Supported guest operating systems
The guest operating systems listed below have been tested and are supported in virtual machines.
Only the x64 architecture is supported.
Windows
Version | Edition | CPU hot plug support | RAM hot plug support |
---|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2022 | Essentials | No | No |
Standard, Datacenter | Yes | Yes | |
Windows Server 2019 | Essentials | No | No |
Standard, Datacenter | Yes | Yes | |
Windows Server 2016 | Essentials | No | No |
Standard, Datacenter | Yes* | Yes | |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | Essentials, Standard, Datacenter | Yes | Yes |
Windows Server 2012 | Standard, Datacenter | Yes | Yes |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | Standard, Datacenter | No | No |
Windows 10 | Home, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise 2016 LTSB | No | No |
Windows 8.1 | Home, Professional, Enterprise | No | No |
* CPU hot plug does not work properly due to a Windows bug with a wrongly installed driver. To fix the issue, refer to this solution.
Linux
Distribution | Version | CPU hot plug support | RAM hot plug support |
---|---|---|---|
Rocky Linux | 9.x, 8.x | Yes | Yes |
AlmaLinux | 9.x, 8.x | Yes | Yes |
CentOS | 8.x, 7.x | Yes | Yes |
6.x | No | No | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 9.x, 8.x, 7.x | Yes | Yes |
Debian | 10.x, 9.x | Yes | Yes |
Ubuntu | 22.04.x, 20.04.x, 18.04.x | Yes | Yes |
16.04.x | No | No | |
Oracle Linux | 7.3, 7.9 | Yes | Yes |
SUSE Linux Enterprise | 15.x (SP3, SP4, SP5) | Yes | Yes |