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96 OMNM 6.5.3 Installation Guide
Compatible Operating Systems/Databases/Browsers
Sometimes upgrading OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM) requires an operating system
upgrade on the host(s) where you install it. Such an upgrade typically follows these steps:
1 Back up the OMNM database.
2 Upgrade the operating system.
3 Install the OMNM version from which you were upgrading (again) on the newly updated
(supported) operating system.
4 Restore the database
5 Upgrade to the new version of OMNM.
Refer to the
OpenManage Network Manager User Guide for more detailed instructions.
Operating Systems status is either active (x), announced end of life or compatibility (AEOL), end
of engineering support (EOES) or end of life or compatibility (EOL).
Here is the matrix of supported installations and migrations.
Release Number: 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.2SP1 5.3 6.0 6.1 6.2SP3 6.5.x
Windows
2000 EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL
OS
Support
(all 64 bit
except
Windows
2003)
XP SP3 x AEOL EOES EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL
2003
Server
R2
x (32-bit) AEOL EOES EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL
2008
1
Server
x x x x x xxxx
Vista x x x x x x EOL EOL EOL
Win 7 x x x x x xxxx
2008R2 x xxxx
2012
Server
x xxxx
2016
Server
xx
Linux
Red Hat
5.5 AEOL x x EOES EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL
6.0 x AEOL x EOES EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL
6.2 x x x xxxx
6.4 x x xxxx
6.5 xxx
CentOS
6.2 x x x xxxx
6.4 x xxxx
6.5 xxx
Unix Solaris 10 x AEOL EOES EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL EOL