System Requirements

On-PremisesCloud

The system requirements when using Patch Manager Plus include the following:

Hardware requirements for Patch Manager Plus servers, distribution servers and Patch Manager Plus agents
Software requirements for Patch Manager Plus servers, agents and distribution servers
Supported Browsers
Supported Database
Supported Web Servers

Hardware Requirements

This section gives you information about the hardware requirements for distribution servers, Patch Manager Plus servers and agents.

Hardware Requirements for Patch Manager Plus Servers

The hardware requirements for Patch Manager Plus servers include the following:

No. of Computers/Devices Patched	Servers used	Processor Information	RAM Size	Hard Disk Space
1 to 250	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache	2 GB	5 GB*
251 to 500	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache	4 GB	10 GB*
501 to 1000	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.9 Ghz 3 MB cache	4 GB	20 GB*
1001 to 3000	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Core i5 (4 core/4 thread) 2.3 GHz. 6 MB cache	8 GB	30 GB*
3001 to 5000	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Core i7 (6 core/12 thread) 3.2 GHz. 12 MB cache	8 GB	40 GB*
3001 to 5000	SQL Server	Intel Core i7 (6 core/12 thread) 3.2 GHz. 12 MB cache	8 GB	30 GB*
5001 to 10000	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Xeon E5 (8 core/16 thread) 2.6 GHz. 20 MB cache	16 GB	60 GB*
5001 to 10000	SQL Server	Intel Xeon E5 (8 core/16 thread) 2.6 GHz. 20 MB cache	16 GB	40 GB*
10001 to 20000	Patch Manager Plus Server	Intel Xeon E5 (8 core/16 thread) 2.6 GHz. 40 MB cache	32 GB	120 GB*
10001 to 20000	SQL Server	Intel Xeon E5 (12 core/24 thread) 2.7 GHz. 30 MB cache	32 GB	80 GB*

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning.

While managing more than 3000 computers, it is recommended to use an SQL Server (Standard / Enterprise Edition).
While patching more than 1000 computers, it is advised that you install Patch Manager Plus on a Windows Server Edition.

Hardware Requirements for Distribution Servers

The hardware requirements for distribution servers include the following:

No. of Computers Managed Using the Distribution Server	Processor Information	RAM Size	Hard Disk Space
1 to 250	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache	2 GB	10 GB*
251 to 500	Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache	4 GB	20 GB*
501 to 1000	Intel Core i5 (4 core/4 thread) 2.3 GHz. 6 MB cache	4 GB	30 GB*

* May increase depending on the number of software applications and patches that are deployed

Hardware requirements for Secure Gateway Server

The hardware requirements for Secure Gateway Server include the following :

Processor : Intel Core i5(4 core/8 thread) 2.3 GHz. 6 MB cache
RAM size : 4 GB
Hard disk space: 5 GB

Hardware Requirements for Patch Manager Plus Agents

The hardware requirements for Patch Manager Plus agents include the following:

Hardware	Recommendations
Processors	Intel Pentium
Processor Speed	1.0 GHz
RAM Size	512 MB
Hard Disk Space	100 MB*

* May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

Software Requirements

This section gives you information about the software requirements for distribution servers, Patch Manager Plus servers and agents.

Supported OS for Patch Manager Plus Server & Distribution Servers

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008*
Windows Server 2008 R2*
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2*
Windows Server 2016*
Windows Server 2019*

* - recommended for managing 5000 or more endpoints.

Supported OS for Patch Manager Plus agents

Windows OS	Windows Server OS	Mac OS	Linux OS*
Windows 10	Windows server 2016	10.13	Ubuntu 10.04 & later versions
Windows 8.1	Windows server 2012 R2	10.12	Debian 7 & later versions
Windows 8	Windows server 2012	10.11	Cent OS 5 & later versions
Windows 7	Windows server 2008 R2	10.10	Red Hat 6 & later versions
Windows Vista	Windows server 2008	10.9	SuSE Enterprise Linux 11 & later versions
Windows XP	Windows server 2003 R2	10.8	Know the supported features for each Linux flavor;
Conditional Support	Windows server 2003	10.7
	Conditional Support;	10.6

*We support Kernal versions above 2.6.33

Supported Browsers

You are required to install any of the following browsers on your computer to access the Patch Manager Plus console:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and later versions
Mozilla Firefox 44 and later versions
Google Chrome 47 and later versions

Note: The screen resolution should be 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher.

Supported Database

Patch Manager Plus supports the following databases:

PGSQL
MSSQL

The following versions of MSSQL are supported:

SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2016
SQL Server 2017

Supported Web Servers

Patch Manager Plus uses the following web servers:

Apache (for static file services)
Tomcat (for application related services)

The system requirements when using Patch Manager Plus Cloud include the following:

Hardware requirements for Patch Manager Plus Distribution servers and Patch Manager Plus agents
Software requirements for Patch Manager Plus Distribution servers
Supported Browsers