Support for ProLinux as guest operating system on VMware vSphere.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article will clarify how to select the VM option for ProLinux.

Symptoms:

ProLinux guest operating system option is unavailable in the vSphere client during the process of creating or editing a virtual machine.
 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0.2
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.3
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.2

Resolution

Currently there is no resolution.

Workaround:

ProLinux is a supported guest operating system on VMware vSphere. Please refer to the VMware compatibility guide , which is the authority on specific supported configurations of guest operating system releases and VMware vSphere releases. If a particular vSphere release does not provide a guest operating system option for ProLinux in the vSphere client during the process of creating or editing a virtual machine, select "Other N.x Linux (64-bit)" as the guest operating system, where N is best match for the major Linux kernel version included in the ProLinux release.