Operating systems support matrix This support matrix provides the list of operating systems and JRE versions that are supported for deploying the following: √ √ √ √ √ √ PA on the management station Host agents on the hosts CLUI on the client systems XPInfo on the hosts XPWatch on the hosts XPSketch on the hosts Intended audience: Customers and channel partners for PA. Version: 6.
Performance Advisor Management Server Supported Operating Systems OS OS Version Architecture Windows XP Professional Edition x86 Windows Server 2003 Standard 32-bit Edition or Enterprise 32-bit Edition or Datacenter 32-bit Edition Standard x64 Edition or Enterprise x64 Edition or Datacenter x64 Edition R2 Standard 32-bit Edition or R2 Enterprise 32-bit Edition or Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter 32-bit Edition R2 R2 Standard x64 Edition or R2 Service Pack PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.
OS OS Version Architecture Service Pack PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.1 Windows Server 2008 R2 R2 Standard x64 Edition or R2 Enterprise x64 Edition or R2 Datacenter x64 Edition x64 No SP SP1 Yes(1)(2) Yes(1)(2)(3) Yes(1)(2)(3) Enterprise Edition Professional Edition x86 No SP SP1 Yes Yes Yes Enterprise Edition Professional Edition x64 No SP SP1 Yes Yes Yes Windows 7 Note: (1) - Supported as Guest OS on VMware ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.1U1,ESXi 5.0, ESX 4.1, ESX 4.
Performance Advisor Host Agent Supported Operating Systems OS OS Name OS Version OS Service Pack SP1 Windows Server 2003 Windows Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition R2 Standard x64 Edition or R2 Enterprise x64 Edition or R2 Datacenter x64 Edition Kernel mode Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.
OS Solaris AIX OS Name OS Version OS Service Pack Architecture 9 SPARC 10 SPARC 10 11 11 5.3 6.1 7.1 x86 SPARC x86 11iv2 HP-UX 11iv3 Kernel Kernel mode Version 32bit or 32bit or 64bit JRE Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.1 JRE 7 (Update 51) Yes Yes Yes JRE 7 (Update 51) Yes Yes Yes JRE 7 (Update 51) JRE 7 (Update 51) JRE 7 (Update 51) JAVA 7.0 JAVA 7.0 JAVA 7.0 Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IA 64 64bit JRE 7.0.
OS OS Name OS Version Pack 4 Update8 Update9 5 Update 5 Update 6* Update 7* Update 8* Update 9* Update 10* RedHatEL AS or RedHatEL ES Linux OS Service Update 1* 6 Kernel Kernel mode Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.1 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No x64 Yes Yes Yes x86 x64 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes JRE 7 (Update 51) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Architecture x86 IA 64 x64 x86 IA 64 Open VMS 2.6.
Note: (1) - Supported as guest OS in ESXi 5.5,ESXi 5.1 U1,ESXi 5.0 and ESX 4.1, ESX 4.0 (2) - Supported as guest OS in Windows 2008 R2 SP1Hyper-V (3) - Supported as guest OS in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V (4) - Items mentioned in Green are newly supported (5) - Items mentioned in Red are platforms where support is dropped (6) - Items mentioned in Purple are newly supported in PA 6.
Performance Advisor CLUI Supported Operating Systems OS Windows OS Name PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.1 Windows Server 2003 Yes Yes Yes Windows 2003 R2 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 HyperV 9 10 11 5.3 6.1 7.
Performance Advisor Browser Web Client Supported Operating Systems OS OS Name Windows XP Windows Windows Server 2003 OS OS Version Pack Version PA 5.5 PA6.0 PA6.1 Web Web Web Client Client Client Professional Edition SP2 SP3 x86 IE 6.0 SP1, 7.0, 8.0 Yes Yes Yes Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition SP1 SP2 x86 IE 6.0 SP1, 7.0, 8.0 Yes Yes Yes Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition SP2 x64 IE 6.0 SP1, 7.0, 8.
OS OS Name Windows Windows Server 2008 Windows Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Windows 7 OS OS Version Service Architecture Browser Pack Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition or Standard without Hyper-V Edition or Enterprise without Hyper-V Edition or Datacenter without Hyper-V Edition Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition or Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Professional Edition Browser Version PA 5.5 PA6.0 PA6.
HP XPInfo Supported Operating Systems OS OS Name OS OS Version Service Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition Windows Windows Windows 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Kernel mode Version PA 6.0 PA 6.
OS OS Name Windows Server 2012 R2 Solaris AIX OS OS Version Service Architecture Pack Standard x64 Edition or Datacenter x64 Edition No SP SPARC 10 SPARC 10 11 11 5.3 6.1 7.1 x86 SPARC x86 HP-UX 11iv3 Kernel mode Version x64 9 11iv2 Kernel IA 64 PA-RISC IA 64 PA-RISC 32bit or 64bit 32bit or 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.
OS OS Name RedHatEL AS or RedHatELE S Linux OS OS Version Service 4 Update8 Update9 5 Update5 Update6* Update7* Update8* Update9* Update10* 6 Update Update Update Update Update 10 SP4* SLES 11 8.4 SP1* SP2* SP3* 1* 2* 3* 4* 5* Kernel Kernel mode Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.
Note: (1) - Supported under guest OS in ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.1 U1, ESXi 5.0, ESX 4.1, ESX 4.0 (2) - Supported under guest OS in Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V (3) - Supported under guest OS in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V (4) - Items mentioned in Green are newly supported (5) - Items mentioned in Red are platforms where support is dropped (6) - Items mentioned in Purple are newly supported in PA 6.
XPWatch Supported Operating Systems OS OS Name OS Version OS Service Pack Architecture x86 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition SP1 SP2 Windows Windows R2 Standard x64 Edition or Server R2 Enterprise x64 Edition or 2003 R2 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition SP1 SP2 Kernel Kernel mode Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA6.
OS OS Name Windows Server 2008 Windows Solaris AIX OS Version OS Service Pack Architecture Kernel Kernel mode Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.
OS OS Name OS Version OS Service Pack 11iv2 HP-UX 11iv3 RedHatEL AS or RedHatELE S Linux 4 Update8 Update9 5 Update5 Update6* Update7* Update8* Update 9* Update 10* 6 Update Update Update Update Update SP3* 10 SP4* SLES 11 SP1* SP2* SP3* 1* 2* 3* 4* 5* Architecture Kernel Kernel mode 64bit 64bit 64bit 64bit Version PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.
Note: (1) - For XPWatch to function, RMLIB installation on the host is mandatory. RMLIB gets installed as part of the HP XP7 PA host agent installation. (2) - On Windows IA platforms where host is no longer supported starting 5.4, RMLIB needs to be installed separately. RMLIB for IA platform is avaiable as part of the XPWatch packge. (3) - Items mentioned in Green are newly supported platfroms.
XPSketch Supported Operating Systems OS Windows OS Name Windows Server 2003 Windows 2003 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 OS Version Note: (1) - Items mentioned in Green are newly supported platfroms. PA 5.5 PA 6.0 PA 6.