System requirements

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This topic lists the minimum requirements and supported resources for the  PATROL for iSeries product.

Note

To get complete compatibility information for PATROL for iSeries, use the BMC Solution and Product Availability and Compatibility Utility on the Product Availability and Compatibility page.

Before installing PATROL for iSeries, verify that the target computer meets the installation requirements listed in the following table.

Resource

Requirements

Operating systems (for PATROL Agent only)

Any of the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022, x86-64
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019, x86-64
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016, x86-64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, x86-64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x, x86-64
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.x, 15.x, x86-64

Minimum hardware requirements

2 virtual CPU (vCPU), 4 GB RAM, x64 architecture

iSeries platform support

  • IBM i 7.5
  • IBM i 7.4
  • IBM i 7.3
  • IBM i 7.2
  • IBM i 7.1

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Supports any of the following Java versions:

  • Oracle Java 8.x
  • OpenJDK 8.x
  • OpenJDK 11.x

Note: For the latest announcement on BMC’s Java Support policies for TrueSight monitoring solutions, see Java support for TrueSight monitoring solutions

TrueSight Operations Management

11.x

PATROL products

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Ports

The following ports of the iSeries host are used for data collection.

Port

iSeries host Server

Description

8476

Signon server

Sign on validation over non-SSL connection

9476

Signon Server

Sign on validation over SSL connection

8475

Remote command server

Executing remote commands and program calls over the non-SSL connection

9475

Remote command server

Executing remote commands and program calls over the SSL connection

8474

Network print server

Communicating with network print server over the non-SSL connection for monitoring Output Queues

9475

Remote command server

Communicating with network print server over the SSL connection for monitoring Output Queues

449

Server mapper

Mapping of server ports

User privileges

User profile must have the following minimum privileges:

  • User class: *USER
  • Special Authority: *NONE
  • Authority: *USE (for objects that the KM will monitor)

Disk space

  • PATROL for iSeries: 47 MB
  • PATROL Agent components: 137 MB

 

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