Version 7.6.03 enhancements


This section contains information about enhancements in version 7.6.03 of the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform. 

Tip

For information about issues corrected in this release, see Known-and-corrected-issues.  

Supported operating systems

The following table describes the supported operating systems for installing BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform.

Operating system

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform

Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 64-bit

Enterprise and Datacenter editions

Yes

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit

Enterprise and Datacenter editions

Yes

Oracle Sun Solaris 9, 64-bit

SPARC platforms

Yes

Oracle Sun Solaris 10, 64-bit

SPARC platforms

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, 64-bit

Advanced Server (AS) and Enterprise Server (ES) editions

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, 64-bit

AS and ES editions

Yes

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, 64-bit 

Yes

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, 64-bit 

Yes

BMC has not certified BAO 7.6.03 using Window 2012 Standard edition. However, the differences between the Windows 2012 Standard edition and the Enterprise and Datacenter editions will not prevent configuring the BAO grid components in a Standard edition environment.

Note

Starting with BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform version 7.6.03, platform won't be supported on any 32-bit computers with Linux or Windows.

The following table describes the supported operating systems for BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio.

Operating system

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio

Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit

Yes

Mac OS X 10.8.x

Yes

Discontinued support for operating systems

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform version 7.6.03 no longer supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2003
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • 32-bit computers with Linux or Windows

Supported browsers

The following list of browsers support the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform GUI components such as the repository, Access Manager, Grid Manager, Configuration Distribution Peer and other peers:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, and 11
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.x - 25.0.1

For details, see System-requirements.

Infrastructure changes

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform has been upgraded to work with Tomcat 6.0.37 and Java Development Kit 6, Update 45 (1.6.0_45). 

Improved performance and Grid Manager stability

Several changes have been made to enhance the performance and stability of Grid Manager. 

New BMC Installer for Platform replaces InstallAnywhere

BMC installer replaces the previous installation wizard, InstallAnywhere. InstallAnywhere is still used to install BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio. 

For details about installing BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform, see Installing.

Platform – Content compatibility

BMC Atrium Orchestrator Platform 7.6.03 is certified with BMC Atrium Orchestrator Content 20.13.02.

Related topics

Downloading the installation filesKnown-and-corrected-issues

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*