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1Debian LTS: Debian is supporting this release with
Debian LTS. Critical security updates
are provided via the Debian LTS project for the duration
of the LTS lifecycle.
For more information about the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) images available on
Compute Engine, see
RHEL operating system details.
General information
OS version
Image project
Image family
Built by
Support stage
EOL and image deprecation date
License model
RHEL 8
rhel-cloud
rhel-8
Google
GA
May 2029
On demand/BYOS1,2
RHEL 7
rhel-cloud
rhel-7
Google
GA
June 2024
On demand/BYOS1,2
RHEL 6
rhel-cloud
rhel-6
Google
GA
November 2020
On demand/BYOS1,2
RHEL 5
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
BYOS2
RHEL 7.7 for SAP
rhel-sap-cloud
rhel-7-7-sap-ha
Google
GA
August 2023
On demand/BYOS1,2
RHEL 7.6 for SAP
rhel-sap-cloud
rhel-7-6-sap-ha
Google
GA
October 2022
On demand/BYOS1,2
RHEL 7.4 for SAP
rhel-sap-cloud
rhel-7-4-sap
Google
GA
August 2021
On demand/BYOS1,2
1On demand: This OS is available from Google Cloud with an on-demand license.
2BYOS: You can apply your existing subscription or license from the OS vendor
to the Google-provided OS image. The image that is provided by Google Cloud contains enhancements
that might not be included if you bring your own OS image.
For more information about the SUSE Enterprise Linux Server (SLES) images available on
Compute Engine, see
SLES operating system details.
General information
OS version
Image project
Image family
Built by
Support stage
EOL and image deprecation date
License model
SLES 15 SP1
suse-cloud
sles-15
SUSE
GA
TBD
On demand/BYOS1,2
SLES 15
suse-byos-cloud
N/A
SUSE
GA
Dec 2022
BYOS2
SLES 12 SP5
suse-cloud
sles-12
SUSE
GA
Oct 2027
On demand/BYOS1,2
SLES 12 SP4
suse-byos-cloud
N/A
SUSE
GA
June 2023
BYOS2
SLES 12 SP3
suse-byos-cloud
N/A
SUSE
GA
June 2022
BYOS2
SLES 12 SP2
suse-byos-cloud
N/A
SUSE
GA
March 2021
BYOS2
SLES 12 SP1
N/A
N/A
SUSE
EOL
May 2020
EOL
SLES 11 SP4
suse-byos-cloud
sles-11-byos
SUSE
LTSS3
March 2022
BYOS2 with LTSS3
SLES 15 SP1 SAP
suse-sap-cloud
sles-15-sp1-sap
SUSE
GA
TBD
On demand/BYOS
SLES 15 SAP
suse-sap-cloud
sles-15-sap
SUSE
GA
Dec 2022
On demand/BYOS1,2
SLES 12 SP5 for SAP
suse-sap-cloud
sles-12-sp5-sap
SUSE
GA
Oct 2027
On demand/BYOS1,2
SLES 12 SP4 for SAP
suse-sap-cloud
sles-12-sp4-sap
SUSE
GA
June 2023
On demand/BYOS
SLES 12 SP3 for SAP
suse-sap-cloud
sles-12-sp3-sap
SUSE
GA
June 2022
On demand/BYOS1,2
SLES 12 SP2 for SAP
suse-sap-cloud
sles-12-sp2-sap
SUSE
GA
March 2021
On demand/BYOS1,2
SLES 12 SP1 for SAP
N/A
N/A
SUSE
EOL
May 2020
EOL
1On demand: This OS is available from Google Cloud with an on-demand license.
2BYOS: You can apply your existing subscription from SUSE using the BYOS OS
image from the suse-byos-cloud project. The image that is provided by SUSE for BYOS
contains enhancements that might not be included if you bring your own OS image.
3LTSS: Support for this operating system is only offered through the
Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) that is available when
using BYOS licenses from SUSE.
1Ubuntu ESM: You can apply your existing
ESM subscription
to the Google-provided OS image. The image that is provided by Google Cloud contains enhancements
that might not be included if you bring your own OS image.
1Google Support typically coincides with Extended Support End Date. For
information about the end of support (EOS) date for each of the operating systems in the table
below, see the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.
2For information about Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 7,
see Microsoft's Extended Security Updates Lifecycle FAQ.
1Google provides NVMe drivers for 64-bit Windows images, but not for 32-bit
Windows images. Google tests a limited number of Windows client versions. For images that
require Secure Boot, Google provides signed NVMe drivers for Windows 8.1 64-bit, which you can
also use on Windows 10.
2Google does not test the VSS agent on any client images.
1Google Support typically coincides with Extended Support End Date. For
information about the end of support (EOS) date for each of the operating systems in the table
below, see the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.
2For information about Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 2008 R2,
see Microsoft's Extended Security Updates Lifecycle FAQ.
1Not tested by Google.
2VSS not supported.
3Supported with deprecated Python agent.
464-bit supported, 32 bit only supported for offline migration with manual adaptions.
5Self-import is available.
6Only supported for offline migration with manual adaptions.
