Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
This document summarizes the system requirements for IBM Installation Manager versions 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, and 1.5.3.
NOTE: These versions of the Installation Manager have been superseded. You should update to the most recent version available using the Download Documents link below.
Content
See the Download Documents for the most recent Installation Manager version
For a list of known installation issues on AIX, Solaris, Linux and Unix, see Issues starting or running Installation Manager.
See Change History for updates.
GLOSSARY:
Hardware: Supported hardware for the product.
Operating System: Supported operating systems for the product.
Revision: Supported Operating System Patches (SP), Service Releases or selected Versions for the product.
RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SLES: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Minimum Hardware Requirements
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | |
Component | Minimum Requirements for Windows, Linux and Solaris |
Processor | Intel Pentium III 800MHz (or higher for best results) |
Display | 1024 x 768 |
Memory | 512MB RAM; 1GB RAM recommended |
Disk space | 500MB |
Temp space | 10MB |
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | |
Component | Minimum Requirements for Linux, AIX and IBM i |
Processor | 2 GHz IBM POWER5 (or higher for best results) |
Display | 1024 x 768 |
Memory | 1GB RAM |
Disk space | 500MB |
Temp space | 10MB |
Linux
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | |||
Hardware | Operating System | Remote Access | Comments |
Asianux Server 3.0 | RealVNC vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1 | ||
RHEL 6.0 | Notes about 64-bit operation Support up to and including Update 2 | ||
RHEL 5.0 | Support up to and including Update 8 | ||
RHEL 4.0 | Support up to and including Update 9 | ||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11.0 | Support up to and including Update 1 | ||
SLES 11 | Support up to and including Update 2 | ||
SLES 10 | Support up to and including Update 4 | ||
SLES 9 | Support up to and including Update 4 | ||
Ubuntu 12.04 | VNC vino-server for GNOME 2.28.2-0ubuntu2 | ||
Ubuntu 10.04 | |||
Ubuntu 8.04 | |||
x86-32 | Red Hat Desktop 4.0 | RealVNC vnc-server-4.0-12.el4_7.1 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.0 | |||
zSeries & Power | RHEL 6.0 | Notes about 64-bit operation Support up to and including Update 2 | |
RHEL 5.0 | Support up to and including Update 8 | ||
RHEL 4.0 | Support up to and including Update 9 | ||
SLES 11.0 | Support up to and including Update 2 | ||
SLES 10.0 | Support up to and including Update 4 | ||
SLES 9.0 | Support up to and including Update 4 |
Microsoft Windows
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | ||
Hardware | Operating System | Comments |
Windows 7 Ultimate, Professional, and Enterprise Editions | Support up to and including SP1 | |
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard Editions | Support up to and including SP2 | |
Windows Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Editions | Support up to and including SP2 | |
Windows Server 2003 - Enterprise and Standard Editions | Support for SP1 and SP2 | |
Windows XP Professional | Support for SP2 and SP3 Note about changes starting in v1.5.2 | |
x86-64 (in 32-bit mode) | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Support up to and including SP2 |
x86-32 | Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server | Support up to and including SP4 Note about support ending in v1.5.2 |
UNIX
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | |||
Hardware | Operating System | Remote Access | Comments |
Power | AIX 7.1 | Virtual Network Computing vnc 3.3.3r2-5 C R | |
AIX 6.1 | |||
AIX 5.3 Maintenance level (ML) 7 or higher required | |||
PA-RISC-64 | HP-UX 11i v3 | No GUI Install capability | |
HP-UX 11i v2 | |||
Itanium-64 | HP-UX 11i v3 | ||
HP-UX 11i v2 | |||
Sparc 32 | Solaris 8.0 | TightVNC CSWvncserver | |
Solaris 11.0 | |||
Solaris 10.0 | |||
Solaris 9.0 | |||
Solaris 11.0 | |||
Solaris 10.0 | |||
Solaris 10.0 | No GUI Install capability | ||
Solaris 9.0 |
IBM i
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | ||
Hardware | Operating System | Comments |
Power | IBM i 7.1 | No GUI Install capability |
i5/OS V6R1 |
IBM System z
IBM Installation Manager 1.5.x | ||
Hardware | Operating System | Comments |
zSeries | z/OS V1R10 | No GUI Install capability |
Change History | |
Date | Comments |
29 November 2012 | Noted changes in support for some Windows platforms |
14 June 2012 | Updates for version 1.5.3. Added RHEL 5 Update 8 and Ubuntu 12.04 |
20 April 2012 | Add temporary folder space requirements |
4 April 2012 | Insert Remote Access columns for Linux and Unix tables |
15 March 2012 | Updates for version 1.5.2. Added RHEL 6 Update 2, Solaris 11, SLES 11 Update 2 |
8 December 2011 | Updates for version 1.5.1 |
22 September 2011 | Initial Release |
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