Table 4-1 details the platforms that the Operations Center server and components are validated to install and run on.
While Operations Center supports both 32‑bit and 64‑bit Virtual Machines, the typical implementation requires a 64-bit Virtual Machine because of the memory demands of the application.
Table 4-1 Supported Operating Systems by Product Component
|
Operating System |
Operations Center Server |
Dashboard |
CMS |
|---|---|---|---|
|
IBM AIX 6.1 |
X |
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HP‑UX 11iv3 (PA-RISC Only) |
X |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) and 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit, and R2) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6.2 |
X |
6.2 only |
6.2 only |
|
Sun Solaris 10 on Sparc and x86 |
X |
X |
X |
Operations Center is NOT supported on HP-UX Itanium.
The following sections provides details on Java Runtime Environment requirements:
Operating system patches must be applied to ensure they comply with Java2 1.6.0_21 or 1.7.0_17 Runtime Environment (J2RE), which is the version currently supported. Contact the appropriate JRE vendor to obtain patch information for each operating system.
JRE 1.6.0_21 is automatically installed with Operations Center on Windows 32-bit only. For Windows x64-bit and R2, you must download and install a compatible version of the JRE prior to installing Operations Center. When installing a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) other than that provided by Operations Center), you must install a Java Development Kit (JDK) as the JRE-only Installation for Windows does not contain the server libraries that are required to run the Operations Center server with a -server option.
For all Unix operating systems, you must download and install a compatible version of the JRE prior to installing Operations Center. The JRE must be part of a JDK.
Table 4-2 details the Java Runtime Environment versions that are validated for use with Operations Center for each operating system. You can use a different JRE; however, you might be required to install JRE 1.6.0_21 or 1.7.0_17 if you encounter problems. Note that the Operations Center SNMP adapter is supported for the Oracle JDK only.
Table 4-2 JREs Validated for use with Operations Center
|
Operating System |
Operations Center JRE Version |
Vendor |
|---|---|---|
|
AIX |
SDK Java6 |
IBM |
|
HP‑UX 11i |
JDK 6.0.08 |
HP |
|
Linux |
1.6.0_21, 1.7.0_17 |
IBM, Oracle (formerly Sun) |
|
Solaris |
1.6.0_21, 1.7.0_17 |
Oracle (formerly Sun) |
|
Windows |
1.6.0_21, 1.7.0_17 |
Oracle (formerly Sun) |
If you are installing Operations Center on a 64-bit host, you must download and install the appropriate 64-bit JDK prior to installing Operations Center. When installing Operations Center, point the installer to the downloaded JDK that contains the JRE. Later, this can be reconfigured in the Operations Center Configuration Manager.
If installing the Dashboard on Solaris x64, be sure to modify the Apache Setclasspath.sh file to reference the Java path in your AMD64 installation in order for the Dashboard to start successfully. For example, _RUNJAVA="/usr/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/bin/amd64/java"
To download a compatible JRE, contact the appropriate vendor and follow the necessary instructions from the vendor to install the JRE. Appropriate patches must be applied to the operating system you are running to make it compatible with the JRE.
When running Java 7 on a Windows server, it is necessary to have the msvcr100.dll file in your WINDOWS\System32 directory for Operations Center server to run successfully as a service. To obtain the msvcr100.dll file, download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package from the Microsoft Web site: