Published Release proxmox Virtual Environment 6.4 , a specialized Linux-Distribution based on Debian GNU / Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and capable of performing In the role of replacing products such as VMware vsphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor. Installation size ISO image 928 MB.
PROXMOX VE provides means for deploying a fully finished system of industrial-level virtual servers with control through Web interface designed to manage hundreds or even thousands of virtual machines. Distribution has built-in tools for organizing backup virtual environments and accessible from the box support for clustering, including the ability to migrate virtual environments from one node to another without stopping work. Among the features of the web interface: support for safe VNC console; access control to all available objects (VM, storage, nodes, etc.) based on roles; Support for various authentication mechanisms (MS ADS, LDAP, Linux Pam, Proxmox VE Authentication).
in new release :
- synchronized with the batch base of Debian 10.9 “Buster”. Updated Linux 5.4 kernel (optional 5.11), LXC 4.0, QEMU 5.12, OpenZFS 2.0.4.
- Added the ability to use unified backups saved in one file to restore virtual machines and containers placed on the Proxmox Backup Server server. Added a new PROXMOX-FILE-RESTORE utility.
- Added Live mode to restore backup copies of virtual machines stored on the Proxmox Backup Server server (allow VM activation to the completion of the recovery that continues in the background).
- Improved integration with the CEPH PG automatic scaling mechanism (Placement Group). Implemented support for CEPH OCTOPUS 15.2.11 and CEPH Nautilus 14.20.
- Added the ability to attach a virtual machine to a specific version of qemu.
- improved CGroup V2 support for containers.
- Added container templates based on Alpine Linux 3.13, Devuan 3, Fedora 34 and Ubuntu 21.04.
- Added the ability to save monitoring metrics in INFLUXDB 1.8 and 2.0 using HTTP API.
- In the Distribution Installer, the ZFS-partitions are improved on outdated equipment without UEFI.
- Added notifications about the use of CEPHFS, CIFS and NFS for storing backups.