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This document refers to VMware hypervisors including vCenter clusters and vCenter hosts in private cloud datacenters.
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Abiquo can also work with NSX-T to create network configurations such as firewalls, load balancers, and NAT.
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Supported versions
Abiquo has been tested with the following latest versions.
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Datastores | VMFS, NFS, vVol. |
VM disk controller types |
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VM system disks | By default, for VMs deployed on ESX/ESXi hypervisors:
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Disk resize |
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Storage live migration | For vCenter hosts, Abiquo detects storage vMotion on all datastores |
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You can also configure Abiquo to ignore datastores by name and to .
Abiquo will automatically ignore datastores that are not writeableaccessible.
See Configure datastore discovery on for VMware
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Datastore checks
As part of the infrastructure check, Abiquo will check datastores to ensure that it can deploy VMs.
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To delete a datastore, make sure it is empty and not attached to the host.
The datastore refresh will handle inaccessible datastores as follows.
Remove inaccessible datastores if they are not used by any managed VMs
Disable inaccessible datastores if they are used by any managed VMs.
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Configuration of VM disks
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See https://abiquo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/560988173/Configure+VM+disks+on+VMware and for more options, such as ISO disks, see Configure SATA for VMware hypervisors.
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VM templates
You can upload OVA and disk files to the Catalogue so users can create VMs from VM templates by self-service.
See Template compatibility table , Add VM templates to the catalogue and Importing templates into the catalogue
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VM snapshots
Abiquo enables users to manage VM snapshots in the user interface. For a full feature description and configuration details, see Abiquo and VM snapshots for VMware.
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The platform supports remote access through to vCenter VMs with WebMKS using a WebMKS proxy.
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