The system requirements when using Patch Manager Plus include the following:
This section gives you information about the hardware requirements for distribution servers, Patch Manager Plus servers and agents.
The hardware requirements for Patch Manager Plus servers include the following:
| No. of Computers/Devices Patched | 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 | 5 GB* |
| 251 to 500 | Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache | 4 GB | 10 GB* |
| 501 to 1000 | Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.9 Ghz 3 MB cache | 4 GB | 20 GB* |
| 1001 to 3000 | Intel Core i5 (4 core/4 thread) 2.3 GHz. 6 MB cache | 8 GB | 30 GB* |
| 3001 to 5000 | Intel Core i7 (6 core/12 thread) 3.2 GHz. 12 MB cache | 8 GB | 40 GB* |
| 5001 to 10000 | Intel Xeon E5 (8 core/16 thread) 2.6 GHz. 20 MB cache | 16 GB | 60 GB* |
| 10001 to 20000 | Intel Xeon E5 (8 core/16 thread) 2.6 GHz. 40 MB cache | 32 GB | 120 GB* |
* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning.
Note: While patching more than 1000 computers, it is advised that you install Patch Manager Plus on a Windows Server Edition.
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
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
This section gives you information about the software requirements for distribution servers, Patch Manager Plus servers and agents.
* - recommended for managing 5000 or more endpoints.
| 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
You are required to install any of the following browsers on your computer to access the Patch Manager Plus console:
Note: The screen resolution should be 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher.
Patch Manager Plus supports the following databases:
The following versions of MSSQL are supported:
Patch Manager Plus uses the following web servers:
