Product Support Lifecycle
Lifecycle Dates by Product

Please ensure you do not upgrade your production cluster to anything other than a listed Stable version. Use Latest versions for test purposes only.

Please ensure you do not upgrade your production cluster to anything other than a listed Stable version. Use Latest versions for test purposes only.

The above stable major versions contain minor versions that have varying levels of stability. Please see the SUSE Storage Releases page to determine release version stability before upgrading.

Support Policy: A minimum of 2 years from date of release of major (e.g. 5.0) or minor versions (e.g. 5.1). If releases occur less frequently than every 18 months for major releases, or 12 months for minor releases, the support timeframe may be extended beyond 2 years at the discretion of SUSE. Critical bug fixes and security patches are back ported to previous releases (which are still supported) by customer request.

End of Life (EOL): Once a product release reaches its End of Life date, the customer may continue to use the product within the terms of product licensing agreement. However, no further code-level maintenance will be provided.

Please note: Rancher v2.9.x and above follow the new SUSE Rancher Prime lifecycle. See more information here.

RKE follows the upstream Kubernetes end of life schedule. These EOL dates may be subject to change.

*Users of SAP Data Intelligence: for extended support information, contact your account team.

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5.5 is a maintenance update of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5. The currently supported version is 5.5.

As an accommodation for customers wanting to upgrade directly to the upcoming refresh of SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 and thus avoid one intermediate update, the SES 6 lifecycle is extended to the 30th of May, 2022. We currently anticipate that release to be on March 15th. Should the date of the release be delayed, the 2 months grace period automatically adjusts. An earlier release will not move the grace period date.

SUSE Multi-Linux Support subscriptions include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server support for the term of the subscription and support for certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux currently in Red Hat Production Phase until product end of life per official policies posted by Red Hat.

SUSE Multi-Linux Support replaces SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support and provides all the underlying deliverables.

For support lifecycle for SUSE Linux Enterprise platform products refer to https://www.suse.com/support/policy.html and the lifecycle information for the respective SUSE Linux Enterprise Server release.

Generally supported versions are Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9.
For each major version, only the latest minor release is fully supported.

CentOS Stream is not supported in SUSE Multi-Linux Support.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise HPC with Extended Service Pack Overlap Support (ESPOS):

SUSE Linux Enterprise HPC with Extended Service Pack Overlap Support (ESPOS):

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SLES 12 SP2 based SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Clients can be built using the SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 component.
SLES 12 SP3 based SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Clients can be built using the SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 component as well as the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager for Retail build server.
SLES 12 SP3 based SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Clients built with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 component need to be re-built with the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager for Retail build server latest by 31st March 2022.

* Please note that while most SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Client Service Packs have a lifecycle of 1.5 years General Support, some have a Support lifecycle of 7.5 years. These 7.5 years are split into 3 phases: 1.5 years of General Support, 3 years of LTSS (ESPOS), and 3 years of LTSS Reactive. The various types of Support are defined in the Summary table - Long Term Service Support.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Clients can be built using the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager for Retail build server.

* Please note that while most SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Client Service Packs have a lifecycle of 1.5 years General Support, some have a Support lifecycle of 7.5 years. These 7.5 years are split into 3 phases: 1.5 years of General Support, 3 years of LTSS (ESPOS), and 3 years of LTSS Reactive. The various types of Support are defined in the Summary table - Long Term Service Support.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Modules

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Modules are sets of packages grouped into their own repository and updated independently of service pack lifecycles. The lifecycle for each module is different. More on Modules.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Modules - Lifecycle Details

Note about SMT 12: During the Long Term Service Pack Support period of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5, SMT 12 will continue to be supported under the LTSS conditions. SMT is not and will not be available on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 or later. If possible, we recommend upgrading to RMT, which is delivered as a part of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Modules

Starting with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, products consist of a set of modules. Modules allow you to customize the SLE product as per your needs.  You can choose from generic modules that are available for all products or product-specific modules.  Modules are based on service packs, so they get refreshed each year with the release of a new service pack.

More information can be found at https://documentation.suse.com/sles/html/SLES-all/article-modules.html

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*ESPOS - Extended Service Pack Overlap Support

*ESPOS - Extended Service Pack Overlap Support
**SP5 is the last Service Pack for this code stream.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications includes Extended Service Pack Overlay Support (ESPOS). This provides an additional 3 years of support for each SP following the end of general support. Combined with the standard 6 months overlay, it offers a total of 3.5 years of overlay support after the launch of the next Service Pack.

The last service pack of a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications major release has a separate lifecycle without ESPOS as there is no overlap with the next service pack. Customers have the option to receive an extended 3 years of support for this final service pack through Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS), which is available at an additional cost.
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*ESPOS - Extended Service Pack Overlap Support

**SP7 is the last Service Pack for this code stream.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications includes Extended Service Pack Overlay Support (ESPOS). This provides an additional 3 years of support for each SP following the end of general support. Combined with the standard 6 months overlay, it offers a total of 3.5 years of overlay support after the launch of the next Service Pack.

The last service pack of a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications major release has a separate lifecycle without ESPOS as there is no overlap with the next service pack. Customers have the option to receive an extended 3 years of support for this final service pack through Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS), which is available at an additional cost.
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SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy follows the same lifecycle as SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Server.

Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Service Packs

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 4.2 Server and SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 4.2 Proxy are installed with the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 installer. Unless stated otherwise in the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager release notes, the base operating system needs to be updated to the most current service pack according to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server lifecycle policy on a regular basis. Please refer to the latest release notes release notes for the most recent supported service pack.

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy follows the same lifecycle as SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Server.

Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Service Packs

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 4.3 Server and SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 4.3 Proxy are installed with the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 installer. Unless stated otherwise in the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager release notes, the base operating system needs to be updated to the most current service pack according to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server lifecycle policy on a regular basis. Please refer to the latest release notes release notes for the most recent supported service pack.

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 4.3 Server

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Proxy follows the same lifecycle as SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Server.

Supported SUSE Linux Micro

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.0 Server and SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.0 Proxy are installed on top of SUSE Linux Micro 5.5. Unless stated otherwise in the SUSE Multi-Linux Manager release notes, the base operating system needs to be updated to the most current service pack according to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server lifecycle policy on a regular basis. Please refer to the latest release notes release notes for the most recent supported service pack.

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.0 Server

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 3.1 Server is installed on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.
The base operating system needs to be updated to the most current service pack, according to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server lifecycle policy on a regular basis.
Please refer to the latest release notes for the most recent supported service pack.

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager for Retail 3.1 Branch Server is installed on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.
The base operating system is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 3.

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 3.2 Server is installed on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12. The base operating system needs to be updated to the most current service pack, according to the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server lifecycle policy on a regular basis. Please refer to the latest release notes for the most recent supported service pack.

SUSE Multi-Linux Manager for Retail 3.2 Branch Server is installed on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12. The base operating system is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 3.