Feature | Description |
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vCenter server |  Add vCenter as a master hypervisor manager, then add hypervisors or clusters as hosts
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dvSwitch | Abiquo will use the vCenter credentials. Detect all HostProxySwitch as DVS |
High availability | Abiquo supports vSphere HA |
Fault tolerance |  Abiquo does not support fault tolerance because it requires two VMs with the same name to be present in a cluster at the same time.
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Replication | Abiquo supports replication with Zerto. Replicated VMs must be a in a separate cluster. |
Clusters | For vCenter hosts, the platform automatically detects clusters and displays them. You can also set compute load level rules at the Cluster level
For vCenter clusters as hosts, set the compute load level rules at the Server level |
VM live migration | For vCenter clusters as hosts, live migrations are transparent to Abiquo
For vCenter hosts, Abiquo supports vMotion of VMs, including those between hosts with different versions of ESXi. Abiquo supports vMotion between machines with different network service types if they are connected to a dvSwitch |
Templates | VMDK fixed ( default format)
VMDK sparse
VMDK stream optimized (deployed directly) |
DVD | The ISO feature supports DVDs, and you can import CD-ROM configurations on VMs with IDE and SATA controllers |
Remote access | WebMKS - configure the WebMKS proxy. WebMKS will always be available. |
Network drivers | E1000, PCNet32, VMXNET3 |
Boot | BIOS
UEFI with supported guest operating system and firmware, for virtual hardware versions 13 or later. The administrator must select UEFI on VM templates |
CPU hot-add
RAM hot-add | With supported guest operating system. The user can mark supported templates and perform hot-add |
Hot-reconfigure of NICs, disks | With supported guest operating system. The user can mark supported templates and perform hot-reconfigure |
SDN - NSX | Abiquo supports SDN using NSX-V with gateway, ECMP, and NAT configurations. |
SDN - NSX-T | Abiquo supports SDN using NSX-T. See Configure the Abiquo NSX-T integration |
Snapshots | Abiquo lets users obtain a snapshot of their VM through the UI.
See Abiquo and VM snapshots for VMware |
GuestOS | Support in VM template for latest GuestOsIdentifier from vSphere. See Modify a VM template and Set the guest operating system for VMware |
DRS rules | |
Metrics | Customize the built-in metrics to obtain from ESXi |
Hardware version | Property to specify downgrade of hardwareVersion for new VMs |