Supported Open Enterprise Server Features

This table lists the availability of various features on Open Enterprise Server clients.

The operating system you run on a client is supported by the organization that supplies the operating system. Open Enterprise Server is supported by Micro Focus or OpenText.

The icons in this table indicate:

the feature is available on both Salt and traditional clients
the feature is not available
the feature is under consideration, and may or may not be made available at a later date
Traditional the feature is supported only on traditional clients
Salt the feature is supported only on Salt clients.

Table 1. Supported Features on Open Enterprise Server Operating Systems
Feature	Open Enterprise Server 24.4	Open Enterprise Server 23.4
Client
System packages	SUSE	SUSE
Registration
Install packages
Apply patches
Remote commands
System package states	Salt	Salt
System custom states	Salt	Salt
Group custom states	Salt	Salt
Organization custom states	Salt	Salt
System set manager (SSM)
Product migration
Basic Virtual Guest Management
Advanced Virtual Guest Management	Salt	Salt
Virtual Guest Installation (AutoYaST), as Host OS	Traditional	Traditional
Virtual Guest Installation (image template), as Host OS	Salt	Salt
Virtual Guest Management	Salt	Salt
System deployment (PXE/AutoYaST)
System redeployment (AutoYaST)
Contact methods	Traditional: OSAD, RHNSD, SSH-push. Salt: ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	Traditional: OSAD, RHNSD, SSH-push. Salt: ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH
Works with SUSE Manager Proxy
Action chains
Staging (pre-download of packages)
Duplicate package reporting
CVE auditing
SCAP auditing
Package verification	Traditional	Traditional
Package locking	Salt	Salt
System locking	Traditional	Traditional
Maintenance Windows
System snapshot	Traditional	Traditional
Configuration file management
Package profiles	Traditional. Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Traditional. Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported
Power management
Monitoring server	Salt	Salt
Monitored clients	Salt	Salt
Docker buildhost	Salt	Salt
Build Docker image with OS	Salt	Salt
Kiwi buildhost
Build Kiwi image with OS
Recurring Actions	Salt	Salt
AppStreams	N/A	N/A
Yomi

Virtual Guest Management:

In this table, virtual guest management is split into basic and advanced.

Basic virtual guest management includes listing VMs, slow refresh, VM lifecycle actions (start, stop, resume, pause), and modifying VM vCPU and Memory.

Advanced virtual guest management includes all features of Basic virtual guest management plus fast refresh, VM lifecycle actions (delete, reset, power off), modifying VM disk, network, graphical display, and graphical display configuration.