager
Red Hat Enterprise Linux


7.6 and later
  • x86_64
  • ppc64le (Little Endian)
  • ppc64 (Big Endian - POWER8, POWER9)
  • zSeries (s390x)

8.0 and later

  • x86_64
  • ppc64le (Little Endian)
  • zSeries (s390x)
Oracle Linux7.6 and laterx86_64 (including UEK)
8.0 and laterx86_64 (including UEK)

Oracle Solaris

11.0 and later

64-bit SPARC, x86_64

For Oracle Solaris Sparc servers, the installation of Continuous Optimization Agents on non global zones is not supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server12 SP2 and laterx86_64
15 and laterx86_64
Microsoft Windows for Servers

2012

(including core server)

x86_64

2012 R2

(including core server)

x86_64

2016

(including core server)

x86_64
2019
(including core server)
x86_64
Microsoft Windows10x86_64
Microsoft Hyper-V Server2012x86_64
2012 R2x86_64
2016x86_64
2019x86_64
Ubuntu

16.04 LTSEM64T (x86_64)
18.04 LTSEM64T (x86_64)
20.04 LTSEM64T (x86_64)
Oracle VM Server3.3 and laterx86_64
RHEV4.0 and laterx86_64

Patch requirements for the operating system

Patch forPackage nameDetails
Solaris

libpool.so.1

For Solaris 11:

  • SUNWpool
  • SUNWpoold
  • SUNWpoolr

To verify that these packages are installed, run the following command:

> pkginfo | grep SUNWpool

Supported platforms for a Docker host

To install the Agent by using the Docker container, the following Linux systems are supported on a Docker host:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • CentOS

File systems

  • Create the agent history and daily data collection repositories on a local file system.
  • To use remote data repositories on a UNIX network file system, make sure that the rpc.lockd and rpc.statd NFS lock manager daemons run on both the client and server computers. 

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