Compatible Guest Operating Systems

The following are compatible as guest operating systems for virtual machines (VMs) running on everRun systems.

Operating System

Version

Boot
Firmware
Interface

CentOS 7 CentOS 7.01CentOS 7.0 virtual machines must use kernel version 3.10.0-123.8.1 or later. If using an earlier kernel version there is a risk that the VM may hang., 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (all 64-bit) BIOS

CentOS 6

CentOS 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 (all 64-bit)

BIOS
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Standard, 2 Core Datacenter)

64-bit

BIOS

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Essentials, Standard, Datacenter) 64-bit

BIOS

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter)

64-bit, 64-bit R2

BIOS
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 (Standard, Essential, Premium Add-On)

64-bit

BIOS
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Web, Small Business, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter)

32-bit, 64-bit R2 only

BIOS
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)

32-bit R2 SP22For specific installation and migration procedures, see Creating a New Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine and Migrating a Windows Server 2003 VM to an everRun 7.x System.

BIOS
Microsoft Windows 10 Desktop 64-bit BIOS
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Desktop (Enterprise)

64-bit

BIOS
Microsoft Windows 8 Desktop (Enterprise)

64-bit

BIOS

Microsoft Windows 7 Desktop

32-bit, 64-bit

BIOS
Oracle Linux 7.3 Red Hat Compatible (RHC) Kernel x86-64 BIOS
Oracle Linux 6.8 RHC Kernel x86-64 BIOS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (Workstation, Server)

Red Hat 7.03RHEL 7.0 virtual machines must use kernel version 3.10.0-123.8.1 or later. If using an earlier kernel version there is a risk that the VM may hang., 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (all 64-bit)

BIOS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Workstation, Server)

Red Hat 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 (all 64-bit)

BIOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

SLES 11 SP3 64-bit

SLES 11 SP4 64-bit

SLES 12 SP2 64-bit

SLES 12 SP3 64-bit

BIOS
Ubuntu

12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS (all 64-bit)

17.10.1 Server 64-bit

18.04 Server 64-bit

BIOS