SUSE Multi-Linux Support (MLS)

[Steve C]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to raise a question about compatibility and support in RHEL-compatible environments.

SUSE offers something called Multi-Linux Support (MLS), which provides enterprise support, updates, and lifecycle management for unmodified, 100% RHEL-compatible environments. It’s not a fork or clone—it’s the same binaries and behavior as RHEL, just supported by SUSE instead of Red Hat.

Given that Veeam already supports a wide range of Linux platforms, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, would there be any issue with a customer running Veeam products in a fully RHEL-compatible environment supported by SUSE MLS?

Our understanding is that Veeam support is based on the underlying OS behavior, so a customer in this scenario should still be fully supported. Can anyone—maybe a PM or support engineer—confirm this assumption?

Thanks in advance for any clarification!

Steve C.

[PTide]

Hi,

There will be no issues as long as the patches/fixes that SUSE provides for RHEL in terms of MLS program are bit-for-bit matching the corresponding RHEL patches.

However, it might get trickier should SUSE produce their own patche for RHEL. That is something we will discuss internally with the team.

Thanks!