9.2. Host Compatibility Matrix
The following table outlines the supported hypervisor host versions in each compatibility version of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. For the 3.6 compatibility version, only Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts are supported.
Note
The latest version of VDSM is backwards compatible with all previous versions of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
Table 9.1.
| Supported RHEL or RHEV-H Version | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | ✓ | ||||||
| 6.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 6.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 6.5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 6.6 | ✓ | ||||||
| 6.7 | ✓ | ||||||
| 6.8 | ✓ | ||||||
| 7.0 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 7.1 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 7.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| 7.3 | ✓ |
When you create a new data center, you can set the compatibility version. Select the compatibility version that suits all the hosts in the data center. Once set, version regression is not allowed. For a fresh Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization installation, the latest compatibility version is set in the Default Data Center and Default Cluster; to use an older compatibility version, you must create additional data centers and clusters.
