System requirements

Verify that the target computer meets the installation requirements listed in the following table. These requirements apply to all PATROL Agent.

Note

To get complete compatibility information for PATROL Agent, use the BMC Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility Utility (SPAC) on the Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility site.

Support for third-party products

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Supported Operating Systems	Comments (if any)
All components work with the following Windows operating systems: Microsoft Windows 7, x86-64 Microsoft Windows 8, x86-64 Microsoft Windows 8.1, x86-64 Microsoft Windows 10, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Core, x86-64 Microsoft Windows Server 2016, x86-64	Remote monitoring is available on all the supported operating systems. References to x86-64 include AMD64 and Intel 64 architecture. References to the operating systems mentioned include all editions of these platform families. If you are using Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Core, x86-64, then install PATROL Agent 11.0 using the Common Installer version 11.0.00. If you are using Microsoft Windows Server 2016 R2 Core, x86-64, Installing the PATROL Agent manually using setup.exe utility (done by extracting the installation utility) is not supported. You can install the PATROL Agent 11.0 using the Common Installer version 11.0.00 on this platform using the TrueSight console. For more information, see Installing-in-a-TrueSight-Operations-Management-environment.
HP-UX 11i 3 (B11.31), 64-bit, Itanium 2	HP-UX PA-RISC operating system is not supported.
IBM AIX 6.1, 64-bit hardware, 64-bit kernel, 64-bit AB IBM® AIX® 7.1, 64-bit hardware, 64-bit kernel, 64-bit ABI IBM® AIX® 7.2, 64-bit hardware, 64-bit kernel, 64-bit ABI	IBM POWER4^®, POWER5^®, POWER6^®, POWER7^®, and POWER8^® are supported systems.
Oracle Solaris 10 U11.x Oracle Solaris 10, x86-64, 64-bit, SPARC Oracle Solaris 11, x86-64, 64-bit, SPARC	The current release of the product supports Solaris 10 through update 11. Oracle Solaris is supported till version 11.3.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, x86-64, Itanium, IBM^® zSeries^®, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 to 6.9, x86-64, IBM^® zSeries^®, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10, x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, x86-64, IBM® zSeries®, 64-bit, PPC64LE	The zSeries system is not supported in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and German languages. x86-64 refers to Opteron (AMD 64) and Intel EM64T systems that support 64-bit libraries and executable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x is supported up to version 5.11. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 is not supported on Itanium platforms. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 is supported only on x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x is supported up to version 7.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 is supported up to kernel version 3.x IBM® zSeries® here indicates s390x architecture.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, x86-64, Intel Itanium, IBM® zSeries® SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, x86-64, Intel Itanium, IBM® zSeries®, PPC64LE	This operating system is not supported in CTJKFG. x86-64 refers to Opteron (AMD 64) and Intel EM64T systems that support 64-bit libraries and executable. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 is supported up to Service Pack 4. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (IBM POWER 8 little endian) - Supported Kernel version 4.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (IBM POWER 8 little endian) is supported up to Service Pack 2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86-64) is supported up to Service Pack 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (IBM® zSeries®) is supported up to Service Pack 3
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.x, x86-64 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.x, x86-64 Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.x x86-64	x86-64 refers to Opteron (AMD 64) and Intel EM64T systems that support 64-bit libraries and executable. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.x is supported up to version 5.11 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.x is supported up to version 6.9 Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.x is supported up to version 7.5 Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.6 x86-64 is also supported on Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel version 3.x Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.8 x86-64 is also supported on Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel version 4.x
CentOS 7.x (x86-64) CentOS 6.x (x86-64) CentOS 5.x (x86-64)	CentOS 7.x is supported up to version 7.5 CentOS 6.x is supported up to version 6.9 CentOS 5.x is supported up to version 5.11
Debian 6.0.7 (squeeze) 64-bit Debian 7.6.0 (wheezy) 64-bit Debian 7.7.0 (wheezy) 64-bit Debian 7.9.00 (wheezy) 64-bit Debian 8.2.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.3.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.4.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.5.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.6.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.8.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.9.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.10.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 8.11.00 (jessie) 64-bit Debian 9.1.00 (stretch) 64-bit Debian 9.4.00 (stretch) 64-bit Debian 9.5.00 (stretch) 64-bit	Monitoring of Debian operating system is supported only by the BMC PATROL Script Language (PSL) data collection method. Therefore, BMC recommends that while installing BMC PATROL solution for UNIX and Linux on Debian, do not install BMC PATROL Perform Data Collector. Clear the Perform Data Collector checkbox in the Product Selection list on the Select Products and Components to Install page. If you install BMC PATROL Perform Data Collector, you must manually switch to the PSL method. To switch to the PSL method, in the PATROL console, right-click UNIX_OS and select Knowledge Module Admin > Toggle PSL/DCM Collection.
Ubuntu 14.4 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 15.04 (64-bit) Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit)

Note

On 64-bit Linux platform, the following message is displayed after the installation process is complete. Ignore this message.

ignored: cfg_sec_prms: error while loading shared libraries: libaudit.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

While installing the PATROL Agent 11.0.00 on Debian 8.8 x64 operating system, a set of errors are displayed at the command prompt. These errors do not affect the PATROL Agent installation. You can ignore and proceed with the installation.

The following code block provides more information about the errors:

sed: -e expression #1, char 11: unterminated `s' command
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/etc/patrol.d/security_policy_v3.0/site.plc’: No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat ‘/etc/patrol.d/security_policy_v3.0/agent.plc’: No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘/opt/bmc/Patrol_Agent/Patrol3/*’: No such file or directory
/opt/bmc/Patrol_Agent/Patrol3//target: 336: [: x86-64: unexpected operator
./target: 336: [: x86-64: unexpected operator
/opt/bmc/Patrol_Agent/Patrol3//target: 336: [: x86-64: unexpected operator
/opt/bmc/Patrol_Agent/Patrol3//target: 336: [: x86-64: unexpected operator
./target: 336: [: x86-64: unexpected operator
/opt/bmc/Patrol_Agent/Patrol3//target: 336: [: x86-64: unexpected operator
snmp bind failure: Address already in use
smux bind failure: Address already in use
/opt/bmc/Patrol_Agent/Patrol3//Linux-2-6-x86-64-nptl/bin/snmpmagt: error processing
BMC products are certified for use on supported operating system versions. BMC does not explicitly test for OS patches/updates that are released after a BMC product is released. BMC products should work fine with minor updates to these supported operating systems. For assistance, please contact BMC Customer Support.

System requirements

BMC PATROL Agent 11.0

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