Patch Manager 2.1.5 System Requirements

Last updated: June 6, 2017

SolarWinds strongly recommends that you install the Orion Platform on a server that is neither public, nor internet-facing. To learn about best practices for configuring your Orion Platform installation securely, see Secure Configuration for the SolarWinds Platform.

Supports: Patch Manager 2.1.5

Important: These system requirements define the minimum requirements for Patch Manager 2.1.5. For additional information about requirements, see the Patch Manager Release Notes.

Server requirements

Set up your dedicated SolarWinds Patch Manager server using the following requirements.

Hardware or Software	Requirements
CPU	32- or 64-bit 2.4 GHz Dual Core (minimum)
RAM	4 GB (minimum) 10 GB or higher (recommended)
Hard drive space	20 GB or higher SolarWinds recommends 20 GB or higher of hard drive space to accommodate fluctuations in space requirements in a production environment.
Supported Production Operating System	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Deprecation notice: Although you can install Orion Platform 2018.2 products on Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are deprecated and will not be supported in future versions of the Orion Platform. SolarWinds strongly recommends that you upgrade your operating system to Windows Server 2016 or later at your earliest convenience.
Supported Evaluation Operating System	Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10
.NET Framework	Version 3.5 for the SolarWinds Patch Manager server Version 4.5 for the Orion Additional Web Server (Orion deployments only)
Visual C++ Runtime	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 installs this software if required.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) requirements

You can configure Patch Manager with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)—a free plug-in for your Windows Server operating system that downloads software updates from the Microsoft Updates website. Patch Manager allows you to distribute these updates to your managed computers.

See the Microsoft TechNet website for details about activating WSUS on your SolarWinds Patch Manager server. See Manage WSUS using Patch Manager for setup details.

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Operating System	Supported Versions
Windows Server 2012	WSUS 3.0 SP2 with Microsoft KB2734608 WSUS 6.0 WSUS 6.2
Windows Server 2012 R2	WSUS 6.3
Windows Server 2016	WSUS 10

System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) requirements

Optionally, you can configure Patch Manager with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)—a systems management application sold separately that manages computers in a corporate enterprise.

See Set up Patch Manager with SCCM for setup details.

Software	Requirements
SCCM	SCCM 2007 SP2 or later SCCM 2012 SCCM 2012 R2 SCCM 1511 SCCM 1606 SCCM 1610 SCCM 1702 SCCM 1706 SCCM 1710 SCCM 1802

SQL database server requirements

If you are using a remote SQL database server for the SolarWinds Patch Manager database, ensure that the server meets the following requirements.

Hardware or Software	Requirements
CPU	Dual processor, 3 GHz Quad-processor, 2.67 GHz, 64-bit (for large networks)
RAM	8 GB (minimum) 16 GB (recommended)
Hard drive space	20 GB (minimum)
Database	Compatible with Microsoft SQL Server instances running the following versions: SQL Server 2005 or 2005 SP4 SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2008 SP2, or 2008 SP3 SQL Server 2012, 2012 SP1, 2012, SP2, or 2012 SP3 SQL Server 2014 or 2014 SP1 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2017 Deprecation notice: Although you can use SQL Server 2012 with Orion Platform 2018.2 products, this version is deprecated and will not be supported on future versions of the Orion Platform. SolarWinds strongly recommends that you upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2017, or later at your earliest convenience.

Managed systems requirements

Ensure that all client systems managed by SolarWinds Patch Manager meets the following minimum requirements.

Hardware or Software	Requirements
CPU	1.5 GHz (minimum) Dual or Quad Core (recommended)
RAM	1 GB (minimum)
Operating system	Windows XP Professional SP3 or later Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate SP2 or later Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016

Orion Platform (Orion integration only)

When you integrate SolarWinds Patch Manager with the Orion Platform, do not install SolarWinds Patch Manager, WSUS, and the SolarWinds Patch Manager Admin Console on the Orion server, This configuration will impact the performance of your Orion-based applications.

Orion server requirements

Hardware or Software	Supported Versions
Operating system (Production environment)	Windows Server 2008 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016
.NET Framework	.NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 4.5
IIS	Latest version
Patch Manager Orion web user interface	Latest version

Additional Web Server requirements

Software	Supported Versions
Patch Manager Orion web user interface	Latest version

Web browser

The following supported Web browsers are used to access the Web Console on the Orion Platform.

Type	Supported Versions
Apple® Safari®	Latest version
Google Chrome™	Latest version
Microsoft Edge	Latest version
Microsoft Internet Explorer	IE9 IE10 IE11 SolarWinds recommends adding the URL of your Orion website (http://FullOrionServerName/), the URL of SolarWinds support (http://solarwinds.com/support), and about:blank to the list of trusted sites.
Mozilla® Firefox®	Latest version

Port requirements

The following table lists the port requirements for the SolarWinds Patch Manager server.

SolarWinds does not recommend the use of HTTP (Port 80). Please use HTTPS (Port 443) to ensure that any web-related connections are secure.

Port	Type	Description
135	TCP	(RPC Endpoint Mapper) The SolarWinds Patch Manager server uses this port to establish WMI connections to remote computers. It also uses this port to connect to the Service Control Manager (SCM) when it provisions the WMI providers dynamically on the remote computer.
389	TCP	(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) SolarWinds Patch Manager servers use this port for Active Directory authentication.
445	TCP	(SMB over TCP) The SolarWinds Patch Manager server uses this port when it provisions the WMI providers to a remote computer.
4092	TCP	(Console-to-Server Communication) The SolarWinds Patch Manager Admin Console uses this port to communicate to an independent Application Server role. This is a one-way communication channel that only requires inbound TCP traffic on the application server. In a distributed environment, SolarWinds Patch Manager servers use this port in the same manner for "downstream" communication. For example, the SolarWinds Patch Manager Primary Application Server (PAS) uses port 4092 to communicate with remote SolarWinds Patch Manager servers in secondary server roles.
8787	TCP	(Web Console Connections) By default, users connect to the SolarWinds Patch Manager web console server on port 8787.
17777	TCP	(SolarWinds Information Service) The SolarWinds Information Service (SWIS) facilities data exchange for the SolarWinds Patch Manager Web Console, along with the web console API. Ensure this port is not blocked on servers running the SolarWinds Patch Manager Web Console server.
1024-65536	Dynamic Ports	(DCOM or RPC) WMI technology is based on Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)/RPC communication. DCOM/RPC allocates the ports used by the server within a dynamic port range. This range is typically between 1024 and 65536. To configure these ports using Windows Firewall on your managed computers, enable the Inbound Rules in the WMI group.