VM lifecycle and placement

Provision, resize, migrate, recover and retire VMs in one tool, with placement decisions based on pool, storage, policy and capacity.

How it works

The VM lifecycle in five stages: request, where the VM is provisioned from a standard workflow; placement, matched to pool, storage, policy and capacity; run, resized and migrated as needs change; protect, with recovery built into the lifecycle; and retire, through the same process.

Key benefits

  • Faster provisioning, changes and retirements with standard workflows

  • Workloads matched to pools, storage and capacity limits

  • Consistent governance instead of risky manual changes

  • Migration and recovery as part of the normal lifecycle

  • Keep your Proxmox setup and add policy, tenancy and discipline

  • No guest agents needed for core control flows

Feature breakdown

  1. Full VM lifecycle

    Provisioning, resizing, migration, retirement and recovery run on one operating model, not separate scripts or manual steps. Day-1 and day-2 tasks stay consistent, with less rework.

  2. Policy and capacity-aware placement

    Placement is ongoing, using pool boundaries, storage, policies and capacity as needs change. That helps manage growth, avoid resource issues and match workloads to priorities.

  3. Governed operations

    Enterprise governance controls, without changing your current setup or adding complexity. Organisations moving away from VMware costs keep strong operating standards with familiar tools.

  4. Less dependence on guest agents

    Core control tasks don’t need guest agents, which often cause problems in mixed or inherited environments. Onboarding is faster and delivery more consistent across customers.

What it means in practice

Deliver VM services across multiple customers with consistent lifecycle controls and governed placement.

Every VM, from request to retirement