Virtual machine running on Oracle Virtual Box consuming regular Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel entitlement

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Oracle Virtual Box

Issue

  • Virtual machine running on Oracle Virtual Box consuming regular Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel entitlement instead of Flex guest entitlement.

Resolution

Oracle Virtual Box is not a supported visualization platform. Only virtual machines from Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware, Hyper-V, or Virtage host systems will be able to consume flex guest entitlement.

Root Cause

Virtual machines from Oracle Virtual Box or any other unsupported visualization platform will consume regular Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel entitlement.

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