Requirements Updated December 4, 2018 Hardware requirements The following table lists minimum hardware requirements and recommendations for your SolarWinds Patch Manager system. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS CPU Speed 32- or 64-bit 2.4 GHz Dual Core or faster Memory 4 GB (minimum) 10 GB or higher (recommended) Hard Drive Space 20 GB or higher Patch Manager recommends 20 GB or higher of hard drive space to accommodate fluctuations in space requirements in a production environment. Software requirements The following table lists minimum software requirements and recommendations for a SolarWinds Patch Manager installation. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 1
Install the SolarWinds Patch Manager web console server on a 32- or 64-bit server running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and one of the following Microsoft Windows Server operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 R2 (Patch Manager servers and consoles) Windows Server 2019 Additionally, SolarWinds Patch Manager supports the following Microsoft Windows operating systems for evaluation purposes: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 SolarWinds Patch Manager manages 32- or 64-bit computers running any of the following Microsoft operating systems: Windows XP Professional SP3 or later Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate SP2 or later Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate (managed clients) Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 or later Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later Windows Server 2008 R2 R2 (web console) Install the SolarWinds Patch Manager web console on a 32- or 64-bit server running IIS and one of the following operating systems: 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 R2 Additionally, SolarWinds Patch Manager supports the following operating systems for evaluation purposes: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 The SolarWinds Patch Manager web console is compatible with the following web browsers: Internet Browser (web console) IE11, Edge (Spartan) Firefox - two most recent versions at the time of shipping Chrome - two most recent versions at the time of shipping IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and other non-supported browsers are not supported but are not blocked. Safari - latest version SolarWinds Patch Manager supports WSUS servers running the following versions: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) WSUS 3.0 SP2 or later with Microsoft KB2734608 applied WSUS 6.0 on a server running Windows Server 2012 WSUS 6.2 on a server running Windows Server 2012 WSUS 6.3 on a server running Windows Server 2012 R2 WSUS 10.0 on a server running Windows Server 2016 SolarWinds Patch Manager supports SCCM servers running the following versions: System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) (if applicable) SCCM 2007 SP2 or later SCCM 2012 SCCM 2012 R2 SCCM 1511 SCCM 1602 3
SCCM 1606 SCCM 1610 SCCM 1702 SCCM 1706 SCCM 1710 SCCM 1802 SCCM 1806 Install SCCM on the server before you install SolarWinds Patch Manager. Visual C++ Runtime Microsoft Visual C++ Secure Runtime 9.0 SP1 Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable (32- and 64-bit) Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (32- and 64-bit) Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (32- and 64-bit) Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (32- and 64-bit) SolarWinds Patch Manager automatically installs this software when required. Web Server (web console server) Microsoft IIS 6.0 or later.net Framework Version 3.5 for the SolarWinds Patch Manager server Version 4.5 for the Orion Additional Web Server and Orion server Install SolarWinds Patch Manager on a server that can access the following sites: Internet Access https://www.microsoft.com if you do not have a local copy of the WSUS installer https://3pupcontent.solarwinds.com if you plan to evaluate the third party update functionality https://catalog.update.microsoft.com to download Windows updates, patches, and hotfixes SQL database requirements Your product and your SolarWinds Orion database should use separate servers. 4
SolarWinds Patch Manager is compatible with Microsoft SQL Server instances running the following versions: SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 SP1 SQL Server 2008 SP2 SQL Server 2008 SP3 SQL Server 2008 SP4 SQL Server 2008 R2 Database SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2012 SP1 SQL Server 2012 SP2 SQL Server 2012 SP3 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2014 SP1 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2017 Server port requirements The server and console components use port 4092 TCP. Servers communicate with managed computers using the following ports: 135 TCP Ports 445 TCP Dynamic ports 1024 to 65536 (varies by operating system) The SolarWinds Patch Manager web console server uses the following ports: 8787 TCP 17777 TCP 5