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2.2. Software requirements

2.2.1. Operating Systems

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. It is expected that you have successfully completed installation of the operating system prior to commencing installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
  • Virtualization hosts require Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Where Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts are to be used it is expected that you have completed installation of the operating system prior to commencing installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
    Installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hypervisor is, however, covered in this guide. More detailed information is available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Hypervisor Deployment Guide.

Important — Supported Locales

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager setup script, rhevm-setup, supports the en_US.UTF-8, en_US.utf8, and en_US.utf-8 locales. Attempts at installation on systems where the locale in use is not one of these supported values will fail.