1.3 Supported Platforms

NOTE:For information on PlateSpin Recon Client/Server supported platforms, see System Requirements in the PlateSpin Recon Getting Started Guide.

1.3.1 Supported Inventory and Data Collection

PlateSpin Recon supports discovery, inventory, and data collection (monitoring) for the following operating system families: Microsoft* Windows*, UNIX*/Linux* and Novell Netware®.

Supported Microsoft Windows Platforms

Table 1-1 Supported Windows Platforms

Version

Bit Spec

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

32-bit

Windows Server 2003 (SP0, SP1, SP2)

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2008 (SP1)

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Vista* (SP0, SP1)

32-bit, 64-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

Supported UNIX/Linux Platforms

Table 1-2 Supported UNIX/Linux Platforms

Version

Bit Spec

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

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8.0, 9.x, 10.0, 10.1, 11

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell SUSE Linux 8.0

32-bit

Novell OpenSUSE 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11, 11.1

32-bit, 64-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

RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS/ES, 4.0 AS/ES, 5.0 AS/ES, 5.1 AS/ES

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

Supported Novell NetWare Platforms

Table 1-3 Supported Novell NetWare Platforms

Version

Bit Spec

Novell NetWare 5.1 (SP8)

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell NetWare 6.0 (SP5)

32-bit, 64-bit

Novell NetWare 6.5 (SP6)

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 Custom Installation 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.

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.

Supported Hypervisors

Table 1-4 Supported Hypervisors

Version

Bit Spec

Citrix* XenServer* 4.1, 5.0

32-bit, 64-bit

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

64-bit

Sun Solaris 10 Zones on Sun Solaris 10 Container

32-bit, 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

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)

 

VMware Virtual Center 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.5, 4

 

Xen on Novell SLES 10.0, 11

32-bit, 64-bit

1.3.2 Supported PlateSpin Portability Suite Consolidation Sources and Targets

PlateSpin Recon 3.6 supports PlateSpin Portability Suite 8.0. Consolidation scenarios for workloads with the following operating systems and targets can be implemented by using PlateSpin Portability Suite:

Table 1-5 Portability Suite Supported Source/Target Operating Systems

Source Operating System

Target Operating System

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2000

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Advanced

  • Microsoft Windows XP

  • Microsoft Windows NT

  • Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.0

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0, ES 3.0

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0, ES 4.0

  • Novell SLES 9.0

  • VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.0 - 3.0.1

  • VMware ESX Server 2.5.x

  • VMware Server 1.0, 1.0.1 - 1.0.3 for Windows

  • VMware GSX Server 3.1, 3.2 for Windows

  • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005

  • XenEnterprise*

  • Virtual Iron*

  • Citrix XenServer

  • Sun Solaris 10 Zones

  • Xen on Novell SLES 10.0, 11

For more detailed information about source/target operating systems for PlateSpin Portability Suite conversions, see Knowledge Base article Q20002.