VMware's Carbon Black Cloud Workload solution provides security for your virtualized environment through a built-in protection for your virtual machines. It reduces the attack surface by allowing Infrastructure, DevOps, and Security teams to view OS and application vulnerabilities through the vCenter Management plane, and the Carbon Black Cloud console.
Before you install or upgrade the Carbon Black Cloud Workload, make sure your environment meets the supported requirements. You must install one Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance per vCenter Server.
Supported Products with Carbon Black Cloud Workload
| Product/Component | Supported Version |
|---|---|
| VMware vCenter Server | 6.7 U1, 6.7 U2, 6.7 U3, 7.0, 7.0 U1, 7.0 U2 |
| VMware ESXi | 6.5 U3, 6.7 U1, 6.7 U2, 6.7 U3, 7.0, 7.0 U1, 7.0 U2 |
| VMware Tools for Windows Operating System (OS) | 11.2 and above
Note: Virtual machines in your
vCenter Server inventory must have VMware Tools version 11.2 or later.
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| Open VM Tools (open-vm-tools) for Linux OS | 10.3.2 and above |
| NSX-T | 3.1.3 and above |
| Carbon Black sensor |
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Supported Browsers for the Carbon Black Cloud Console
- Windows: Firefox, Chrome, and Edge
- macOS: Safari, Firefox, and Chrome
Supported Operating Systems for the Carbon Black Cloud Sensor
Only 64-bit architecture is supported.
| Operating System | OS Version | Workloads |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 | v21H2 | 3.7 and above |
| Windows 10 21H2 | v21H2 | 3.6 and above |
| Windows 10 21H1 | v21H1 | |
| Windows 10 20H2 | v20H2 | |
| Windows 10 20H1 | v2004 | |
| Windows 10 19H2 | v1909 | |
| Windows 10 19H1 | v1903 | |
| Windows 10 October 2018 Update | v1809 | |
| Windows 10 April 2018 Update | v1803 | |
| Windows 10 Fall Creators Update | v1709 | |
| Windows 10 Creators Update | v1703 | |
| Windows 10 Anniversary Update | v1607 | |
| Windows 10 | v1507, v1511 | |
| Windows 8.1 | SP0, Update 1, Update 2 | |
| Windows 8 | SP0 | |
| Windows 7(KB4474419 patch applied) | SP1 | |
| Windows 7 | SP1 | 3.6.0 – 3.6.0.2076 |
| Operating System | OS Version | Workloads |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2022 | N/A | 3.7 and above |
| Windows Server 2019 | N/A | 3.6 and above |
| Windows Server 2016 | SP0 | |
| Windows 2012 R2 | SP0 | |
| Windows 2012 | SP0, SP1 | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | SP1 (KB4474419 patch applied) | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | SP1 | 3.6.0 – 3.6.0.2076 |
| Operating System | OS Version | Workloads |
|---|---|---|
| RHEL 8 | 8.0-8.4 | 2.9.0 – 2.11.3 |
| CentOS 8 | 8.0-8.4 | |
| Oracle 8 | 8.0-8.2 | |
| RHEL 7 | 7.0-7.9 | |
| CentOS 7 | ||
| Oracle 7 | ||
| RHEL 6 | 6.6-6.10 | |
| CentOS 6 | ||
| Oracle 6 | ||
| SUSE 12 | 12.2-12.5 | |
| SUSE 15, OpenSUSE 15 | 15.0-15.1 | |
| OpenSUSE 42 | 42.2-42.3 | |
| Amazon Linux 2 | 2.0 | |
| Ubuntu 16 | 16.04 LTS | |
| Ubuntu 18 | 18.04 LTS, 18.10 | |
| Ubuntu 19 | 19.04 LTS, 19.10 | |
| Ubuntu 20 | 20.04 LTS | |
| Ubuntu 21 | 21.04 | 2.11.3 |
| Debian 9 | 9.0-9.9 | 2.11.0-2.11.3 |
| Debian 10 | 10.0-10.10 |
Supported Hardware
Before you install or upgrade Carbon Black Cloud Workload, your system hardware must meet the following requirements. You must install one Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance per vCenter Server.
| Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Memory | 4 GB |
| Storage | 41 GB (thick provisioned) |
| vCPU | 4 vCPU |
