Installation guide

Agent Supported Operating System Supported
Hardware
Platform
Platforms
To Be
Upgraded
ESX 4.1, 4.1 Update 1
ESXi 4.1, 4.1 Update 1, Update 2, Update 3
ESXi 5.0, 5.0 Update 1
ESXi 5.1
HP-UX 11i v1.0 (11.11) (up to 5.4 Agent only)
(If you install the Agent on HPUX 11.11, patch
PHSS_30966 is required.)
Supported in trusted mode in the default
configuration.
PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.4 Agent only) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.4 Agent only) PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) PA-RISC
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.0–5.10, and 6.0
(Not supported for Patching)
x86 and x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0–5.10, 6.0–6.4 Server,
Desktop with Workstation, and Advanced Platform
x86 and x64
Solaris 10
(Certified and verified on Solaris 10 zfs and custom
information data class collections on both zfs and
vxfs.)
SPARC,
SPARC-V9,
x86, and x64
Solaris 11
(Not supported for Patching)
SPARC,
SPARC-V9,
x86, and x64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0–10.2 (up to
5.5.0 Agent only)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.3–10.4, 11.0–
11.2
x86 and x64
Mac OS X
(Servers and
Workstations)
Mac OS X 10.6 (up to 5.5.0 Agent only)
Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8
Intel-based
Apple
platforms only
Active Directory Microsoft Windows 2000 x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2008 x86 and x64
VCM Remote Supports the same platforms as the VCM Windows
Agent.
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
VMware, Inc.
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