Browser Versions for CFME Web Console
Browser |
Version |
Microsoft Internet Explorer |
9 and over |
Mozilla Firefox |
Firefox Extended Support Release FAQ |
Google Chrome |
Chrome for Business FAQ - Chrome for Business Help |
The next version of CFME will no longer support Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.
Virtual Machine System SmartState Analysis Support by Guest Operating System
Guest Operating System |
Support Status |
Windows 2008 |
YES |
Windows XP |
YES |
Windows 2000 |
YES |
Windows Vista |
YES |
Windows Server 2012r2 |
YES |
Windows Server 2008r2 |
YES |
Windows Server 2003 |
YES |
Windows 7 |
YES |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and older |
YES |
Fedora |
YES |
Debian and Debian-Derived |
YES |
Ubuntu and Ubuntu Derived |
YES |
Suse and Open Suse Derived |
YES |
Virtual Machine SmartState Analysis Support by Guest File System
File System |
Support Status |
Ext3 |
YES |
Ext4 |
YES |
FAT32 |
YES |
ISO9660 (CDFS) |
YES |
NTFS |
YES |
XFS |
YES |
Virtual Machine SmartState Analysis Support by Cloud Provider
Cloud Provider |
Support Status |
Amazon EC2 |
No |
Microsoft Azure |
No |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack |
YES |
Virtual Machine SmartState Analysis Support by Infrastructure Provider
Infrastructure Provider |
Support Status |
Red Hat RHEV-M 3.2 and below (prior to 3.3) |
Technical Guidance* |
Red Hat RHEV-M 3.3 |
Technical Guidance* |
Red Hat RHEV-M 3.4 |
YES |
Red Hat RHEV-M 3.5 |
YES |
Red Hat RHEV-M 3.6 |
YES |
VMware vCenter 4.x |
Technical Guidance* |
VMware vCenter 5.0 |
YES |
VMware vCenter 5.1 |
YES |
VMware vCenter 5.5 |
YES |
VMware vCenter 6.0** |
YES |
For Microsoft SCVMM integration, Microsoft Powershell version 4 is required.
*Technical Guidance, if available, is provided from the end of the General Support phase and lasts for a fixed duration. This phase is intended for usage by customers operating in stable environments with systems that are operating under reasonably stable loads.
**To install the VMware VDDK 6.0 so that SmartState Analysis is successful, see Installing the Vmware 6.0 VDDK on a CFME Appliance. Alternatively, you can use VMware VDDK 5.5.
Infrastructure Providers where CFME Appliance Can Reside
Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine is delivered as a virtual appliance, composed of RHEL 7.1, PostgreSQL 9.4, and CFME 5.5.x. Whenever an update is delivered to any of those layers, customers can update their appliance to inherit those updates.
Provider |
Support Status |
VMware vCenter Server 5.0 and above |
YES |
Red Hat RHEV-M 3.3 and above* |
YES |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack 4.0 and above |
YES |
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 |
YES |
Amazon EC2** |
CCP Program Only |
Note: See also Cloudforms Support for non-Red Hat Virtual and Cloud Infrastructures.
*See Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Life Cycle for product lifecycle information.
**For more information on the Certified Cloud Providers (CCP) Program, see Red Hat Cloud Access.
Infrastructure Provider Support by Feature
NOTE: Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 and above is only supported as a provider in Red Hat CloudForms 4.1.1 and above.
Provider Type |
|
Infrastructure |
|
|
VMware vCenter |
RHEVM |
MS SCVMM 2012 R2 |
Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VM Drift Comparison |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Track VM Genealogy |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Capacity & Utilization |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Discovery - Provider |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Host Drift Comparison |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Right Sizing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Chargeback |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Insight REST API |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Host Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Host Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Host Power Operations |
Yes |
No |
No |
Remote Console VM Access |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Snapshot Creation and Removal |
Yes |
No |
No |
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
VM / Instance Power Operations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VM / Instance Retirement |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Alerts – Real Time |
Yes |
No |
No |
Alerts – VMware Alarms |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Alerts – VM Value Changed |
Yes |
No |
No |
Alerts – Reconfigured |
Yes |
No |
No |
Control REST API |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Integrate with Service Catalogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration |
Yes |
No |
No |
VM Migration |
Yes |
No |
No |
Automation Work Flows |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Automate REST API (Provision) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Remote Execution |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cloud Provider Support by Feature
Provider Type |
Private Cloud |
Public Cloud |
|
|
RHEL OpenStack |
Amazon EC2 |
Microsoft Azure |
Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VM Drift Comparison |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Track VM Genealogy |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Capacity & Utilization |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines |
Yes |
N/A |
No |
Capture VM/Instance Event Timelines |
Yes |
N/A |
No |
Discovery - Provider |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
Reporting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Right Sizing |
No |
No |
No |
Chargeback |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Insight REST API |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Remote Console VM Access |
Yes |
No |
No |
Snapshot Creation and Removal |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
VM / Instance Compliance Enforcement |
No |
Yes |
No |
VM / Instance Policy Enforcement |
No |
Yes |
No |
VM / Instance Power Operations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VM / Instance Retirement |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Alerts – Real Time |
Yes |
No |
No |
Alerts – VM Value Changed |
No |
No |
No |
Alerts – Reconfigured |
No |
No |
No |
Control REST API |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Integrate with Service Catalogs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Virtual Machine Reconfiguration |
Via Inline methods |
No |
No |
VM Migration |
Via Inline methods |
No |
No |
Automation Work Flows |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Automate REST API (Provision) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Remote Execution |
|
Yes |
No |
Container Support by Feature
Feature |
Red Hat OpenShift |
Relationship Discovery |
Yes |
VM Drift Comparison |
n/a |
Smart State |
Yes |
Cross linking |
Yes |
Track VM Genealogy |
n/a |
Capacity & Utilization |
Yes |
Capture Infrastructure Event Timelines |
n/a |
Capture Cloud Layer Timelines |
n/a |
Capture Container Event Timelines |
Yes |
Discovery - Provider |
No |
Optimization - Bottleneck Identification |
No |
Reporting |
Yes |
Right Sizing |
No |
Chargeback |
No |
Insight REST API |
Yes |
Remote Console VM Access |
n/a |
Snapshot Creation and Removal |
n/a |
Container Compliance Enforcement |
No |
Container Policy Enforcement |
No |
Container Power Operations |
No |
Container Retirement |
No |
Alerts – Real Time |
No |
Alerts – VM Value Changed |
Yes |
Alerts – Reconfigured |
No |
Control REST API |
No |
Integrate with Service Catalogs |
No |
Container Reconfiguration |
No |
Container Migration |
No |
Automation Work Flows |
Partial |
Automate REST API (Provision) |
No |
Provisioning Support
Provider Type |
|
Infrastructure |
|
Private Cloud |
Public Cloud |
|
|
VMware vCenter |
RHEVM |
MS SCVMM 2012 R2 |
RHEL OpenStack |
Amazon EC2 |
Microsoft Azure |
Provision Host |
Yes |
No |
No |
NA |
N/A |
N/A |
Provision VM/Instance using PXE |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Provision VM/Instance using ISO |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Clone from VM/Instance to VM/Instance |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Provision from Template/Image to VM/Instance |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Provision from VM/Instance to Template/Image |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Orchestration Template Provisioning |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VMware Remote Console (VMRC) Support
CFME has support for versions of VMRC for whatever VMware supports. Note that VMware does not support VMRC for Mac Operating Systems.
For all other operating systems, use VNC. The following have been tested with CloudForms Management Engine.
• Windows: UltraVNC 1.1.8.8 - http://www.uvnc.com/
• Linux/Mac: SSVNC 1.0.29 - http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ssvnc.html. At the time of this writing, this is the only client that supports the VNC repeater configuration.
See Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine VNC Support.
All new versions of Chrome do not support VMRC consoles effective 9/1/2015. VMRC requires NPAPI plug-in support. Chrome removed support for NPAPI plug-ins in version 45.0.2454, which was released on September 1, 2015.
Comments