Virtual Machine Manager Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is intuitive hypervisor software that offers abundant possibilities for your Synology NAS servers. You can set up and run various virtual machines, including Windows, Linux, and Virtual DSM. What's more, VMM provides a disaster recovery solution for IT environments, helping you to achieve maximum service uptime with flexible resource management. Virtual Machine Manager
One-Stop, a perfect match With Synology NAS and VMM, we seamlessly complement hardware with software by providing a near-hyperconvergence server. We offer a comprehensive solution that includes computing, storage, and technical support in an effort to minimize the cost of your virtualization environment.
Supports various operating systems You can run multiple virtual machines on your Synology NAS with operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Virtual DSM.Learn more about supported operating systems
 Virtual DSM Provides an equally intuitive experience as DiskStation Manager, offering a reliable storage solution with robust features. Rock-solid security There is no need to worry about being attacked since the physical host will always be intact. Robust DSM features Almost all DSM features and management tools on your Synology NAS are also available on Virtual DSM. Multi-tenant environment Create multiple isolated virtual machines for business units or departments with minimal hardware upgrades or maintenance. Secure your digital assets VMM provides a disaster recovery solution equipped with instant snapshot, remote replication and High-Availability.* Virtual machine protection plansYou can clone, restore, or create a failover of virtual machines within seconds. Rest assured that you can rollback any human error or hardware failure.Seamless integration with Active Backup for BusinessRun failover copies of virtual machines, PCs, and servers created with Active Backup for Business. Learn more Flexible IT resource management You can allocate hardware resources such as computing power, storage space, or network interfaces among several virtual machines. Cluster infrastructure With VMM, you can create a cluster infrastructure with up to seven Synology NAS. VMM clustering enables migration and flexible scalability for load balancing and resource allocation. Live migration No time delay should be tolerated, especially when it affects your business. VMM makes it possible to seamlessly migrate virtual machines from one Synology NAS to another. You can even store your data on a third machine. Say farewell to downtime that interrupts your business. Virtual machine share link When you want to share virtual machines with others, Synology VMM does this as easily as sharing files on Synology DSM.
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Synology VMMSynology VMM Pro
Cluster Management
Snapshot Retention32255
Remote Replication*-
Remote Storage Migration*-
High Availability-
Live Migration-

* These features are only available on DSM 6.2 or above.

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Virtual Machine Manager Supported Operating Systems

Windows Family

Windows 10 21H2
Windows 11 21H2
Windows Server 2022

Linux Family

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

CentOS 6.10
CentOS 7.9
CentOS 8.5

Fedora 35
Fedora 36

Debian 9
Debian 10
Debian 11

Oracle 8.6

Notes

  1. Listed operating systems are actively tested for compatibility. Other versions and operating systems may be used at your own discretion and may require additional testing.
  2. Please refer to the system requirements for each OS when setting up VMs.
  3. Changing the virtual disk controller type from IDE/VirtIO to SATA on Windows 10 will cause a blue screen error.
  4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 may enter emergency mode under certain circumstances, refer to this article to learn more.
  5. Fedora 35 and 36 may have issues displaying the desktop with video card type: vmvga.
  6. Debian 9 may have issues displaying the desktop with video card type: cirrus.
  7. Debian 10 may have issues displaying the desktop with video card type: vga, vmvga.