Agent requirements

The agent runs on the following operating systems and hardware platforms.

All agents require less than 5 MB of disk space when installed. An agent running idle requires less than 2 MB of memory.

An agent running steps requires more memory resources. For example, running a step to perform a code checkout is a common agent task. Set up a test environment to determine how much RAM memory-intensive tasks will require.

Important: The agent is provided as a 32-bit application that can be run on a 64-bit operating systems; for example, Solaris 64-bit SPARC. Do not compile the agent source pack as a 64-bit application.

Unless specified, all service packs, updates, and minor releases for the indicated version are supported. If a service pack or minor release is specified, later service packs and minor releases are also supported.

Windows

All Windows operating systems use this Windows program binary file: win-bfagent-<version>.exe.

Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional: Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate

UNIX, Linux, and z/Linux

Use the program binary file that is unique to your UNIX/Linux operating system. For example, rhel5-bfagent-<version>.rpm.

AIX 5.3, 6.1: System p, Power 5. The agent can run in a System WPAR on AIX.
HP-UX 11i (v1, v2, v3): HP 700, 800: PA-RISC
Solaris 9, 10: SPARC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6: Intel, IBM System z: S390x
Macintosh OS X 10
Macintosh OS X Server 10

System i

Use this System i binary file: iseries-bfagent-<version>-tar.gz.

IBM i 5.4: AS/400

System z

Use the source pack to build the agent on z/OS: src-bfagent-<version>.tar.gz. The agent source code for z/OS is provided as uncompiled source only; a binary distribution is not available.

z/OS 1.6 or later: S390x