Supported SUSE and openSUSE Client Features

This table lists the availability of various features on SUSE and openSUSE clients. This table covers all variants of the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system, including SLES, SLED, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for HPC.

The operating system you run on a client is supported by the organization that supplies the operating system. SUSE Linux Enterprise is supported by SUSE. openSUSE is supported by the SUSE community.

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 SUSE and openSUSE Operating Systems
Feature	SUSE Linux Enterprise 12	SUSE Linux Enterprise 15	openSUSE 15
Client
System packages	SUSE	SUSE	openSUSE Community
Registration			Salt
Install packages			Salt
Apply patches			Salt
Remote commands			Salt
System package states	Salt	Salt	Salt
System custom states	Salt	Salt	Salt
Group custom states	Salt	Salt	Salt
Organization custom states	Salt	Salt	Salt
System set manager (SSM)			Salt
Product migration			Salt
Basic Virtual Guest Management			Salt
Advanced Virtual Guest Management	Salt	Salt	Salt
Virtual Guest Installation (AutoYaST), as Host OS	Traditional	Traditional
Virtual Guest Installation (image template), as Host OS	Salt	Salt	Salt
Virtual Guest Management	Salt	Salt	Salt
System deployment (PXE/AutoYaST)
System redeployment (AutoYaST)			Salt
Contact methods	Traditional: OSAD, RHNSD, SSH-push. Salt: ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	Traditional: OSAD, RHNSD, SSH-push. Salt: ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	Salt: ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH
Works with SUSE Manager Proxy			Salt
Action chains			Salt
Staging (pre-download of packages)			Salt
Duplicate package reporting			Salt
CVE auditing			Salt
SCAP auditing			Salt
Package verification	Traditional	Traditional
Package locking	Salt	Salt	Salt
System locking	Traditional	Traditional
Maintenance Windows
System snapshot	Traditional	Traditional
Configuration file management			Salt
Package profiles	Traditional. Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Traditional. Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported
Power management
Monitoring server	Salt	Salt	Salt
Monitored clients	Salt	Salt	Salt
Docker buildhost	Salt	Salt
Build Docker image with OS	Salt	Salt	Salt
Kiwi buildhost	Salt
Build Kiwi image with OS	Salt
Recurring Actions	Salt	Salt	Salt
AppStreams	N/A	N/A	N/A
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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.