Meaning of supported OS versions

[giovvv]

When the documentation says that Proxmox VE "X" supports Debian "Y", what it exactly refers to?

I suppose it means that Proxmox is based on that Debian version, and also that containers can run that Debian version.

But what about VMs? Can an old release of Proxmox run a VM on which a recent release of Debian is installed? (More concretely: can I install Debian 12 in a VM running under PVE 6.4?)

thanks

 

[Dunuin]

When the documentation says that Proxmox VE "X" supports Debian "Y", what it exactly refers to?

I suppose it means that Proxmox is based on that Debian version, and also that containers can run that Debian version.

But what about VMs? Can an old release of Proxmox run a VM on which a recent release of Debian is installed? (More concretely: can I install Debian 12 in a VM running under PVE 6.4?)

thanks

I don't see why this shouldn't work. Just keep in mind that your PVE6.4 isn't receiving any security patches for over a yeah, as it is end of life, so it is good idea to upgrade to PVE 7 or 8 anyway.