Server requirements

To find the latest information about server requirements, see IBM BigFix 9.2 - System Requirements .

Supported operating systems:

Windows:
- Windows 2008 R2 64-bit Enterprise
- Windows 2008 64-bit Enterprise
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012
Starting from V9.2 Patch 3, only the 64-bit architecture is supported for installing the IBM Endpoint Manager server and Web Reports components on Windows systems.
Note: The Windows firewall must be turned off. User Account Control on Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 must be disabled or lowered so that services that do not run as LOCAL SYSTEM are not interfered with by the User Account Control pop-up messages.
Note: Ensure that .NET Framework 3.5 is installed before starting to install BigFix on a new Windows Server 2012.
Linux:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server x86-64 version 6 Fixpack 3 or higher (64-bit Architecture)
Dependencies:
- IBM DB2 10.5. For information about how to install DB2 server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 64-bit see Installing and configuring DB2 and Installation methods for IBM data server clients.
- Red Hat packages required by BigFix Linux server and Web Reports components:
  - cyrus-sasl-lib.x86_64
  - libstdc++.x86_64 and all their prerequisites
  - pam.x86_64
  - krb5-libs.x86_64
  - fontconfig.x86_64 (Web Reports only)
  - libXext.x86_64 (Web Reports only)
  - libXrender.x86_64 (Web Reports only)
  - zlib.x86_64 (Web Reports only)
Note: Windows BigFix servers cannot be migrated to Linux BigFix servers.
Minimum disk space requirements to install BigFix server and Web Reports on Linux:
- BigFix Server: 400MB; DB2: 1GB (6GB recommended)
- BigFix Web Reports: 200MB; DB2: 700MB
This is the disk space used in each file system for installing the sever components:
- 160 MB in /var
- 240 MB in /opt
This is the disk space used in each file system for installing the Web Reports components:
- 170 MB in /var/opt/BESWebReportsServer
- 30 MB in /opt/BESWebReportsServer