Guest OS Install Guide

Category Archives: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host 7.x

Technical Preview Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host 7.x has been introduced for these products:

ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.5 Update 1, ESXi 5.5 Update 2 and ESXi 6.0.
Guidance on deploying RHEL Atomic Host in the vSphere environment can be found in RHEL7 Installation Guide.

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 has been introduced for these products:

ESXi 5.1 Update 2 , ESXi 5.1 Update 3 , ESXi 5.5 ，ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and ESXi 5.5 Update 2

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 has been introduced for these products:

ESXi 5.0 Update 3, ESXi 5.1 Update 1, ESXi 5.1 Update 2, ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and ESXi 5.5 Update 2

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 has been introduced for these products:

ESXi 5.0 Update 3, ESXi 5.1 Update 1, ESXi 5.1 Update 2, ESXi 5.5, ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and ESXi 5.5 Update 2

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 has been introduced for these products:

ESXi 5.1 Update 2 , ESXi 5.5 and ESXi 5.5 Update 1

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 has been introduced for these products:

ESX 4.1 Update 3, ESXi 5.0 Update 2, ESXi 5.0 Update 3, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.1 Update 1 and ESXi 5.5

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10 has been introduced for these products:

ESX 4.1 Update 3, ESXi 5.0 Update 2, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.1 Update 1 and ESXi 5.5

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide

Deprecated OS Releases

The release of vSphere 5.5 announces the deprecation of the following guest operating system releases:

FreeBSD 7.x
Mac OS X 10.6.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 SP4
Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 has been introduced for these products:

ESX 4.0 Update 4, ESX 4.1 Update 2, ESX 4.1 Update 3, ESXi 5.0 Update 1, ESXi 5.0 Update 2 and ESXi 5.1

For more information about software and hardware support, please check the VMware Compatibility Guide