:: System Requirements

1. Installation Machine
2. Database Considerations
3. Non-Agent Windows Target Systems
4. Agent Windows Target Systems
5. Agent Manager Host Systems
6. Reporting Center Host System
7. Supported

Installation Machine:

• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, NT 4.0 SP6 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, or Windows XP Professional (English)
  
  Note: For NT systems ONLY, you also need: MDAC 2.6 or higher
  
  Note: On Windows NT4 systems, the offline browsing pack must be installed. This can be found in IE 5 SP1 or "Gold" edition. The change updates the Schedule Service atsvc.exe to the Schedule Task Tool mstask.exe according to Microsoft. For details, consult Microsoft article, Q236773.

• English version operating system (for both software and database)
• 500 MHz CPU or higher
  
  Recomendations:
  -500 systems or fewer, 1.5 GHz Pentium III-compatible or faster processor
  - 500-1000 systems, 2.5 GHz Pentium IV-compatible or faster processor
  - 1000 systems or more, 3 GHz Pentium IV-compatible or faster processor
  
• 256 MB RAM or greater
  
  Note: In addition to CPU speed and available RAM, network traffic and resource utilization (such as how many other application are running on the installed system) also affect performance.
  
  Recommendations: 500 systems or fewer, 512 MB of RAM 500-1000 systems, 1 GB of RAM 1000 systems or more, 2 GB of RAM
  
• Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
  
  Recommendation: Internet connectivity for product and database updates.
  
• Microsoft Installer (MSI)
• Microsoft Task Scheduler with scheduling service running
• NetBIOS (over TCP/IP) protocol support (depending on discovery method)
• Remote Registry Service must be enabled
• Valid user account with access rights on the remote database (if remote) and administrator rights on the local machine / system where Patch Manager is installed
• Screen resolution of 800 x 600 or higher
  
  Recommendation: 1024 x 768 Super VGA
  
• To use alerts and triggers, a SNMP manager (v2c traps) or a mail server must be available on the network
• ~35 MB free disk space for software
• ~60 MB free disk space available for MSDE installation (if necessary)
• Sufficient disk space for the patch repository(ies)
  
  Recommendation: 270 MB available disk space

Database Considerations:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000 for the database.
  
  Notes:

1. MSDE is a free Microsoft database with a 2.0 GB data limit, making it a viable option for testing the database functionality or small environments. MSDE can be upgraded to SQL Server at any time (without any data loss).
2. Resource: Microsoft's requirements for SQL are available at: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/sysreqs/2000/default.asp
3. Database Creators role to create a new database on an existing SQL server
4. Database "bulk insert" administrator role
5. Roles db_datareader, db_datawriter, and public rights to access the database
   

• SQL Client
• Sufficient disk space for the patch knowledge database:
  
  Recommendations:

  - 500 systems or fewer, 250 MB available disk space
  - 500-1000 systems, 500 MB available disk space
  - 1000 systems or more, 1 GB available disk space
  
  Disk Usage per system:

  ˜ 1.2KB of database space per system discovered
  ˜ 100KB of database space per system per scan
  ˜ 1KB of database space per system per patch pushed

  Disk Usage per 1000 systems:

  ˜ 1MB for the systems
  ˜ 100MB per full network scan
  ˜ 1MB per full network push

Non-Agent Windows Target Systems:

SCANNING / ANALYSIS

• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2003
  
  Recommendations:
  - Windows 2000 SP4
  - Windows XP Professional SP2
  - Windows 2003 Standard edition, Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter with SP1 or higher
  - Windows 2003 Small Business Server with SP1 or higher
  
  Notes: On Windows NT4 systems, the offline browsing pack must be installed. This can be found in IE 5 SP1 or "Gold" edition. The change updates the Schedule Service atsvc.exe to the Schedule Task Tool mstask.exe according to Microsoft. For details, consult Microsoft article, Q236773.
  
• Remote Registry Service enabled
• NetBIOS (over TCP/IP) protocol support (depending on discovery method)
• File and Print sharing protocol enabled (for Microsoft networks)
• Within workgroups, a local admin account on each system that matches the username and password of the account actively using Patch Manager on the installation system
• Windows Installer 2.0 or higher (for MSOffice support)
• To use Wake-on-LAN feature, system and network card must support and be configured for Wake-on-LAN packets.

REMEDIATION / ROLLBACK

• Domain (or Enterprise) Administrator rights for all the domains containing systems you want to analyze
• Microsoft Task Scheduler
• Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
• Sufficient disk space for the patch(es) being installed
  
  Notes: Only patches with vendor support for rollback can be uninstalled through Patch Manager's rollback capability. Others must be uninstalled manually.
  
• A share directory
  

Agent Manager Host Systems:

• Windows 2000 SP4 (or higher) Server or Windows 2003 Server
• NTFS permissions of Read, Write, and Execute to the Agent
• Manager install directory
  
  Note: Agent Manager cannot be installed on FAT32 systems.
  
• Ecora Patch Manager 4.0 or higher
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000 for the database
• Internet Information Services (Microsoft IIS) version 5.0 or higher
  
  Note: Windows NT 4.0 ships with a lower version of IIS and does not meet the system requirements.
  
• At least one web site must be running
• Operator access to the chosen website virtual directory on the web server
• The "World Wide Web Publishing Service" (svchost.exe -k iissvcs for Windows 2003 or inetinfo.exe for Windows 2000) must be running
• Microsoft .Net Framework (version 1.1)
  
  o On Windows 2003 platforms, ASP.NET component of Application Server must be installed
  o On Windows 2000 platforms, .NET should be installed after IIS (if not, ASP.NET should be registered manually using aspnet_regiis.exe (more information is available here).
  o If the system became a domain controller after .NET was installed, .NET should be reinstalled (to grant necessary permissions).
  
• MDAC 2.7 or higher
• Microsoft Windows Installer 2 or higher
• Microsoft Windows Script 5.6 or higher on Windows 2000 (download here)
• Domain or local administrative rights
  

Reporting Center Host System:

• Internet Information Services (Microsoft IIS) version 5.0 or higher
  Note: Windows NT systems ship with a lower version of IIS and does not meet the system requirements.
  Operator access to the "default website" virtual directory on the web server
• Operator access to the "default website" virtual directory on the web server
• Microsoft Installer
• Microsoft .Net Framework (version 1.1)
• MDAC 2.7 or higher is required
• Domain or local admin rights (Reporting Center will attempt to create a domain user account; if this fails, it will create the user as a local user.)
• Integrated Windows Authentication access enabled for the default website
• If installed on NTFS partition, NTFS permissions of Read/Write/Execute to the Reporting Center install directory
  
  Note:To access and fully utilize the reporting center, the machine accessing the Reporting Center must have IE 5.5 or higher installed.

Supported:

Ecora Patch Manager supports patches from Microsoft that have been formally released with a Security Bulletin (with very rare exceptions) and publicly available patches from Sun.

• Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional (International)
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, NT 4.0 SP6 Terminal Server Edition (International)
• Microsoft Office 2000 SR1-a or higher (English)
• Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, including SP2 (English)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (International)
• Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01, 5.5, 6.0 (English)
• Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows Server 2003 (English)
• Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and 2000 including SP3 (English)
• Microsoft Exchange 2003 Gold, including SP1 (English)
• Microsoft Internet Information Services 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 (English)
• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or 2000 (English)
• Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 (English)
• Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 (English)
• Microsoft Media Player 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, 9.0, 10 (English)
• Microsoft .Net 1.0, 1.1 (English)
• Microsoft DirectX 7.0 – 9.0c (English)
• Microsoft XML (English)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 (English)
• International support currently includes the following languages:
  o Danish
  o Dutch
  o Finnish
  o French
  o German
  o Italian
  o Japanese
  o Norwegian
  o Portuguese
  o Spanish
  o Swedish