Proxmox VE as VDI Provider

+1
Waiting for proxmox vdi support

 

Additional VDI providers would be great, Proxmox is a good start!

 

Any update on this would be great! VMware keeps opening the door for other hypervisors to take the void they are leaving in the SMB space. Just learned of their new licensing model.

 

Please Proxmox VDi Support!

 

Update: We are working on options to control Proxmox via RAS as part of a larger provider support initiative. More news soon, stay tuned!

 

My company just got hit with the dreaded 3x price increase from Broadcom/VMware and I don't think the renewal quote is going to be approved. We renewed like a month before they EOL'd the Standard licensing SKU. We really need Proxmox VE VDI provider support. I just don't understand why they can't continue to sell us the vSphere Standard license. Sure, all the stuff in the full-feature VVF license is great, but we can survive without it.

 

Totally understand where you're coming from; we're hearing similar feedback from many organizations impacted by similar changes. We're actively working on expanding hypervisor support. Proxmox support is definitely included, along with support for other providers, because we recognize that organizations want flexibility and don't want to be locked into a single virtualization platform. Official announcements to be shared soon!

 

Today, we have released Parallels RAS version 21.2, a significant milestone with numerous new features, improvements, and capabilities. One of these is the Custom Provider Framework, which allows you to connect Parallels RAS to virtually any hypervisor or provider, including Proxmox!

Parallels RAS Custom Provider is a framework that allows organizations to integrate any hypervisor. Using a script-based connector that acts as middleware, organizations can onboard a custom provider, enumerate virtual machines, retrieve guest information, perform supported power operations, promote VMs to a RAS Template, clone VMs, and perform Template versioning through Parallels RAS.

Parallels provides the framework, and customers or partners create their own connector logic. Parallels provides samples (including Proxmox), guides, and test kits to help you jump-start your integration with any hypervisor.

More information is in our admin guide: About | Custom Provider Framework Guide | Parallels Documentation, sources are available on GitHub, and we have a dedicated webinar coming up next week covering Parallels RAS Custom Provider Framework. You can sign up here.