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The specific concern is *udev* and whether the *udev* version on the guest
should match the version of *udev* running on the host to ensure reliable
volume handling...

//adam


*Adam Lawson*

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On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Adam Lawson <alawson at aqorn.com> wrote:

> Mike that's just as I suspected. To be super clear, does KVM in particular
> know how to distinguish between Ubuntu v12 versus v16? In other words, do I
> need to be running a specific version of KVM hypervisor so it can host
> guests running the latest version of Ubuntu?
>
> Again, this was brought up as being a firm requirement but I've never ever
> heard of such a requirement unless we're debating KVM versus ESXi so I
> wanted to get my facts straight before I confirmed to the team one way or
> another.
>
> //adam
>
>
> *Adam Lawson*
>
> AQORN, Inc.
> 427 North Tatnall Street
> Ste. 58461
> Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230
> Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 101
> International: +1 302-387-4660
> Direct: +1 916-246-2072
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Mike Smith <mismith at overstock.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adam -
>>
>> The OS of the guest is independent of the Openstack version.  Your choice
>> of hypervisor (KVM, VMWare, HyperV, etc) would just need to support the OS
>> version that you want to run on your guests.
>>
>> Mike Smith
>> Lead Cloud Systems Architect
>> Overstock.com <http://overstock.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Adam Lawson <alawson at aqorn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone, do specific versions of OpenStack necessitate specific
>> versions of guest os's? I.e. if I'm running a mitaka cloud platform, do the
>> guest vm operating systems need to be a specific version of Linux? My
>> understanding is the two are totally unrelated when the VM's are running
>> Linux but I wanted to check if things have recently changed without my
>> knowledge.
>>
>> //adam
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