PlateSpin Recon Support

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Categories:

Operating Systems and Databases

Component Required Software

PlateSpin Recon Server

Any of the following operating systems (OS) for both basic and large-scale servers. English, French, German, and Japanese locales are supported, unless specified otherwise:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)

However, for large-scale servers, we recommend the following OS:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (64-bit)

PlateSpin Recon Client

Any of the following (either physical or virtual). English, French, German, and Japanese locales are supported, unless specified otherwise:

  • Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (English only)

Database Server

For Basic Servers

  • SQL Server 2012
  • SQL Express 2008 R2 (for new installation of Recon 4 or later)
  • PostgreSQL 8.3.4 (for upgrade only)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise database

For Large-Scale Servers

  • SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise database
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 with Windows Server 2008 SP2/SP1
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP0 with Windows Server 2003 SP2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a+

Source Workload Operating Systems

Supported Microsoft Windows workloads

Version Bit Spec

Windows Server 2012 R2

64-bit

Windows Server 2012

64-bit

Windows 8.1

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows 8

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1, SP0)

64-bit

Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2 SS/ES, SP1 SS/ES)

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2008 (SP2, SP1)

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP2, SP1, SP0)

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2000 (SP4, SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0)

Note: Inventorying and monitoring of Windows Server 2000 (SP4, SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0) machines is not supported if PlateSpin Recon Server is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2

32-bit

Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6a - WMI Core version 1.5 required, SP6, SP4))

32-bit

Windows XP Professional (SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0)

32-bit, 64-bit

Supported Linux workloads

Version Bit Spec

Oracle Linux 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, 6.2, 6.1, 6.0, 5.10, 5.9, 5.8, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 SP2, 11 SP1

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 Linux

64-bit

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP3 Linux

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP3, 11 SP2, 11 SP1, 11, 10 SP3, 10 SP2, 10 SP1, 10.0, 9.x

32-bit, 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ES, 6.4 ES, 6.3 ES, 6.2 ES, 6.1 ES, 6.0 ES, 5.10 ES, 5.9 ES, 5.8 ES, 5.7 ES, 5.5 ES, 5.4 ES, 5.3 ES, 5.2 ES, 5.1 AS/ES, 5.0 AS/ES, 4.0 AS/ES, 3.0 AS/ES

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell SUSE Linux 8.0

32-bit

Red Hat Linux 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.0, 7.3

32-bit, 64-bit

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.x AS/ES

32-bit

Novell OpenSUSE 12.1, 11.4, 11.1, 11, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1

32-bit, 64-bit

Fedora Core 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3

32-bit, 64-bit

CentOS 2.0

32-bit

Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10, 8.10, 8.04, 7.1

32-bit, 64-bit

CentOS 6.2, 6.1, 5.2, 5.1, 4.6, 3.9

32-bit, 64-bit

Sun Solaris 10, 9, 8 (SPARC/x86)

32-bit, 64-bit

Sun Solaris 7 (SPARC)

32-bit

IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3 TL7 or later, 5.2

32-bit, 64-bit

Supported Novell NetWare workloads

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

Target Virtualization Platforms

Version Bit Spec

Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

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VMware Virtual Center 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update 1, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0 Update 2, 5.0 Update 1, 5.0, 4.1, 4, 2.5, 2.0.2, 2.0.1

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VMware ESXi Server 5.5 Update 2, 5.5 Update 1, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0 Update 2, 5.0 Update 1, 5.0, 4.1

64-bit

VMware ESX Server 4.1

64-bit

VMware ESXi Server 4i, 3i

32-bit, 64-bit

VMware ESX Server 4.0, 3.5.0, 3.0.3, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.5.5, 2.5.4, 2.5.3

32-bit, 64-bit

Xen on Novell SLES 11 SP2, 11 SP1,11, 10.3, 10.2, 10.0

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2008 (SP2, SP1) 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 5.0, 4.1

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.

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 (SP1)

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