12.10. Supported hosts for virtual machine migration
For the virtual machine (VM) migration to work properly and be supported by Red Hat, the source and destination hosts must be specific RHEL versions and machine types. The following table shows supported VM migration paths.
VM migration between hosts with the same RHEL version on the supported machine types is also supported.
| Migration method | Release type | Future version example | Support status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Minor release |
10.0.1 | On supported RHEL 10 systems and machine types |
| Forward | Major release |
9.7 | On supported RHEL systems and machine types |
| Backward | Minor release |
10.1 | On supported RHEL 10 systems and machine types |
| Backward | Major release |
10.1 | On supported RHEL systems and machine types |
The support status might vary for other virtualization solutions provided by Red Hat, including RHOSP and OpenShift Virtualization.