Supported platforms and features in Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure Management includes support for different platforms and features.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Infrastructure Management is also delivered as a virtual appliance that includes the following key components:

  • CentOS Linux release (Core)
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • PostgreSQL
  • Infrastructure Management Engine
  • Apache

Chapter 2. Supported Browsers

For more information about browsers that are supported for viewing the Infrastructure Management web user interface, see the table in Supported browsers.

Chapter 3. Supported Platforms for Infrastructure Management

The following table lists platforms that can host the Infrastructure Management appliance, and platforms that can be managed by Infrastructure Management as providers.

Table 3.1. Supported Platforms

Table 3.1. Supported Platforms
Platform Support for Infrastructure Management Appliance
Amazon EC2 [a] Yes
IBM Cloud Yes
Google Compute Engine Yes
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 No
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16 No
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Yes
Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 10, 13, 16 [b] Yes
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4SP1 [c] Yes
VMware vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7, 8 Yes

[a] As the pace of change in public cloud features is high, constantly changing and evolving, the compatibility for Infrastructure Management is as of the time of the GA of the product. Best effort basis during errata cycle for public cloud vendor introduced breaking changes (intended or unintended) to existing functionality. Any other changes or additions would be considered as a Request For Enhancement (RFE) which is evaluated for potential inclusion in future releases. RFE can be requested by way of your standard support mechanisms.

[b] See Red Hat OpenStack Platform Life Cycle for product lifecycle information.

[c] See Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Life Cycle for product lifecycle information.

Chapter 4. Supported Providers

Provider support is divided into tiers:

  • Tier 1: These providers are developed, tested, maintained, and supported by IBM. IBM accepts support and enhancement requests.
  • Tier 2: These providers are delivered by an IBM partner, or by various sources into the ManageIQ open source community. IBM packages and ships these providers and accepts support cases. All support and enhancement updates need to come from the open source community.

Table 4.1. Supported Providers

Table 4.1. Supported Providers
Support tier Provider
Tier 1 Amazon
Amazon EKS
Ansible Automation Platform
Azure
Azure Kubernetes Service
Cisco Intersight
Google Compute Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine
IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud Automation Manager
IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Power HMC
IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers
IBM PowerVC
Red Hat OpenShift
OpenShift Virtualization
OpenStack
Oracle Cloud
Oracle Kubernetes Engine
Red Hat Satellite
Red Hat Virtualization
VMware Tanzu
VMware vCenter
Tier 2 AWX
Azure Stack
Foreman
Kubernetes
KubeVirt
Kyndryl AutoSDE
Lenovo XClarity
Nuage Network Manager
oVirt
Redfish
VMware NSX-T
VMware vCloud
OpenStack Platform Director

Chapter 5. Provisioning Support

5.1. Infrastructure Providers

The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on infrastructure providers.

Table 5.1. Infrastructure Provider Provisioning Support


Table 5.1. Infrastructure Provider Provisioning Support
Feature Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) Manager VMware vCenter IBM Power HMC OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) OpenStack undercloud
Provision VM/Instance using PXE Yes No No No No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO Yes No No No No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No Yes No No No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image No Yes Yes No No

5.2. Cloud Providers

The following table outlines the status of support for provisioning on cloud providers.

Table 5.2. Cloud Provider Provisioning Support


Table 5.2. Cloud Provider Provision
Feature OpenStack Platform (OSP) Amazon EC2 Microsoft Azure Google Compute Engine IBM Cloud VPC IBM PowerVS IBM Power Systems Virtual Server
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No No No No No No No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No No No No No No No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No No No No No No No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image No No No No Yes No No
Orchestration Template Provisioning Yes Yes Yes No No No No

Chapter 6. Feature Support

Infrastructure Management allows you to perform actions on the providers that it manages, and provides features for interacting with and providing information about those providers. This section outlines the status of support for actions that you can perform on providers, and the Infrastructure Management features that allow you to interact with those providers.

Note: You can run a rake command to retrieve a list of provider features supported across all platforms. Run the following command in your Infrastructure Management appliance to retrieve the supported features in a comma-separated values (.csv) file format. The comma-separated values are displayed on the command-line interface (CLI) by default. You can use a pipe to redirect the output to a file.

ruby /var/www/miq/vmdb/tools/feature_support_matrix.rb

6.1. Infrastructure Providers

The following tables outline the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on infrastructure providers.

6.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) infrastructure providers.

Table 6.1.1 Red Hat Virtualization Provider Feature Support


Table 6.1.1. Red Hat Virtualization Provider Feature Support
Feature RHV 4.2 RHV 4.3 RHV 4.4
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes Yes Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes Yes Yes
Reporting Yes Yes Yes
Right Sizing Yes Yes Yes
Chargeback Yes Yes Yes
Remote Console VM Access Yes [a] Yes [a] Yes [a]
Snapshot Creation and Removal Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - VM Value Changed Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - VM Reconfigured Yes Yes Yes
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration Yes Yes Yes
Automation Work Flows Yes Yes Yes
Tag Mapping from Provider No No No
Tag Mapping to Provider No No No
Provision VM/Instance using PXE Yes Yes Yes
Provision VM/Instance using ISO Yes Yes Yes
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image Yes Yes Yes
Host Power Operations No No No
Provision Host No No No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No No No
Cloud-Init Yes Yes Yes
Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during Provisioning Yes Yes Yes
OVN Provider Yes Yes [b] Yes [b]

[a] On some operating system and browser combinations.

[b] Technology preview.

6.1.2. VMware vSphere

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on VMware vSphere infrastructure providers.

Table 6.1.2. VMware vSphere Provider Feature Support


Table 6.1.2. VMware vSphere Provider Feature Support
Feature vSphere 6.0 vSphere 6.5 vSphere 6.7 vSphere 7 vSphere 8
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reporting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Right Sizing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Console VM Access Yes [a] Yes [a] Yes [a] Yes [a] Yes [a]
Snapshot Creation and Removal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - Real Time Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - VM Value Changed Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - VM Reconfigured Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automation Work Flows Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tag Mapping from Provider No No No No No
Tag Mapping to Provider No No No No No
Provision VM/Instance using PXE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No No No No No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Host Power Operations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Customize Windows Templates with Sysprep during Provisioning Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

[a] On some operating system and browser combinations

6.1.3. IBM Power HMC

The following table outlines the status of support for IBM Power HMC infrastructure providers.

Table 6.1.3. IBM Power HMC Provider Feature Support


Table 6.1.3. IBM Power HMC Provider Feature Support
Feature IBM Power HMC
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison No
Track VM Genealogy No
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing Yes
Chargeback No
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement No
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement No
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No
Alerts - VM Reconfigured No
Integrate with Service Catalogs No
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Automation Work Flows No
Tag Mapping from Provider No
Tag Mapping to Provider No
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image Yes
Host Power Operations Yes
Provision Host No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No

6.2. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Providers

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on OpenStack Platform (OSP) director infrastructure providers.

Table 6.2. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Provider Feature Support

Table 6.2. OpenStack Platform Director Infrastructure Provider Feature Support
Feature OpenStack Platform (OSP) Director
Relationship Discovery Yes
Nodes Inventory Yes
OpenStack Services Inventory Yes
Nodes Drift Comparison Yes
Nodes Smart State Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines Yes
Node Power Operation Yes
Capacity Planning Yes
Reporting Yes
Add/Remove Node Yes
Scale Down Node Yes (Compute nodes only)
Scale Up Nodes Yes (Compute nodes only)
Nodes Policy Enforcement Yes
Nodes Evacuate Yes
OpenStack Upgrade No

6.3. Cloud Providers

The following section outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on cloud providers.

6.3.1. OpenStack Platform

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on OpenStack Platform (OSP) cloud providers.

  • The following feature support information for IBM Cloud is based on:
    • IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager 1.4.4.0 Build: 20191205-1007
    • IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 1.2.0

Table 6.3.1. OpenStack Platform Feature Support


Table 6.3.1. OpenStack Platform Feature Support
Feature Red Hat OSP 10 Red Hat OSP 13 Red Hat OSP 16 OpenStack IBM PowerVC IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Instance Drift Comparison Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Track Instance Genealogy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capture Instance Event Timelines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Disk Addition to Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes
Key Pairs Inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Key Pairs Management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reporting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Right Sizing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chargeback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Console Instance Access Yes Yes Yes Yes (VNC) Yes (for NovaLink-managed hosts only) No
Snapshot Creation and Removal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Instance Policy Enforcement Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Instance Power Operations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Instance Retirement Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - Real Time Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alerts - Instance Value Changed No No No No No No
Alerts - Reconfigured No No No No No No
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Volume Inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Volume Creation/Deletion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Instance Migration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes**
Automation Work Flows Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tag Mapping from Provider No No No No Yes No
Tag Mapping to Provider No No No No No No
Storage Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Provision Instance using PXE No No No N/A N/A N/A
Provision Instance using ISO No No No N/A N/A N/A
Provision from Template/Image to Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Provision from Image Snapshot to Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A
Provision from Volume to Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A
Provision from Volume Snapshot to Instance Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A
Clone from Instance to Instance No No No No No No
Cloud-Init Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A
Sysprep Windows Templates Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A

Notes:

  • Features marked with "*" are only supported with z/VM hypervisor.
  • Features marked with "**" are only supported with KVM hypervisor.
  • Features not marked with "*" or "**" are valid and supported for both z/VM and KVM hypervisors.
  • Features listed with a “NO” are not valid for both KVM and z/VM.

6.3.2. IBM Cloud Feature Support

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on IBM Cloud providers.

Table 6.3.2. IBM Cloud Feature Support


Table 6.3.2. IBM Cloud Feature Support
Feature IBM Cloud VPC IBM Power Systems Virtual Server
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes
Instance Drift Comparison No No
Track Instance Genealogy Yes Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes No
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines No No
Capture Instance Event Timelines Yes No
Disk Addition to Instance No Yes
Key Pairs Inventory Yes Yes
Key Pairs Management No Yes
Reporting Yes Yes
Right Sizing No No
Chargeback Yes (Limited to inventory allocation) Yes (Limited to inventory allocation)
Remote Console Instance Access No No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No No
Instance Compliance Enforcement No No
Instance Policy Enforcement Yes Yes
Instance Power Operations Yes Yes
Instance Retirement No Yes
Alerts - Real Time No No
Alerts - Instance Value Changed No No
Alerts - Reconfigured No No
Integrate with Service Catalogs No Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No No
Volume Inventory Yes Yes
Volume Creation/Deletion Yes Yes
Instance Migration N/A N/A
Automation Work Flows No No
Tag Mapping from Provider Yes No
Tag Mapping to Provider No No
Storage Manager Yes Yes
Provision Instance using PXE No No
Provision Instance using ISO No No
Provision from Template/Image to Instance Yes Yes
Provision from Image Snapshot to Instance No No
Provision from Volume to Instance No No
Provision from Volume Snapshot to Instance No No
Clone from Instance to Instance No No
Cloud-Init No Yes
Sysprep Windows Templates N/A N/A

6.3.3. Amazon EC2

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on Amazon EC2 cloud providers.

Table 6.3.3. Amazon EC2 Feature Support


Table 6.3.3. Amazon EC2 Feature Support
Feature Amazon EC2
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes
Key Pairs Inventory Yes
Key Pairs Management Yes
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing Yes
Chargeback Yes
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No
Alerts - Reconfigured No
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Volume Inventory No
Volume Creation/Deletion No
VM Migration No
Automation Work Flows Yes
Tag Mapping from Provider Yes
Tag Mapping to Provider No
Network Manager - Read Only Yes
Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported No
Storage Manager Yes
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No

6.3.4. Microsoft Azure

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on Microsoft Azure cloud providers.

Table 6.3.4. Microsoft Azure Feature Support


Table 6.3.4. Microsoft Azure Feature Support
Feature Microsoft Azure
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison Yes
Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines N/A
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance Yes
Key Pairs Inventory No
Key Pairs Management Yes
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification No
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing Yes
Chargeback Yes
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No
Alerts - Reconfigured No
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Volume Inventory No
Volume Creation/Deletion No
VM Migration No
Automation Work Flows No
Tag Mapping from Provider Yes
Tag Mapping to Provider No
Network Manager - Read Only Yes
Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported No
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No

6.3.5. Google Compute Engine

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on Google Compute Engine cloud providers.

Table 6.3.5. Google Compute Engine Feature Support


Table 6.3.5. Google Compute Engine Feature Support
Feature Google Compute Engine
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison No
Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines No
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance No
Key Pairs Inventory Yes
Key Pairs Management No
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification No
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing Yes
Chargeback Yes
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No
Alerts - Reconfigured No
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Volume Inventory Yes
Volume Creation/Deletion No
VM Migration No
Automation Work Flows Yes
Tag Mapping from Provider No
Tag Mapping to Provider No
Network Manager - Read Only Yes
Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported No
Storage Manager No
Provider TLS No
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image No
Host Power Operations No
Provision Host No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No

6.3.6. Oracle Cloud

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on Oracle cloud providers.

Table 6.3.6. Oracle Cloud Feature Support


Table 6.3.6. Oracle Cloud Feature Support
Feature Oracle Cloud
Relationship Discovery Yes
VM Drift Comparison No
Track VM Genealogy Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines No
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines Yes
Disk Addition to VM/Instance No
Key Pairs Inventory Yes
Key Pairs Management No
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification No
Reporting Yes
Right Sizing No
Chargeback No
Remote Console VM Access No
Snapshot Creation and Removal No
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement No
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement Yes
VM / Instance Power Operations Yes
VM / Instance Retirement Yes
Alerts - Real Time No
Alerts - VM Value Changed No
Alerts - Reconfigured No
Integrate with Service Catalogs Yes
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration No
Volume Inventory Yes
Volume Creation/Deletion No
VM Migration No
Automation Work Flows Yes
Tag Mapping from Provider No
Tag Mapping to Provider No
Network Manager - Read Only Yes
Network Manager - CRUD Actions Supported No
Storage Manager No
Provider TLS No
Provision VM/Instance using PXE No
Provision VM/Instance using ISO No
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance Yes
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image No
Host Power Operations No
Provision Host No
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance No

6.4. Container Providers

The following section outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform container providers.

Table 6.4. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Provider Feature Support


Table 6.4. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Provider Feature Support
Feature Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x
Relationship Discovery Yes
Track Container Image Relationship Yes
Capacity & Utilization Yes
Capture Container Event Timelines Yes
Reporting Yes
Chargeback Yes
Remote Cockpit Node Access No
Container Node Compliance Enforcement Yes
Container Node Policy Enforcement Yes
Replicator Compliance Enforcement Yes
Replicator Policy Enforcement Yes
Pod Compliance Enforcement Yes
Pod Policy Enforcement Yes
Image Compliance Enforcement Yes
Image Policy Enforcement Yes
Template Provisioning No
Smart State No
OpenSCAP Execution and Report No
Cross Linking Underlying Infrastructure Yes
Tag Mapping From Provider No
Tag Mapping To Provider Yes

6.5. Network Providers

This section outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on network providers.

Table 6.5. Network Provider Feature Support


Table 6.5. Network Provider Feature Support
Feature Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) Amazon EC2 Microsoft Azure Google Compute Engine Nuage VMware NSX-t
Network Manager Relationships Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Relationship Discovery Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cloud Network Inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cloud Subnet Inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Router Inventory Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Security Groups Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Floating IP Addresses Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Network Ports Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Load Balancer Inventory No Yes Yes Yes No No
Create/Update/Delete Network Yes No No No Yes Yes
Create/Update/Delete Subnet Yes No No No Yes No
Create/Update/Delete Routers Yes No No No Yes Yes

6.6. Configuration Management Providers

The following table outlines the status of support for Infrastructure Management features on configuration management providers.

Table 6.6. Configuration Management Provider Feature Support


Table 6.6. Configuration Management Provider Feature Support
Feature Ansible
Groups Inventory Yes
Configured Systems Inventory Yes
Job Template Inventory Yes
Integrate with Service Catalog Yes
Automate Workflows Yes

Note: Infrastructure Management supports Ansible 3.7 and later as a configuration management provider.

Chapter 7. Remote Console Support

Infrastructure Management supports the following remote consoles:

Table 7.1. Remote consoles

Table 7.1. Remote consoles
Provider Connection type
vSphere 6.0 VNC
VMRC
WebMKS
vSphere 6.5+ VMRC
WebMKS
RHV SPICE
SCVMM N/A
KubeVirt SPICE
OSV SPICE

Note: As of 1 September 2015, new versions of Chrome no longer support VMRC consoles. VMRC requires NPAPI plug-in support. Chrome removed support for NPAPI plug-ins in version 45.0.2454, which was released on this date.

Chapter 8. Smart State analysis support

Infrastructure Management allows you to analyze virtual machines and instances on the providers it manages to collect information about the base operating system on those virtual machines or instances, their virtual hardware, installed applications, and other details. This operation is known as SmartState analysis. The following tables outline the status of support for SmartState analysis of virtual machines and instances by guest operating system, file systems, volume managers, and file formats.

Table 8.1. Volume managers

Table 8.1. Volume managers
Volume manager OS Support
Logical Disk Manager (LDM) Windows Yes
Logical Volume Manager (Linux) Linux Yes

Table 8.2. File systems

Table 8.2. File systems
File system OS Support
FAT Windows Yes
FAT32 Windows Yes
NTFS Windows Yes
ReFS Windows No
Ext3 Linux Yes
Ext4 Linux Yes
XFS Linux Yes
ReiserFS Linux Yes
CDfs Linux Yes

Table 8.3. File formats

Table 8.3. File formats
File format OS Support
Registry Windows Yes
Win32 Accounts Windows Yes
Win32 Event Log Windows Yes
Win32 Services Windows Yes
Win32 Software Windows Yes
Win32 System Windows Yes
SQLite Linux Yes
Berkeley DB (BDB) Linux Yes
Conary Linux Yes
RPM (RHEL 6, 7, 8, 9) Linux Yes
/etc/passwd Linux Yes
/etc/group Linux Yes
/etc/init.d Linux Yes
/etc/systemd Linux Yes