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SnapCenter Software 4.5
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Host requirements for installing the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Linux

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Before you install the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Linux, you should be familiar with some basic host system space and sizing requirements.

Item Requirements

Operating systems

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

For the latest information about supported versions, see the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool.

Minimum RAM for the SnapCenter plug-in on host

1 GB

Minimum install and log space for the SnapCenter plug-in on host

2 GB

Note You should allocate sufficient disk space and monitor the storage consumption by the logs folder. The log space required varies, depending on the number of the entities to be protected and the frequency of data protection operations. If there is no sufficient disk space, the logs will not be created for the recently run operations.

Required software packages

Java 1.8.x (64-bit)Oracle Java and OpenJDK flavors

If you have upgraded JAVA to the latest version, you must ensure that the JAVA_HOME option located at /var/opt/snapcenter/spl/etc/spl.properties is set to the correct JAVA version and the correct path.

For the latest information about supported versions, see the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool. .