Merge pull request #205926 from Sharmistha-Rai/main

Added support for RHEL5 & CentOS5 in V2A Preview

Author: PRMerger4

articles/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix.md

@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ Windows 7 with SP1 64-bit | Supported from [Update rollup 36](https://support.mi
 **Operating system** | **Details**
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 Linux | Only 64-bit system is supported. 32-bit system isn't supported.<br/><br/>Every Linux server should have [Linux Integration Services (LIS) components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) installed. It is required to boot the server in Azure after test failover/failover. If in-built LIS components are missing, ensure to install the [components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) before enabling replication for the machines to boot in Azure. <br/><br/> Site Recovery orchestrates failover to run Linux servers in Azure. However Linux vendors might limit support to only distribution versions that haven't reached end-of-life.<br/><br/> On Linux distributions, only the stock kernels that are part of the distribution minor version release/update are supported.<br/><br/> Upgrading protected machines across major Linux distribution versions isn't supported. To upgrade, disable replication, upgrade the operating system, and then enable replication again.<br/><br/> [Learn more](https://support.microsoft.com/help/2941892/support-for-linux-and-open-source-technology-in-azure) about support for Linux and open-source technology in Azure.<br/><br/> Chained IO is not supported by Site Recovery.
-Linux Red Hat Enterprise | 5.2 to 5.11</b><br/> 6.1 to 6.10</b> </br> 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, [7.7](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4528026/update-rollup-41-for-azure-site-recovery), [7.8](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4564347/), [7.9 Beta version](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4578241/), [7.9](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4590304/) </br> [8.0](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4531426/update-rollup-42-for-azure-site-recovery), 8.1, [8.2](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4570609), [8.3](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4597409/), [8.4](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/883a93a7-57df-4b26-a1c4-847efb34a9e8) (4.18.0-305.30.1.el8_4.x86_64 or higher), [8.5](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/883a93a7-57df-4b26-a1c4-847efb34a9e8) (4.18.0-348.5.1.el8_5.x86_64 or higher) <br/> Few older kernels on servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2-5.11 & 6.1-6.10 do not have [Linux Integration Services (LIS) components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) pre-installed. If in-built LIS components are missing, ensure to install the [components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) before enabling replication for the machines to boot in Azure. <br/><br/>Note: RHEl 5 is not supported for modernized VMware protection experience (in Preview).
-Linux: CentOS | 5.2 to 5.11</b><br/> 6.1 to 6.10</b><br/> </br> 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, [7.7](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4528026/update-rollup-41-for-azure-site-recovery), [7.8](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4564347/), [7.9](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4578241/) </br> [8.0](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4531426/update-rollup-42-for-azure-site-recovery), 8.1, [8.2](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4570609), [8.3](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4597409/), 8.4, 8.5 <br/><br/> Few older kernels on servers running  CentOS 5.2-5.11 & 6.1-6.10 do not have  [Linux Integration Services (LIS) components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) pre-installed. If in-built LIS components are missing, ensure to install the [components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) before enabling replication for the machines to boot in Azure. <br/><br/>Note: CentOS 5 is not supported for modernized VMware protection experience (in Preview).
+Linux Red Hat Enterprise | 5.2 to 5.11</b><br/> 6.1 to 6.10</b> </br> 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, [7.7](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4528026/update-rollup-41-for-azure-site-recovery), [7.8](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4564347/), [7.9 Beta version](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4578241/), [7.9](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4590304/) </br> [8.0](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4531426/update-rollup-42-for-azure-site-recovery), 8.1, [8.2](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4570609), [8.3](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4597409/), [8.4](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/883a93a7-57df-4b26-a1c4-847efb34a9e8) (4.18.0-305.30.1.el8_4.x86_64 or higher), [8.5](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/883a93a7-57df-4b26-a1c4-847efb34a9e8) (4.18.0-348.5.1.el8_5.x86_64 or higher) <br/> Few older kernels on servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2-5.11 & 6.1-6.10 do not have [Linux Integration Services (LIS) components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) pre-installed. If in-built LIS components are missing, ensure to install the [components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) before enabling replication for the machines to boot in Azure. 
+Linux: CentOS | 5.2 to 5.11</b><br/> 6.1 to 6.10</b><br/> </br> 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, [7.7](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4528026/update-rollup-41-for-azure-site-recovery), [7.8](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4564347/), [7.9](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4578241/) </br> [8.0](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4531426/update-rollup-42-for-azure-site-recovery), 8.1, [8.2](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4570609), [8.3](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4597409/), 8.4, 8.5 <br/><br/> Few older kernels on servers running  CentOS 5.2-5.11 & 6.1-6.10 do not have  [Linux Integration Services (LIS) components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) pre-installed. If in-built LIS components are missing, ensure to install the [components](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=55106) before enabling replication for the machines to boot in Azure. 
 Ubuntu | Ubuntu 14.04* LTS server [(review supported kernel versions)](#ubuntu-kernel-versions)<br/>Ubuntu 16.04* LTS server [(review supported kernel versions)](#ubuntu-kernel-versions) </br> Ubuntu 18.04* LTS server [(review supported kernel versions)](#ubuntu-kernel-versions) </br> Ubuntu 20.04* LTS server [(review supported kernel versions)](#ubuntu-kernel-versions) </br> (*includes support for all 14.04.*x*, 16.04.*x*, 18.04.*x*, 20.04.*x* versions)
 Debian | Debian 7/Debian 8 (includes support for all 7. *x*, 8. *x* versions); Debian 9 (includes support for 9.1 to 9.13. Debian 9.0 is not supported.), Debian 10 [(Review supported kernel versions)](#debian-kernel-versions)
 SUSE Linux | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, [SP5](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4570609) [(review supported kernel versions)](#suse-linux-enterprise-server-12-supported-kernel-versions) <br/> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, 15 SP1 [(review supported kernel versions)](#suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-supported-kernel-versions) <br/> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3. [Ensure to download latest mobility agent installer on the configuration server](vmware-physical-mobility-service-overview.md#download-latest-mobility-agent-installer-for-suse-11-sp3-suse-11-sp4-rhel-5-cent-os-5-debian-7-debian-8-oracle-linux-6-and-ubuntu-1404-server). </br> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 </br> **Note**: Upgrading replicated machines from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 to SP4 is not supported. To upgrade, disable replication and re-enable after the upgrade. <br/>|