# SLED 12 as virtual host **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [October 16, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530 "2015-10-16T12:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@pekk](https://forums.suse.com/u/pekk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530/1 "2015-10-16T12:38:56Z")
Hi there, Just a quick question about running virtual machines on SLED. Is it supported? Documentation apparently only talks about SLES. Yast fails if I try to run “Install Hypervisor and tools” with error “Package pattern-sled-virtualization\_client install failed”. -pekk- ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530/2 "2015-10-16T14:17:14Z")
On 16/10/2015 10:44, pekk wrote: [color=blue] > Just a quick question about running virtual machines on SLED. Is it > supported? Documentation apparently only talks about SLES. > > Yast fails if I try to run “Install Hypervisor and tools” with error > “Package pattern-sled-virtualization\_client install failed”.[/color] If SLED offers the relevant package(s) then it should be supported by SUSE but if your adding packages from SLES or somewhere else then it wouldn’t be supported. I believe “Install Hypervisor and Tools” trys to install Xen for which the packages are not available with SLED. SLED, as the name SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop suggests, is aimed at single end-user using it as a desktop environment and not for hosting virtual machines which is where SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server) comes in. However there is a grey area between the two but if you want to do stuff that SLED doesn’t allow then perhaps openSUSE is a better fit? ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530/3 "2015-10-16T14:21:33Z")
> [@](#): > > On Fri 16 Oct 2015 09:44:01 AM CDT, pekk wrote: > > Hi there, > > Just a quick question about running virtual machines on SLED. Is it > supported? Documentation apparently only talks about SLES. > > Yast fails if I try to run “Install Hypervisor and tools” with error > “Package pattern-sled-virtualization\_client install failed”. > > -pekk- Hi Does the system support virtualization and is it enabled in the system BIOS? Aside from the above all the tools are there to run libvirt/kvm, try from the command line; ```auto zypper in -t pattern virtualization_client Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Resolving package dependencies... The following 4 NEW packages are going to be installed: libspice-controller0 patterns-sled-virtualization_client patterns-sled-virtualization_client-32bit virt-viewer The following 2 NEW patterns are going to be installed: sled-virtualization_client-32bit virtualization_client The following 4 packages are not supported by their vendor: libspice-controller0 patterns-sled-virtualization_client patterns-sled-virtualization_client-32bit virt-viewer ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | GNOME 3.10.1 | 3.12.44-52.18-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@pekk](https://forums.suse.com/u/pekk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530/4 "2015-10-16T15:07:36Z")
Hi, Thank you for your answers. I did install virtualization\_client -pattern manually with zypper. Then after some poking around I tried to load kvm -modules manually just to get “No hardware support” error in dmesg. Ok, at least that was a problem 🙂 I’ll try with xen -kernel next but I think it might be just a bit too heavy for my needs. What I need is on the lines with gnome-boxes as it works in Tumbleweed. I just need to have a virtual WIndows for the workplace. Maybe I’ll wait for Leap to be released and switch to that but I wouldn’t want to do that since we already pay for SLED 🙂 I’ll let you know how it goes with xen. -pekk. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530/5 "2015-10-16T15:18:06Z")
> [@](#): > > On Fri 16 Oct 2015 12:14:02 PM CDT, pekk wrote: > > Hi, > > Thank you for your answers. > > I did install virtualization\_client -pattern manually with zypper. Then > after some poking around I tried to load kvm -modules manually just to > get “No hardware support” error in dmesg. Ok, at least that was a > problem 🙂 I’ll try with xen -kernel next but I think it might be just a > bit too heavy for my needs. What I need is on the lines with gnome-boxes > as it works in Tumbleweed. > > I just need to have a virtual WIndows for the workplace. Maybe I’ll wait > for Leap to be released and switch to that but I wouldn’t want to do > that since we already pay for SLED 🙂 > > I’ll let you know how it goes with xen. > > -pekk. Hi So does your cpu support virtualization? ```auto lscpu | grep Virt ``` You would need to build gnome-boxes, but should work… I use virt-manager and qemu-kvm without issues. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | GNOME 3.10.1 | 3.12.44-52.18-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@pekk](https://forums.suse.com/u/pekk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-as-virtual-host/27530/6 "2015-10-16T16:43:54Z")
Ok, now I got it. It was a combination of things… VT disabled in BIOS and thinking that virtualization\_client -pattern was somehow required. After enabling VT in BIOS and just installing libvirt-daemon-qemu, qemu-kvm and virt-manager everything started working 🙂 Thanks again for Your help.