# SUSE Multi-Linux Manager license **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Multi Linux Manager\ **Created:** [February 13, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-multi-linux-manager-license/46163 "2026-02-13T18:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jiri\_Kvapil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jiri_kvapil/32/12313_2.png) [@Jiri\_Kvapil](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jiri_Kvapil)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-multi-linux-manager-license/46163/1 "2026-02-13T18:56:45Z")
I have customer who is running SUMA 4.3 and wants to move to SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.1. They have only SLES license and SUMA license inside SCC. Can I use SUMA license for SUSE Multi-Linux Manager or they need different license ? (Plan is to install SLES 15SP7 and add SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.1 on top of it. They do not want SLE Micro deployment). ---
**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:** [February 13, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-multi-linux-manager-license/46163/2 "2026-02-13T21:57:10Z")
@Jiri_Kvapil Hi and welcome to the Forum 😄 It will run on SLES 15 SP7 as the container host, see the Server requirements section [https://documentation.suse.com/multi-linux-manager/5.1/en/docs/installation-and-upgrade/hardware-requirements.html](https://documentation.suse.com/multi-linux-manager/5.1/en/docs/installation-and-upgrade/hardware-requirements.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jiri\_Kvapil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/jiri_kvapil/32/12313_2.png) [@Jiri\_Kvapil](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jiri_Kvapil)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-multi-linux-manager-license/46163/3 "2026-02-13T23:51:22Z")
Hello, My question was related to licensing requirement for Multi-Linux-Manager and SUSEConnect -p Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-SLE/5.1/x86\_64 -r Is this accept old SUMA registration code or license is different ? > **[3.2. Prepare SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 host - SUSE Multi-Linux Manager...](https://documentation.suse.com/multi-linux-manager/5.1/en/docs/installation-and-upgrade/container-deployment/mlm/server-deployment-mlm.html#deploy-mlm-server-sles)** > > This guide shows you how to install and configure a SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.1 container on SL Micro 6.1 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7. | Configure a SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5.1 server on SL Micro 6.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7,... ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-multi-linux-manager-license/46163/4 "2026-02-14T00:31:11Z")
@Jiri_Kvapil That is something you would need to ask your SUSE Sales partner, the way I read it is you need a Multi-Linux license for the container… Maybe @smflood can offer more details. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-multi-linux-manager-license/46163/5 "2026-02-19T18:19:42Z")
I’m not 100% sure about this so I’d check with SUSE but I’m guessing that if both licenses are still current (i.e. not expired) then they should work. I’m fairly certain the SLES one would work for SLES but I’m a bit surprised if the SUMA license is still referred to as SUMA in SCC and not SMLM. Note that SMLM includes a license to use SL Micro as the host OS so if you (or your customer) want to host on SLES then you will need a SLES license in addition to the SMLM license. Personally I’d use SL Micro to host SMLM and not just to save the cost of the SLES license.