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Installing Managed System Software On
Supported Linux And VMware ESX
The Systems Management installer supports both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. The following table explains the
operating system installation matrix for Systems Management.
Table 9. Operating System Installation Matrix
Operating System Architecture
32-bit Architecture
64-bit Architecture
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 64-bit
Not Supported
Install
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 64-bit
Not supported
Install
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
11 SP 2 64- bit
Not supported
Install
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
10 SP4 64-bit
Upgrade (Upgrade is supported from
N-1, N-2, and N-3)
Install or Upgrade (Upgrade is
supported from N-1 and N- 2)
ESX 4.1 U3 64-bit
Install or Upgrade
Not supported
ESX 4.1 U2 64-bit
Install or Upgrade
Not supported
ESX 4.0 U3 64-bit
Install or Upgrade
Not supported
ESXi 4.1 U3 64-bit
Not supported
Install
ESXi 4.0 U3 64-bit
Not supported
Install
ESXi 5.1 U1 64-bit
Not supported
Install
ESXi 5.0 U1 64-bit
Not supported
Install
NOTE: On a Systems Management upgrade, it is recommended to upgrade to the latest open source components
available on the DVD.
NOTE: With scripted installation using srvadmin-install.sh or Yum repository-based installations, the srvadmin-cm
RPM that provides 32-bit Inventory Collector does not get installed on a 64-bit operating system. Inventory
Collector utility feeds software inventory data to management station applications. If required, install the srvadmin-
cm package from appropriate subfolders under SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS/srvadmin from the
Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD. Since srvadmin-cm RPM requires 32- bit version of zlib and
compat-+ libraries, ensure that these libraries are installed on the system.
NOTE: If you are upgrading the operating system to a major version (example, SLES 10 to SLES 11), uninstall the
existing version of Systems Management and install the supported version.
NOTE: Before you migrate to a 64-bit version of Systems Management software, make sure to uninstall the 32-bit
Systems Management and other OpenSource components (openwsman-server, openwsman-client, libwsman1,
sblim-sfcb, sblim-sfcc, libcmpiCppImpl0, libsmbios2, smbios-utils-bin) installed as part of the 32-bit Systems
Management.
The installation scripts and RPM packages specific to supported Linux and VMware ESX operating systems are provided
to install and uninstall the Server Administrator and other managed system software components. These installation
scripts and RPMs are located in the SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory available in the
Systems
Management Tools and Documentation
DVD.
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