Supported operating systems

Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus is supported on various versions of UNIX, Linux®, and Windows. Find out here which operating systems are supported for which component of the product, which packages need to be installed on your operating system before you can start the installation, and if restrictions apply.

Note:

Starting with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.0.5, the core components, which include ObjectServer, ObjectServer Gateways, and ObjectServer Probes, are supported on RHEL 7 x86-64 systems with SELinux enabled in enforcing mode with the targeted policy. Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus does not provide custom policies.

The Installation Manager installer and all Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus processes should be run in unconfined domains and not be restricted by SELinux Mandatory Access Control policies.

The supported operating systems for Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus are on the IBM® Software Product Compatibility Reports website at https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html.

Tip: You can create more reports, including detailed reports for each operating system that list supported browsers, hypervisors, databases, and compatible products.

Additional operating system requirements

Ensure that all the recommended patches are installed on your operating system, including the latest patch levels. Requirements for operating systems packages and any restrictions that apply to specific operating systems are documented in the following sections.

AIX
Linux
Linux on System z
Solaris

AIX

The following file sets are required to run Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus on AIX operating systems:

bos.rte.bind_cmds
bos.rte.iconv
bos.rte.im
bos.rte.libc
bos.rte.libpthreads
bos.rte.loc
bos.rte.mlslib
bos.rte.odm
bos.rte.security
xlC.rte

The following file sets are required only by the Desktop tools component:

X11.base.common
X11.base.lib
X11.base.rte
X11.motif.lib

Note: Install the latest version of the libraries, which are available for the version of AIX that you are installing to.

Netcool MIB Manager requires the following packages:

atk-1.12.3-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
cairo-1.8.8-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
expat-2.0.1-2.aix5.3.ppc.rpm
fontconfig-2.4.2-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
freetype2-2.3.9-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
gettext-0.10.40-8.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
glib2-2.12.4-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
gtk2-2.10.6-5.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
libjpeg-6b-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
libpng-1.2.32-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
libtiff-3.8.2-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
pango-1.14.5-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
pixman-0.12.0-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
xcursor-1.1.7-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
xft-2.1.6-5.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
zlib-1.2.3-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm

See the following AIX® website for details about using RPM Package Manager to obtain and install the required packages:

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/linux/toolbox/

Linux

32-bit Linux operating system libraries are not installed with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, you might require some 32-bit libraries. See the probe or gateway documentation for specific requirements. You can also run the IBM Prerequisite Scanner with the Probe Feature selected to determine whether you have all the required libraries. The core Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 32-bit libraries that are required to run 32-bit probes and gateways (for example, libOpl) are installed by default with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

Note: The Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Server and Probe components are not supported on desktop editions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux.

The following tables describe the RPM packages that are required for Linux operating systems.

RHEL 5: Table 1
RHEL 6: Table 2
RHEL 7 and RHEL 8: Table 3
RHEL 9: Table 4
SLES 10: Table 5
SLES 11: Table 6
SLES 12 and SLES 15: Table 7

Table 1. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 5, 64-bit
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-1.7.18-2.el5 expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3 fontconfig-2.4.1-7.el5 freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_7.2 glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1 libICE-1.0.1-2.1 libSM=libSM-1.0.1-3.1 libgcc-4.1.2-51.el5 libidn-0.6.5-1.1 libjpeg-6b-37 libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_7.5 libstdc++-4.1.2-51.el5 pam-0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 zlib-1.2.3-4.el5	To run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
The following additional minimum packages are required to run the Desktop component libX11-1.0.3-11.el5_7.1 libXau-1.0.1-3.1 libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1 libXext-1.0.1-2.1 libXft-2.1.10-1.1 libXmu-1.0.2-5 libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5 libXpm-3.5.5-3 libXrender-0.9.1-3.1 libXt-1.0.2-3.2.el5 openmotif-2.3.1-6.1.el5_8
The following package is required by Netcool MIB Manager gtk2-2.10.4-21.el5_5.6

Table 2. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6, 64-bit
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-2.0.4-1.el6.x86_64 expat-2.0.1-9.1.el6.x86_64 fontconfig-2.8.0-3.el6.x86_64 freetype-2.3.11-5.el6.x86_64 glibc-2.12-1.149.el6.x86_64 libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.x86_64 libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.x86_64 libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6.x86_64 libidn-1.18-2.el6.x86_64 libjpeg-6b-46.el6.x86_64 (required by RHEL Server 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3) libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1-1.el6.x86_64 (required by RHEL Server 6.4 and later) libpng-1.2.44-1.el6.x86_64 libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.x86_64 libuuid-2.17.2-6.el6.x86_64 libxcb-1.5-1.el6.x86_64 nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.7-1.1.el6.x86_64 pam-1.1.1-4.el6.x86_64 zlib-1.2.3-25.el6.x86_64	To run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686 glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6.i686 libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.i686
The following additional minimum packages are required to install the Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator component. libXi-1.3-3.el6.x86_64 libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.el6.x86_64
The following additional minimum packages are required to install the Desktop component libX11-1.3-2.el6.x86_64 libXau-1.0.5-1.el6.x86_64 libXext-1.1-3.el6.x86_64 libXft-2.1.13-4.1.el6.x86_64 libXmu-1.0.5-1.el6.x86_64 libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.x86_64 libXpm-3.5.8-2.el6.x86_64 libXrender-0.9.5-1.el6.x86_64 libXt-1.0.7-1.el6.x86_64 openmotif-2.3.3-1.el6.x86_64
The following package is required by Netcool MIB Manager gtk2-2.18.9-4.el6.x86_64

Note: A minimum of 8.1.0 FP12 is required to use RHEL 8.

Table 3. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7 (64-bit) and Server 8 (64-bit)
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
Core component packages: audit-libs-2.3.3-4.el7.x86_64 expat-2.1.0-8.el7.x86_64 fontconfig-2.10.95-7.el7.x86_64 freetype-2.4.11-9.el7.x86_64 glibc-2.17-55.el7_0.3.x86_64 libICE-1.0.8-7.el7.x86_64 libSM-1.2.1-7.el7.x86_64 libX11-1.6.0-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXext-1.3.2-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXft-2.3.1-5.1.el7.x86_64 libXmu-1.1.1-5.1.el7.x86_64 libXp-1.0.2-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXpm-3.5.10-5.1.el7.x86_64 libXrender-0.9.8-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXt-1.1.4-6.1.el7.x86_64 libgcc-4.8.2-16.el7.x86_64 libidn-1.28-3.el7.x86_64 libjpeg-turbo-1.2.90-5.el7.x86_64 libpng12-1.2.50-6.el7.x86_64 libstdc++-4.8.2-16.el7.x86_64 libuuid-2.23.2-16.el7.x86_64 libxcb-1.9-5.el7.x86_64 motif-2.3.4-7.el7.x86_64 nss-softokn-freebl-3.15.4-2.el7.x86_64 pam-1.1.8-9.el7.x86_64 zlib-1.2.7-13.el7.x86_64	Additional packages are required for certain installable features. If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686 glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6.i686 libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.i686
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator packages: libXcursor-1.1.14-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXfixes-5.0.1-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXi-1.7.2-2.1.el7.x86_64 libXtst-1.2.2-2.1.el7.x86_64
Probe and Gateway support packages: gtk2-2.24.22-5.el7.x86_64+ libgcc-4.8.2-16.el7.x86_64
Netcool MIB Manager packages: gtk2-2.24.22-5.el7.x86_64+

Note: With reference to Table 4, it is recommended to use the latest version. By default, yum selects the latest version of the library. Also, yum automatically selects the appropriate version for the architecture, whether that is i686, x86_64, or s390x.

Table 4. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 9 (64-bit)
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
Core component packages: `audit-libs` `expat` `libidn` `libuuid` `zlib` `glibc` `libgcc` `libstdc++` `libxcrypt-compat`	Additional packages are required for certain installable features. If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive, some products might require more packages. `libstdc++.i686` `glibc.i686` `libgcc.i686` `libstdc++.i686`
Netcool/OMNIbus Desktop GUI components: `fontconfig` `freetype` `libICE` `libSM` `libjpeg-turbo` `libpng` `libxcb` `motif` `libX11` `libXau` `libXext` `libXft` `libXmu` `libXp` `libXpm` `libXrender` `libXt`
Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator packages: libXcursor libXfixes libXi libXtst
Probe and Gateway support packages (64-bit): `glibc` `libgcc` `libstdc++`
Netcool MIB Manager packages: gtk2
Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer: `pam`
Netcool/OMNIbus Process agent: `nss-softokn-freebl`

Table 5. Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 64-bit
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-1.2.9-6.19 expat-2.0.0-13.9.1 fontconfig-2.3.94-18.23.16 freetype2-2.1.10-18.23.1 glibc-2.4-31.81.11 libgcc-4.1.2_20070115-0.32.53 libidn-0.6.0-14.2 libstdc++-4.1.2_20070115-0.32.53 pam-0.99.6.3-28.23.15 zlib-1.2.3-15.2	If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. glibc-32bit-2.4-31.81.11 libstdc++33-32bit-3.3.3-7.8.1
The following packages are required only by the Desktop tools component openmotif-2.3.0-1 xorg-x11-libs-6.9.0-50.69.31
The following package is required to install the Netcool MIB Manager component gtk2-2.8.11-0.27.11

Table 6. Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 64-bit
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-1.7.7-5.16 fontconfig-2.6.0-10.6 freetype2-2.3.7-25.8 glibc-2.9-13.2 libexpat1-2.0.1-88.21 libgcc43-4.3.3_20081022-11.18 (required for service pack 1 and service pack 2) libidn-1.10-3.18 libstdc++43-4.3.3_20081022-11.18 (required for service pack 1 and service pack 2) libuuid1-1.41.1-13.9 pam-1.0.2-20.1 zlib-1.2.3-106.34	If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. glibc-32bit-2.9-13.2 libgcc43-32bit-4.3.3_20081022-11.18 libstdc++33-32bit-3.3.3-11.9 libstdc++43-32bit-4.3.3_20081022-11.18
The following additional minimum packages are required to install the Desktop component openmotif-2.3.0-1 xorg-x11-libICE-7.4-1.15 xorg-x11-libSM-7.4-1.18 xorg-x11-libX11-7.4-5.5 xorg-x11-libXau-7.4-1.15 xorg-x11-libXext-7.4-1.14 xorg-x11-libXmu-7.4-1.17 xorg-x11-libXp-7.4-1.14 xorg-x11-libXpm-7.4-1.17 xorg-x11-libXrender-7.4-1.14 xorg-x11-libXt-7.4-1.17 xorg-x11-libs-7.4-8.18 xorg-x11-libxcb-7.4-1.15
The following package is to install the Netcool MIB Manager component gtk2-2.14.4-16.1

Table 7. Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12, 64-bit and SLES 15, 64-bit
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
The following minimum packages are required to install any of the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus core components. Additional packages are required for specific components. fontconfig-2.11.0-4.19.x86_64 glibc-2.19-17.72.x86_64 gtk2-2.24.24-1.118.x86_64 libICE6-1.0.8-8.65.x86_64 libSM6-1.2.2-3.59.x86_64 libX11-6-1.6.2-4.12.x86_64 libXau6-1.0.8-4.58.x86_64 libXcursor1-1.1.14-3.60.x86_64 libXext6-1.3.2-3.61.x86_64 libXfixes3-5.0.1-3.53.x86_64 libXft2-2.3.1-9.32.x86_64 libXi6-1.7.2-3.62.x86_64 libXmu6-1.1.2-3.60.x86_64 libXp6-1.0.2-3.58.x86_64 libXpm4-3.5.11-3.60.x86_64 libXrender1-0.9.8-3.56.x86_64 libXt6-1.1.4-3.59.x86_64 libXtst6-1.2.2-3.60.x86_64 libaudit1-2.3.6-3.103.x86_64 libexpat1-2.1.0-13.232.x86_64 libfreetype6-2.5.3-2.18.x86_64 libgcc_s1-4.8.3+r212056-6.3.x86_64 libidn11-1.28-2.34.x86_64 libpng16-16-1.6.8-2.24.x86_64 libstdc++6-4.8.3+r212056-6.3.x86_64 libuuid1-2.25-6.69.x86_64 libxcb1-1.10-1.21.x86_64 libxcb1-1.10-1.21.x86_64 libz1-1.2.8-5.1.x86_64 motif-2.3.4-4.15.x86_64 pam-1.1.8-11.57.x86_64	If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. glibc-32bit-2.19-17.72.x86_64 libgcc_s1-32bit-4.8.3+r212056-6.3.x86_64 libstdc++6-32bit-4.8.3+r212056-6.3.x86_64
The following additional minimum package is required to install the Probe and Gateway Support components libX11-6-1.6.2-4.12.x86_64
The following additional minimum package is required to install the Netcool MIB Manager component gtk2-2.24.24-1.118.x86_64+

Linux on System z

The desktop event list is not supported on Linux on System z.

The Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Server and Probe components are not supported on desktop editions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux on System z.

32-bit Linux on System z operating system libraries are not installed with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. To run 32-bit probes or gateways, you might require some 32-bit libraries. See the probe or gateway documentation for specific requirements. You can also run the IBM Prerequisite Scanner with the Probe Feature selected to determine whether you have all the required libraries. The core Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 32-bit libraries that are required to run 32-bit probes and gateways (for example, libOpl) are installed by default with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

The following tables describe the RPM packages that are required for System z®.

RHEL Server 5.9 on System z: Table 8
RHEL Server 6.2 on System z: Table 9
RHEL Server 7 and Server 8 on System z: Table 10
SLES 11 on System z: Table 11
SLES 12 on System z: Table 12

Table 8. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 5.9 on Linux on System z
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-1.8-2.el5 glibc-2.5-107 libgcc-4.1.2-54.el5 libstdc++-4.1.2-54.el5 pam-0.99.6.2-12.el5 zlib-1.2.3-7.el5	If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
The following additional minimum packages are required to install the Netcool MIB Manager component gtk2-2.10.4-21.el5_5.6 libX11-1.0.3-11.el5_7.1 libXau-1.0.1-3.1 libXdmcp-1.0.1-2.1

Table 9. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6.2 on Linux on System z
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-2.2-2.el6.s390x glibc-2.12-1.80.el6.s390x libgcc-4.4.6-4.el6.s390x libstdc++-4.4.6-4.el6.s390x pam-1.1.1-10.el6_2.1.s390x zlib-1.2.3-27.el6.s390x nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.9-11.el6.s390x	If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686 glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6.i686 libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.i686
The following additional minimum packages are required to install the Netcool MIB Manager (nco_mib_manager_feature) gtk2-2.10.4-21.el5_5.6 libX11-1.3-2.el6.s390x libXau-1.0.5-1.el6.s390x libxcb-1.5-1.el6.s390x

Note: A minimum of 8.1.0 FP12 is required to use RHEL 8.

Table 10. Requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7 and Server 8 on Linux on System z
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs glibc libgcc libstdc++ pam zlib gtk2

Table 11. Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 on Linux on System z
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs-1.7.7-5.16 glibc-2.11.1-0.20.1 libgcc43-4.3.4_20091019-0.7.35 libstdc++43-4.3.4_20091019-0.7.35 pam-1.0.4-0.5.12 zlib-1.2.3-106.34	If you want to run 32-bit probes or gateways, or other 32-bit products that are installed into the Netcool home location, the following packages are required. This list is not exhaustive: some products might require more packages. glibc-32bit-2.9-13.2 libgcc43-32bit-4.3.3_20081022-11.18 libstdc++33-32bit-3.3.3-11.9 libstdc++43-32bit-4.3.3_20081022-11.18
The following packages are required by SLES 11 SP2: libgcc46-4.6.1_20110701-0.13.9 libstdc++46-4.6.1_20110701-0.13.9
The following additional minimum packages are required to install the Netcool MIB Manager (nco_mib_manager_feature) gtk2-2.14.4-16.1 xorg-x11-libXau-7.4-1.15 xorg-x11-libxcb-7.4-1.20.34 xorg-x11-libX11-7.4-5.5

Table 12. Requirements for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 on Linux on System z
Minimum required packages	Explanation and comments
audit-libs glibc pam zlib libgcc libstdc++ cyrus-sasl expat fontconfig freetype2 glibc krb5 libcom_err2 nss_ldap openldap2 libopenssl0 xorg-x11-lib gtk2

Solaris

Before you install Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus on Solaris operating systems, install the following packages:

On Solaris 10, the SUNWxwrtl and SUNWmfrun packages are required.
On Solaris 11, the SUNWmfrun package is required.

When you access the online help for MIB Manager on Solaris operating systems, ensure that a web browser is running before you click Help. Otherwise, the online help does not open. This behavior is caused by an open defect (376208) in the Eclipse platform