Google Cloud supports premium enterprise Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SuSE Linux Enterprise (SLES). Migrate for Compute Engine supports converting a VM's license from a purchased license to one included in your Google Cloud bill via the Google Cloud Marketplace, where costs are based on the resources that you use.
Prerequisites
- VM(s) running RHEL 6/7 or SLES 11/12
- Migrations organized using Waves
Setting premium license types
Open your runbook CSV. Find the rows that describe the VMs you want to apply premium licenses to. Populate the license:os field with the URL from the table below. If the field is left blank, the existing license remains.
Note: license:os should correspond to OsType, which is queried from vSphere and when creating the runbook.
| OS Version | license:os |
| RHEL 6 | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-6-server |
| RHEL 7 | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-7-server |
| SLES 11 | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-11 |
| SLES 12 | https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-12 |
For more information from the OS providers, see Red Hat Cloud Access or SLES On Demand.