Full Support for Debian 9.0 has been introduced for these products:
- ESXi 6.5
For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Category Archives: Debian
Debian 8.0
Support for Debian 8.0 has been introduced for these products:
- ESXi 6.0
For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Debian 7 Wheezy
The release of vSphere 5.5 adds support for Debian 7.0 and 7.1 on ESXi 5.5, with the following support considerations:
- Installation instruction can be found here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/home.html
For more information about software support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
OS Releases No Longer Supported
The release of vSphere 5.5 announces the following guest operating system releases are no longer supported:
- CentOS 4.5-4.8
- CentOS 5.0-5.5
- CentOS 6.0
- Debian 5.0.x
- Debian 4.0
- FreeBSD 6.x
- Netware
- OS/2 Warp
- Oracle Linux 4.5-4.8
- Oracle Linux 5.0-5.5
- Oracle Linux 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5-4.8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2-5.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP0, 10 SP1 and 10 SP2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 SP0, 9 SP1, 9 SP2 and 9 SP3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 8 SP3 and 8 SP4
- Ubuntu 10.10, 9.10, 9.04, 8.10 and 8.04.x
- Windows NT
- All 16-bit Windows releases (Windows 98, Window 95 and Microsoft DOS)
If you are currently running a guest operating system that is at the Terminated support level, VMware recommends moving to a newer release immediately. VMware support does not provide assistance with any issues relating to this operating system release. More information on support levels are available at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2015161
For more information about software support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Deprecated OS Releases
The release of vSphere 5.1 announces the deprecation of the following guest operating system releases:
- Debian 5.0.x
- Debian 4.0
- FreeBSD 6.x
- Netware
- OS/2 Warp
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, 10 SP1 and 10 SP2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 9, 9 SP1, 9 SP2 and 9 SP3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 8 SP3 and 8 SP4
- Ubuntu 10.10, 9.10, 9.04, 8.10 and 8.04.x
- Windows NT
- All 16-bit Windows releases (Windows 98, Window 95 and Microsoft DOS)
Deprecated operating system releases are still supported by VMware, but will no longer be supported in future VMware releases. More information on support levels are available at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2015161
Debian 5.0.10
The release of vSphere 5.1 adds support for Debian 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 on ESXi 5.1, with the following support considerations:
- Installation instruction can be found here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/Debian_5.html
For more information about software support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Debian 6.0.5
The release of vSphere 5.1 adds support for Debian 6.0.3, 6.0.4 and 6.0.5 on ESXi 5.1, with the following support considerations:
- Installation instruction can be found here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/Debian_6.html
For more information about software support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Debian 5.0.8
The release of vSphere 5 adds support for Debian 5.0.8 on ESXi 5.0, with the following support considerations:
- Installation instruction can be found here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/Debian_5.html
For more information about software support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Debian 6.0
The release of vSphere 5 adds support for Debian 6.0 on ESXi 5.0, with the following support considerations:
- Supported versions include 6.0.0, 6.0.1 and 6.0.2
- Installation instruction can be found here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/Debian_6.html
For more information about software support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide
Latest Updates
These are the changes or updates made to VMware Compatibility Guide since it was last published:
- Added support for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 on ESX 4.1
Check the VMware Compatibility Guide here: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software&testConfig=16