Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support Features

This table lists the availability of various features on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support clients.

The operating system you run on a client is supported by the organization that supplies the operating system. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support is supported by SUSE.

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 Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support Operating Systems
Feature	SLES ES 7	SLES ES 8
Client		Salt
System packages	SUSE	SUSE
Registration		Salt
Install packages		Salt
Apply patches		Salt
Remote commands		Salt
System package states	Salt	Salt
System custom states	Salt	Salt
Group custom states	Salt	Salt
Organization custom states	Salt	Salt
System set manager (SSM)	Salt	Salt
Product migration	N/A	N/A
Basic Virtual Guest Management		Salt
Advanced Virtual Guest Management	Salt	Salt
Virtual Guest Installation (Kickstart), as Host OS	Traditional
Virtual Guest Installation (image template), as Host OS		Salt
System deployment (PXE/Kickstart)		Salt
System redeployment (Kickstart)
Contact methods	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
Package locking
System locking	Traditional
Maintenance Windows
System snapshot	Traditional	Salt
Configuration file management		Salt
Snapshots and profiles	Traditional. Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Salt: Profiles supported, Sync not supported
Power management		Salt
Monitoring	Salt	Salt
Docker buildhost
Build Docker image with OS
Kiwi buildhost
Build Kiwi image with OS
Recurring Actions	Salt	Salt
AppStreams	N/A
Yomi	N/A	N/A

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.