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