Supported Operating Environments

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Supported Operating Environments

CA Client Automation (Client Automation) supports all major operating environments. For the current list of supported operating system platforms, see the Compatibility matrix.

Note: In this document, the term UNIX refers to the UNIX derivatives AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Mac OS X. If a system component or software feature of this release does not apply to all UNIX derivatives, this is specified in the description of the component or feature.

Hardware Specifications and Requirements

The following tables provide the minimum recommended hardware specifications and requirements for this release.

Actual hardware requirements depend on the system load on the system, including the frequency and amount of data collected and transferred and the number of operations.

Enterprise Manager Specifications

A DSM enterprise manager requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Component	Speed/Size
DVD-ROM Drive	Any
CPU	1 or 2 CPUs, 2GHz. Note: 2 CPUs is required if the MDB is hosted on the same computer as the DSM enterprise manager.
Memory	2 GB minimum. Note: A minimum of 4 GB RAM is required if the MDB is hosted on the same computer as the DSM enterprise manager.
Disk Space	30 GB minimum. Note: A minimum of 100 GB is required if the MDB is hosted on the same computer as the DSM enterprise manager. Important! The required MDB disk space must exist in the same disk partition as the MDB. Allow additional space for the Software Package Library. The total space required depends on the number and size of packages to store.
NIC	100 Mbps

Domain Manager Specifications

A DSM domain manager requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Component	Speed/Size
DVD-ROM Drive	Any
CPU	1 or 2 CPUs, 2GHz Note: 2 CPUs is required if the MDB is hosted on the same computer as the DSM domain manager.
Memory	2 GB minimum. Note: A minimum of 4 GB RAM is required if the MDB is hosted on the same computer as the DSM domain manager.
Disk Space	30 GB minimum. Note: A minimum of 100 GB is required if the MDB is hosted on the same computer as the DSM domain manager. Important! The required MDB disk space must exist in the same disk partition as the MDB. Allow additional space for the Software Package Library. The total space required depends on the number and size of packages to store.
NIC	100 Mbps

Scalability Server Specifications

A DSM scalability server requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Note: These minimums apply to all supported Windows, RedHat, and SuSE operating environments.

Component	Speed/Size
CPU	1 CPU, 2 GHz
Memory	2 GB
Disk Space	30 GB
NIC	100 Mbps

Agent Specifications

A DSM agent requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Note: These minimums apply to all supported agent environments.

Component	Speed/Size
CPU	1 CPU, 2 GHz
Memory	256 MB
Disk Space	300 MB
NIC	10 Mbps

DSM Explorer Specifications

The DSM Explorer requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Note: These minimums apply only to supported Windows operating environments.

Component	Speed/Size
DVD-ROM Drive	Any
CPU	1 CPU, 2 GHz
Memory	2 GB
Disk Space	30 GB
NIC	100 Mbps
Display Adapter	Resolution of 1024x768

Specifications for an SQL Server MDB on Windows

A Microsoft SQL Server management database (MDB) on Windows requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Component	Speed/Size
DVD-ROM Drive	Any
CPU	2 CPUs, 2 GHz
Memory	4 GB
Disk Space	100 GB
NIC	100 Mbps

Specifications for an Oracle MDB

Installing more than one Oracle MDB instance requires (at a minimum) the following hardware configuration:

Component	Speed/Size
DVD-ROM Drive	Any
CPU	2 CPU, 1.5 GHz
Memory	Allow a minimum of 3.2GB (SGA: 2.7GB, PGA: 0.5GB) of main memory for each configured Oracle database instance. Note: This recommendation is for an installation with up to 10,000 computer assets.
Disk Space	100 GB
NIC	100 Mbps