Software requirements
Operating System7 | Master Server1,2,3,5,6,8,9 | Relays1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9 | Clients1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9 |
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Windows | |||
Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64 bit) | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32 bit) | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2012 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2016 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2019 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows Server 2022 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Windows 7 (64 bit) | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 7 (32 bit) | ❌️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 7 Embedded (64 bit) | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 7 Embedded (32 bit) | ❌️ | ❌️ | ✅️ |
Windows 8 (64 bit) | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 8 (32 bit) | ❌️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 8.1 (64 bit) | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 8.1 (32 bit) | ❌️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 8.1 Embedded (64 bit) | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 8.1 Embedded (32 bit) | ❌️ | ❌️ | ✅️ |
Windows 10 (64 bit) (all versions) | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 10 (32 bit) (all versions) | ❌️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Windows 11 | ❌️ | ⚠️ | ✅️ |
Linux | |||
Linux Red Hat EL 7 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Red Hat EL 8 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Red Hat EL 9 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux CentOS 7 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux CentOS 8 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Open SUSE 13.2 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Debian 10.0 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Debian 11.0 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Ubuntu LTS 18.04 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Ubuntu LTS 20.04 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Linux Ubuntu LTS 22.04 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Oracle Linux Enterprise 8 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Oracle Linux Enterprise 9 | ✅️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
AlmaLinux 8 | ⚠️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
AlmaLinux 9 | ⚠️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Rocky Linux 8 | ⚠️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Rocky Linux 9 | ⚠️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Mac10 | |||
macOS 10.14 (Mojave) | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
macOS 10.15 (Catalina) | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
macOS 11 (Big Sur) - Intel | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) - M1 | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
macOS 12.0 (Monterey) | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
macOS 13.0 (Ventura) | ❌️ | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Legend: ✅️: Fully supported. ⚠️: Supported for evaluation and proof of concept only, not recommended for production environment. ❌️: Not supported. | |||
- Minimum requirements do not include the total requirements for the server operating system or any other application (that is, MS SQL, MS IIS, antivirus, and so on) installed on the same server.
- If several Client Management components (that is, Client Management Master Server, database, or web server application) are installed together on a common server, the minimum requirements for each server component must be combined, and note 1 also applies.
- Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on your system configuration and operating system.
- Recommendation: at least 512 Kbps connectivity from audited computer to Client Management relay.
- Itanium 64-bit processors are not supported.
- Hardware used must support x86_64 architecture (Intel®-based hardware).
- The fontconfig 2.13 package must be installed on CentOS for graphs to be generated in reports.
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 is supported only without OpenJDK. It is not not supported with OpenJDK.
- KB2999226 is not available on Windows XP and 2003. Consequently, BMC Client Management cannot not be installed or upgraded on these operating system. To install or upgrade BMC Client Management, Microsoft Universal C Runtime is required. This component is included in the last released version of Redistributable Visual C++.
- BMC Client Management supports x86_64 and ARM architectures for macOS Big Sur and later versions. macOS Mojave is the last 32-bits version to be supported.
BMC Client Management master database server
Platform | Supported versions |
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Microsoft SQL Server (Express, Standard and Enterprise editions (Windows masters only) |
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Oracle RDBMS |
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PostgreSQL (Linux masters only) |
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For more information, see Database server requirements.
Supported directory servers
Component | Supported Platforms |
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Microsoft Active Directory | Microsoft Active Directory Services (ADS) 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 |
LDAP | JumpCloud LDAP |
Supported iOS versions for MDM
Version | Supported |
|---|---|
iOS 10 | ✅️ |
iOS 11, 11.3, 11.4.1 | ✅️ |
iOS 12 | ✅️ |
iOS 13 | ✅️ |
iOS 14 | ✅️ |
iOS 15 | ✅️ |
iOS 16 | ✅️ |
Supported Android version for MDM
All versions above Android 6.0 are supported.
Supported browsers
The BMC Client Management user interface, specifically, the MyApps application kiosk, requires one of the following browsers:
Browser | Notes |
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Google Chrome current version | Requires the LocalLink Add-on to be installed if intranet shares are to be advertised in MyApps. |
Microsoft Edge current version | Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Edge based on chromium both are supported. |
Mozilla Firefox current version | Requires the LocalLink Add-on to be installed if intranet shares are to be advertised in MyApps. |
Apple Safari (versions 11 and later) | Does not support direct links to intranet shares in MyApps. |
Supported Java versions
BMC Client Management version 22.4 is delivered with OpenJDK 19.0.0.
Oracle recently announced a major change to their licensing policy and release cadence for Java SE (Standard Edition including both JDK and JRE). BMC Client Management earlier included Oracle Java (JRE) for some server processes and the Administration Console. To minimize impact of the new Oracle licensing change for users, BMC Client Management now provides support for OpenJDK through the web start installer.
Supported email servers and platforms
Component | Supported Platforms |
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Email Servers with support for SMTP |
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Virus Detections
To avoid any false positive virus detections, you must set antivirus exclusions for the following objects:
- The entire BMC Client Management agent folder
- BMC Client Management agent files and file types
This applies to all devices on which a BMC Client Management agent is installed, that is, master, relays, and clients.
Supported bare metal hypervisors (virtual infrastructure element)
Inventory Manager can discover bare metal hypervisors and detect their configuration and attached virtual machine, allowing management of those virtual machines. This functionality is supported on:
Component | Supported Platforms |
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VMWare | ESXi 6.x |
Microsoft | Hyper-V 2012 R2, Hyper-V 2016, Hyper-V Server 2019 |
- The VMWare licensing policy limits the free version of VMware ESXi to read-only access by the VMWare vSphere SDK. To enable full functionality (active management such as start/stop Virtual Machines) on a VMware ESXi host, the host must be licensed with vSphere Essentials.