Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.1 Full Support statement

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IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

IT Management Suite 7.6 HF5

Starting from IT Management Suite 7.6 HF5, Symantec Management Platform and related solutions support the management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 computers.

For most current Support Matrix, refer to:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/endpoint-security-and-management/it-management-suite/ITMS/Platform-and-OS-Support/client-os-support-matrix-v132626715-d780e25881.html

Resolution

List of supported solutions

Following are the tested and supported components of IT Management Suite 7.6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 client computers:

Network Discovery
Symantec Management Agent for UNIX, Linux, and Mac
Task Management
Deployment Solution
Inventory Solution
Monitor Solution
Patch Management
Software Management
Virtual Machine Management.

Known limitations for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 client computers

The known issues for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 client computers are as follows:

Known limitations in Deployment Solution
Known limitations in Monitor Solution

Table 1-1 Known limitations in Deployment Solution

Issue	Description
Deployment Solution is not supported.	Deployment Solution does not support a computer with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1.

Table 1-2 Known limitations in Monitor Solution

Issue

Description

Network monitor policy does not fetch data for all the metrics on RHEL 7.1.

Workaround:

Change the ethernet interface name from eth to ens in the network metric scripts.