vCenter Virtual Servers

Virtual servers running on vCenter compute resources are managed almost the same as normal virtual servers. Also, the vCenter cluster is displayed as a pool of resources rather than per compute resource.

Virtuozzo OnApp gives you high-end cloud management features including:

vCenter Virtual Server Options	vCenter Virtual Server Power Options	Administrative Options	vCenter Virtual Server Networks	vCenter Virtual Server Disks	Snapshots	vCenter Virtual Server Statistics	Recipes
Edit	Reboot	Create/Edit Administrator's note	Configure network interface	Create disks	Snapshots	CPU utilization	Recipes
Rebuild manually	Suspend	Transactions and logs	Rebuild network	Edit disks		Billing statistics	Custom variables
Delete	Shut down	Change Owner	Edit network speed	Migrate disks		Network interface statistics
Migrate to KVM	Startup	Console	vCenter virtual server IP addresses	Delete disks		Disk IOPS statistics
Resync VS			Display network speed for network interfaces

Certain VS operations are unavailable in Virtuozzo OnApp with vCenter:

Reboot in recovery
Segregate
VIP status
Autoscaling
Migrate VS. vCenter utilizes vMotion to ensure that the VSs are optimally placed on the compute resources. However, you can migrate vCenter virtual servers to KVM.
Backups. The backup process for vCenter virtual servers differs from the standard Virtuozzo OnApp backup scheme. See Manage Virtual Server Snapshots for details.
The use of IPv6 is not supported for vCenter virtual servers.

Performing the following VS operations at vCenter may lead to problems with VMware infrastructure management. Please, do not execute the following actions in vCenter:

Edit the Properties for any VS
Create and delete Snapshots
Make changes to the distributed vSwitch
Remove templates from the data store
Delete the services account on the virtual server
Remove or stop VMware tools on the virtual server

Performing the following actions in vCenter will not affect Virtuozzo OnApp:

Migrate VSs between compute resources using vMotion
Migrate VSs between data stores using Storage vMotion
Place compute resources into maintenance mode
Make changes to compute resources when in maintenance mode
Back up VSs using a third-party tool (e.g. Veeam)
Enable, Disable or make changes to DRS

Performing the following actions in vCenter will be synchronized with Virtuozzo OnApp:

Networks Created
Networks Deleted
Datastores Created
Datastores Deleted
New Compute Added
Compute Remove
Updates to Imported VSs (Ex. Changed Resources, added NICs, add Disks)
VS has been Deleted

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