NOTE:
For information on PlateSpin Recon Client/Server supported platforms, see System Requirements
in the Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.7.4 Getting Started Guide.
PlateSpin Recon supports only Intel processors.
PlateSpin Recon supports discovery, inventory, and data collection (monitoring) for the following operating system families: Microsoft Windows, UNIX/Linux, and Novell Netware.
Table 1-1 Supported Windows Platforms
|
Version |
Bit Spec |
|---|---|
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
64-bit |
|
Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP1 SS/ES, SP2 SS/ES) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Windows Server 2003 (SP0, SP1, SP2) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Windows Server 2000 (SP0, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4) |
32-bit |
|
Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP4, SP6) |
32-bit |
|
Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6a - WMI Core version 1.5 required) |
32-bit |
|
Windows XP Professional (SP0, SP1, SP2, SP3) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
PlateSpin Recon supports the following localized versions of Windows:
French
German
Japanese
Table 1-2 Supported UNIX/Linux Platforms
|
Version |
Bit Spec |
|---|---|
|
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP3 Linux |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.x, 10.0, 10 SP1 (10.1), 10 SP2 (10.2), 10 SP3 (10.3), 11, 11 SP1, 11 SP2 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS/ES, 4.0 AS/ES, 5.0 AS/ES, 5.1 AS/ES, 5.2 ES, 5.3 ES, 5.4 ES, 5.5 ES, 6.0 ES |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Novell SUSE Linux 8.0 |
32-bit |
|
RedHat Linux 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.x AS/ES |
32-bit |
|
Novell OpenSUSE 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11, 11.1 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Fedora Core 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Ubuntu 7.1, 8.04, 8.10 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
CentOS 2.0 |
32-bit |
|
CentOS 3.9, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC/x86) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Sun Solaris 7 (SPARC) |
32-bit |
|
IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3 TL7 or later, 6.1 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
Table 1-3 Supported Novell NetWare Platforms
|
Version |
Bit Spec |
|---|---|
|
Novell NetWare 6.5 (SP6) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Novell NetWare 6.0 (SP5) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Novell NetWare 5.1 (SP8) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
IMPORTANT:
Download and install the following Novell Clients on the PlateSpin Recon server computer to enable monitoring of NetWare computers. The client downloads are free. When installing, select and install the Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) client.
Installation of the Novell Client impacts the standard Windows logon. See the Novell Client documentation for more information.
You cannot monitor Netware machines with PlateSpin Recon server installed on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 machine because Novell Client is not supported on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 machine.
Only the CPU and disk utilization counters are supported for Netware 5.1 and 6.0. Only the CPU, disk, and memory utilization counters are supported for Netware 6.5 and higher.
Table 1-4 Supported Hypervisors
|
Version |
Bit Spec |
|---|---|
|
VMware Virtual Center 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.5, 4, 4.1, 5.0 |
|
|
VMware ESX Server 4.1, 4.1i, 5i |
64-bit |
|
VMware ESX Server 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.5.0, 3i, 4.0, 4i |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Xen on Novell SLES 10.0, 10.2, 10.3, 11, 11 SP1, 11 SP2 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) Hyper-V |
64-bit |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V |
64-bit |
|
Sun Solaris 10 Zones on Sun Solaris 10 Container |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Citrix XenServer 4.1, 5.0 |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
VMware GSX Server 3.2 (for Windows) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
VMware 1.x+ (for Windows) |
32-bit, 64-bit |
|
Virtual Server 2005 (version 1.0) All editions. |
|
|
Virtual Server 2005 R2 (SP1) |
|
Consolidation scenarios for workloads with the supported operating systems and targets can be implemented by using PlateSpin Portability Suite. For detailed information about the Portability Suite supported source and target operating systems, see the PlateSpin Portability Suite documentation Web site.
For more detailed information about source and target operating systems for PlateSpin Portability Suite conversions, see Knowledge Base article Q7005871.
For more information about implementing consolidation scenarios with Portability Suite, see Section 6.8, Implementing Scenarios with Portability Suite.