VM Manager Tool installation requirements

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Ensure that the computer on which you install the VM Manager Tool meets all software and hardware requirements.

Supported operating systems

The VM Manager Tool can be installed on any 64-bit version of Windows or Linux that is supported by the BigFix® client or the disconnected scanner. For the list of supported operating systems, see: IBM License Metric Tool 9.2 - Supported Operating Systems.

Software prerequisites

Linux Ensure that the following libraries are available on the computer.
  • unzip in any version
  • glibc library version 2.7 or higher
  • insserv-compat on SUSE Enterprise Linux. Starting from version 15, the package is not available by default on the operating system.
  • chkconfig on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Starting from version 9, the package is not available by default on the operating system.

Required disk space

The VM Manager Tool requires 300 MB of disk space.