This is unreleased documentation for SUSE® Virtualization v1.9 (Dev).

Virtual Machines

You can create Linux virtual machines using one of the following methods:

  • SUSE Virtualization UI: On the Virtual Machines screen, click Create and configure the settings on each tab.

  • Kubernetes API: Create a VirtualMachine object.

  • Harvester Terraform Provider: Define a harvester_virtualmachine resource block.

Creating Windows virtual machines on the UI involves slightly different steps. SUSE Virtualization provides a virtual machine template named windows-iso-image-base-template that adds a volume with the Virtio drivers for Windows, which streamlines the configuration process. If you require Virtio devices but choose to not use the template, you must add your own Virtio drivers for Windows to enable correct hardware detection.

Guest Operating Systems

SUSE Virtualization is designed to run a broad range of modern operating systems as virtual machine guests. SUSE supports virtual machines running operating systems that:

  • are supported by their vendor

  • are designed for x86_64 or ARM64 architectures

  • use standard virtualization interfaces and drivers supported by SUSE Virtualization. This refers to standard virtio devices (such as virtio-net, virtio-blk, virtio-scsi, and virtio-balloon), standard ACPI interfaces, and default hypervisor guest agent interactions provided or validated by SUSE Virtualization.

If a supported guest operating system (OS) encounters an issue running as a virtual machine, SUSE Support will investigate the problem and provide assistance within the scope of SUSE Virtualization. Applications and workloads running within the guest OS inherit support provided that the underlying guest OS is fully supported; however, issues originating within the guest operating system itself or higher-level application code may require direct engagement with the respective vendor.

Operating systems that have reached End of Life (EOL) with their vendor are not supported by SUSE.

The SUSE Virtualization team validates 2 Minor Releases of a given operating system on a rolling basis. See the Cloud Native Support Policy for more details.

Validated Guest Operating Systems

The following operating systems have been validated to run in SUSE Virtualization virtual machines:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 and 6.2

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 and 16

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 10

  • Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04

  • Windows 11

  • Windows Server 2025

The list includes only tested operating systems and is not intended to be exhaustive. Other operating systems may also run in SUSE Virtualization virtual machines. However, guest operating systems must match the architecture of the SUSE Virtualization cluster’s hosts. AMD virtual machines can run only on AMD clusters, and ARM virtual machines can run only on ARM clusters.

You are responsible for obtaining, activating, and managing licenses for any commercial software that you decide to use. SUSE Virtualization cannot be held responsible for damage or loss of data that may occur through the use of untested, unpatched, and outdated operating systems.

The contents of this document may not reflect the most current situation and may change at any time without notice.