Earlier versions of the SMU could be installed on operating system versions CentOS 6 or CentOS Stream 8. SMU versions 15.4.8300.00 or later can also be installed on a later version of the operating system, CentOS Stream 9. Support for CentOS 6 is removed.
In order to install a virtual SMU that runs on CentOS Stream 9 with VMware vSphere ESXi, follow the procedure documented in VMware vSphere ESXi– Installing and configuring a virtual SMU, ensuring that you deploy the OS template version SMU OVA 4.0 or later.
The vSMU can be deployed in Azure.
Note: The SMU version 15.4.8300 includes updates that allow the SMU to run on CentOS Stream 9 on a technology preview basis only. This release includes the SMU-OS-4.0.OVA file, which contains the updated SMU OS VMWare template. Hitachi Vantara recommends that this update is only installed on CentOS Stream 9 in a testing environment. It is not supported and should not be deployed in a production environment.
Starting with the vSMU CentOS Stream 8 release, the vSMU can be deployed in Azure.
Note: If you want to install SMU in Azure, refer to Microsoft Azure – Installing and configuring a virtual SMU User Guide (MK-92HNAS079) for details.
In order to install a virtual SMU that runs on CentOS Stream 9 with Hyper-V, follow the procedure documented in Hyper-V – Installing and configuring a virtual SMU, ensuring that you deploy the OS template version SMU-OS-HYPERV-4.0.zip or later.
Note: HDRS versions 4.3 and 6.1 are only supported on CentOS Stream 8.
See Migrating an existing virtual SMU to CentOS Stream 9 for instructions on how to upgrade an existing CentOS 6 or CentOS Stream 8 SMU to one running CentOS Stream 9.