Supported target platforms for provisioning
This version of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management supports the following platforms, all of which have been certified by BMC. For other platform versions, contact BMC Customer Support.
Supported operating systems for provisioning
OS platform | Supported version | VMware | Hyper-V | Citrix | IBM | Physical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Linux | 5.x 32-bit | Yes | No | No | N/A | No |
5.x 64-bit | Yes | Yes | No | N/A | No | |
6.x 32-bit | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | |
6.0 64-bit | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
6.5 64-bit | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | |
7.x 64-bit (template based) with VC/ESX 5.5 update 2 | Yes | Only RHEL 7.1 | No | N/A | No | |
Microsoft Windows | 2016 64-bit | No | No | No | No | |
2008 32-bit and 64-bit | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | |
2008 R2 64-bit | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
2012 64-bit | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
2012 R2 64-bit | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | |
IBM | AIX 6.x LPAR pSeries | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | N/A |
AIX 7.x LPAR pSeries | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | N/A | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 11, 64-bit on VMware | Yes | No | No | N/A | Yes |
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) | 6.0 64-bit on VMware | Yes | No | No | N/A | Yes |
CentOS | 5.6 (This support requires that you set the OS Name in BMC Server Automation to Linux) The following BMC Communities video describes how to provision a virtual machine that uses a non-compatible Community Enterprise Operating System (CentOS) image. This involves changing the template on the vCenter so that the operating system is recognized.
| Yes | No | No | N/A | No |
ESX | 5.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes |
Supported virtualization platforms
OS platform | Supported version |
|---|---|
Citrix XenServer | 5.6, 6.0.2 |
VMware vSphere |
Note: VMware vCenter 6.5 is certified with BMC Server Automation 8.9.02. |
VMware vCloud Director | 1.5, 5.1, and 5.5 |
VMware ESXi | 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 Note: 6.5 is valid only if you are using TrueSight Server Automation 8.9.03. |
VMware ESX | 4.0 |
IBM pSeries | 6, 7 |
Microsoft Hyper-V | 2012, R2 System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 R2 |
Supported third-party cloud platforms
OS platform | Supported version |
|---|---|
Amazon Web Services | EC2, VPC BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management uses the Amazon Web Services Java SDK 1.10.2. See the Amazon Web Services online technical documentation for more information on using the SDKs. |
OpenStack | See Supported OpenStack Components for details. |
Azure | Microsoft Windows Azure Service Management REST API Version 2014-02-01 |
Supported storage provisioning platform
OS platform | Supported version |
|---|---|
NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager Core (previously known as NetApp DataFabric Manager) | 4.x, 5.x, 7.x |
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