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Supported Linux operating system versions

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  • 04/09/2025

The following tables describe the required Linux operating systems and package dependencies for System Center - Operations Manager.

Important

Operations Manager automatically stops supporting the operating systems and packages for which the vendor owner has stopped the support.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.17
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.1e-fips
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-1

Note

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (Power) isn't supported in Operations Manager 2022 and later.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later

Note

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (Power) isn't supported in Operations Manager 2022 and later.

Universal Linux (Debian package)

Supported versions:

  • Debian 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
  • Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04

Note

  • Ubuntu 22.04 is supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR1 and later when you apply this hotfix.
  • Ubuntu 24.04 is supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR2 and later.
Required package Description Minimum version
libc6 C Standard shared library 2.24-11
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-3.1

Universal Linux (RPM package)

Supported versions:

  • Oracle Linux 7, 8, and 9
  • SLES 15
  • openSUSE Leap 15t
  • Rocky 8 and 9
  • Alma 8 and 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8 and 9
  • CentOS 7 and 8

Note

  • Oracle Linux 9, Rocky 9, and Alma 9 are supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR1 and later when you apply this hotfix.
  • RHEL 9 is supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR1 and later when you apply this hotfix.
  • Manually update the OpenSSH version in your environment to >= 8.7p1-29 to monitor RHEL 9.1 servers.
Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard shared library 2.5-12
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 0.99.6.2-3.14

Note

If you encounter a discovery error Azure Linux and Arc Linux Machines are unsupported for any Linux VMs deployed in Azure, see Troubleshoot discovery error - Azure Linux not supported.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.17
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.1e-fips
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-1

Note

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (Power) isn't supported in Operations Manager 2022 and later.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0

Note

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (Power) isn't supported in Operations Manager 2022 and later.

Universal Linux (Debian package)

Supported versions:

  • Debian 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
  • Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04

Note

  • Ubuntu 22.04 is supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR1 and later when you apply this hotfix.
  • Ubuntu 24.04 is supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR2 and later.
Required package Description Minimum version
libc6 C Standard shared library 2.24-11
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-3.1

Universal Linux (RPM package)

Supported versions:

  • Oracle Linux 7, 8, and 9
  • SLES 15
  • openSUSE Leap 15t
  • Rocky 8 and 9
  • Alma 8 and 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8 and 9
  • CentOS 7 and 8

Note

  • Oracle Linux 9, Rocky 9, and Alma 9 are supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR1 and later when you apply this hotfix.
  • RHEL 9 is supported from Operations Manager 2022 UR1 and later when you apply this hotfix.
  • Manually update the OpenSSH version in your environment to >= 8.7p1-29 to monitor RHEL 9.1 servers.
Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard shared library 2.5-12
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 0.99.6.2-3.14

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.17
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.1e-fips
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (Power)

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.17
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.1e-fips
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (applicable for 2019 UR3 and later)

Operations Manager 2019 UR3 and later supports RHEL 6 through the RHEL 6 management pack.

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.12-1.7
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.0-4
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.1-4

Note

Solaris zone-level monitoring isn't supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (Power)

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Note

System Center Operations Manager 2019 UR1 and later supports SLES 15 under Universal Linux.

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0

openSUSE Leap 15

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0

Universal Linux (Debian package)

Supported versions:

  • Debian 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
  • Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04

Note

  • Debian 10, 11, and Ubuntu 20.04 are compatible with System Center - Operations Manager 2019 UR3 and later.
  • Ubuntu 22.04 is compatible with System Center - Operations Manager 2019 UR5 and later.
  • Ubuntu 24.04 is compatible with System Center - Operations Manager 2019 UR6 and later
Required package Description Minimum version
libc6 C Standard shared library 2.24-11
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-3.1

Universal Linux (RPM package)

Supported versions:

  • CentOS 7 and 8
  • Oracle Linux 7
    Oracle Linux 8 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR3 later
    Oracle Linux 9 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR5 and later
  • Rocky 8 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR4 and later
    Rocky 9 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR5 and later
  • Alma 8 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR4 and later
    Alma 9 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR5 and later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR1 and later
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 9 is supported from Operations Manager 2019 UR5 and later
  • SLES 15 is supported from System Center - Operations Manager 2019 UR1 and later

Note

Manually update the OpenSSH version in your environment to >= 8.7p1-29 to monitor RHEL 9.1 servers.

To install the agent on servers, see Install the agent on RPM based Universal Linux Servers.

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard shared library 2.5-12
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0, 1.1 or 3.0 and later
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 0.99.6.2-3.14

Note

Monitoring Linux computers with System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 management server is supported when using the System Center 2016 - Operations Manager agent with the Operations Manager 2012 R2 Linux management packs. You can't import the required Operations Manager 2016 management packs for the specific version of Linux and discover and deploy the Operations Manager 2016 agent from the Computer and Device Management wizard in your 2012 R2 management group. This task must be performed manually following the command-line-based deployment.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.12-1.7
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.0-4
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.1-4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.17
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.1e-fips
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8-1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 (Power)

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard Libraries 2.17
Openssl OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 1.0.1e-fips
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 1.1.8

Note

Solaris zone-level monitoring isn't supported.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc-2.19-17.72 C Standard shared library 2.19-17.72
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules pam-1.1.8-11.57

Universal Linux

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 are supported.

Required package Description Minimum version
libc6 C Standard shared library 2.3.6
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 0.9.8 or 1.0
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 0.79-3

Universal Linux (RPM package)

Oracle Linux 7 is supported.

Required package Description Minimum version
glibc C Standard shared library 2.5-12
OpenSSL OpenSSL Libraries; Secure Network Communications Protocol 0.9.8 or 1.0
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules 0.99.6.2-3.14

Additional resources

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