Management server requirements
Server | Linux virtual or physical machine, Linux on Intel, or Linux on IBM Z Minimum 4 cores Minimum 8 GBs of memory Minimum 1 Gb network bandwidth |
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zCX | Instance should have at least 8 GB of memory The root file system has at least 8 GB of storage space The data file system has at least 40 GB of storage space IBM APAR OA59934—(Optional) To use ports 80 and 443 |
Linux distribution | RHEL 7 and later SuSE 12 and later Ubuntu 16 and later |
Additional software packages | Docker (version 18 or later) or Podman (version 4.4.1 or above) podman-plugins unzip vi/vim |
Java version | JRE 1.8 64-bit |
Disk storage | /var/lib/docker—minimum of 4 GBs /data/model9—minimum of 40 GBs |
Local firewall | Disabled or maintained by customer |
Date and time | Linux UTC time must match z/OS time You can display the UTC date/time on Linux and z/OS USS by using the command date -u |
Supported browsers | Google Chrome 80 and later Mozilla Firefox 74 and later |
Verifying management server prerequisties
Use the verification scripts that were supplied with the installation package to verify that the management server is ready for installation and that all prerequisites have been met.
The scripts verify the following prerequisites:
- The number of CPUs and amount of memory are in accordance with minimum requirements
- Availability of network ports
- Firewall rules permitting access to target storage and the z/OS system
You must supply the following information to run the script:
- z/OS IP/DNS and the port for the BMC AMI Cloud Agent
- Object storage IP/DNS and port
To run the verification script:
- Upload the VerificationScripts.zip file to the Linux server.
- Unzip the uploaded zip file to a temporary folder by running unzip VerificationScripts.zip -d /tmp
- Run cd /tmp/sysutils/PrereqsScripts./M9VerifyPrereqs.sh
- Follow the instructions on the UI as prompted by the script.