Satellite Server OS Requirements

[kennolson]

In order to install ZCM 2017, I know that I will need to upgrade my satellites to the current agent soon after doing the primaries. In the system requirements for managed Linux servers, I see
SLES 11 SP3 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD Opteron processors)
SLES 11 SP4 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD Opteron processors)
SLES 12 x86, x86_64
SLES 12 SP1 x86, x86_64
SLES 12 SP2 x86, x86_64
Open Enterprise Server 2015 (OES 2015) x86 and x86_64
Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 (OES 2015 SP1) x86 and x86_64

I have two satellites running SLES 11 SP3, which is in the list, but they are also running OES 11 SP2 which is not in the list. My question is this: Does anyone know for sure whether I will be able to upgrade those satellites to ZCM 2017? Does the presence of OES 11 SP2 on these servers prevent the agent from installing on the otherwise-supported SLES 11 SP3? Has anyone tried this scenario?

[mrosen]

Am 18.04.2017 um 18:24 schrieb kennolson:
>

>
> I have two satellites running SLES 11 SP3, which is in the list, but
> they are also running OES 11 SP2 which is not in the list. My question
> is this: Does anyone know for sure whether I will be able to upgrade
> those satellites to ZCM 2017? Does the presence of OES 11 SP2 on these
> servers prevent the agent from installing on the otherwise-supported
> SLES 11 SP3? Has anyone tried this scenario?
>


OES plays no role for the agent or the satellite function. In fact, it
shouldn't even be listed at all. The OS is SLES.

Nonetheless, there *may* be checks built into the software that
artificially breaks it if OES is found. NOvell/Microfocus have done that
before when they disallowed a primary from being OES. There is
absolutely zero technical reason for that either. I doubt there are such
checks in the agent though.

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