Supported Operating Systems for Notification Server and Site Servers
The latest version of the Symantec Management Platform requires Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022. However, the Symantec Management Platform can host middleware components on computers other than the Notification Server. These middleware components support several operating systems.
The official name for a middleware component is a "site service." Any computer that hosts a site service is known as a site server. Examples of site services are package service and task service. A site server can have one or more site services installed on it. For example, if you install the package server site service (the "package service") onto a computer, that computer becomes a package server.
Site servers can use either a Windows desktop operating system or a Windows server operating system. A site server with a package service installed can also use a Linux server operating system.
Distributed and large environments may require numerous site servers to meet configuration management demands. Notification Server makes sure that the site service is installed only on the computers that satisfy the minimum requirements. Your primary consideration is the number of concurrent sessions that you need when you choose between a server operating system and a desktop operating system. A Windows desktop is limited to 10 or 20 concurrent TCP connections and a server operating system does not have the same limitations. A site with less than 100 endpoints may only require 10 sessions. However, a Windows server may be required for larger remote sites.
For more information on Symantec IT Management Suite platform support, see Platform and OS Support section.