SUSE Platforms

Operating System

Requirements

Additional Information

Platform

One of the following:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
    (both 32- and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
    (both 32- and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    (both 32- and 64-bit)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    (both 32- and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    (both 32- and 64-bit)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
    (both 32- and 64-bit)

All of the following:

  • x86 and compatible chip architectures (1.5 GHz)
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB disk space
  • 400 MB temp space
  • 300 MB on root partition (for installation only
  • These are minimum requirements—faster processors and additional memory and storage are acceptable.
  • SeeHardware Sizing Estimates for additional considerations.

When installed on an x86 VMware ESXi Server version 5.0 or 5.5 partition, one of the following:

  • All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

All of the following:

  • x86 and compatible chip architectures (1.5 GHz)
  • 3 GB RAM
  • 1 GB disk space
  • 400 MB temp space
  • 300 MB on root partition (for installation only
  • These are minimum requirements—faster processors and additional memory and storage are acceptable.
  • Remote Management of ESX is required.

JDK Software

All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

The following:

  • Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8u101 (1.8.0 Update 101) or later update (available from Oracle)
  • OpenJDK 8 (Adopt OpenJDK 8 or any other OpenJDK 8 distribution which is TCK compliance) Update 242 or later update

Caution: It is recommended that you upgrade JDK to the latest update according to the vendor's security suggestions.

We recommend the following for JDK 8:

  • Use 64-bit JVM

    If you use JDK 8 for PPM Server platforms, the server configuration parameter SERVER_MAX_PERM_SIZE stops working, and perm size would be included in heap size which is controlled by the parameter SERVER_MAX_HEAP_SIZE.

  • Update the RSA keys size to be greater than 1024 bits if you use X.509 certificates with RSA keys.
Communications Software
All SUSE operating systems previously identified in this table

One of the following:

  • Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) (default)
  • Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

To enable support for IPv6, add the ENABLE_IPV6 parameter to the server.conf file and set it to true. For more information, see the Installation and Administration Guide.

Secure Communications Software

All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

One of the following:

  • OpenSSH version 5.9
  • OpenSSH version 6.9
  • Reflection for Secure IT for Unix v7.1
 

Terminal Emulation Software

All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

One of the following:

  • "Dumb" mode
  • VT100 mode
  • VT220 mode
 

Other Software

All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

One of the following:

  • SQL*Net
  • SQL*Plus
  • The Oracle client version should correspond to the version of the database used with the PPM instance.
  • SQL*Net must be configured to recognize the connection string of the Oracle database that contains the PPM database schema.
  • Oracle Java virtual machine (OracleJVM) must be enabled for PPM. For more information, see the Installation and Administration Guide or the Upgrade Guide.

All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

(Optional) The following:

  • Email application configuration

If you are planning to use notifications, an email application is needed. See Email Server Requirements for details.

All SUSE Linux operating systems previously identified in this table

The following:

  • Bourne shell

The Bourne shell is available by default on most UNIX systems. However, in some environments, it might be not configured or enabled. Check with your UNIX system administrator to make sure that the Bourne shell is available and configured on your system.