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Highlights
ZCenter Management Platform is the centralized management platform of ZVF (ZStack Virtualization Framework). Its core capability is centralized multi-environment management of the ZStack ZSphere virtualization platform — bringing the compute, storage, and network resources scattered across multiple data centers and multiple virtualization environments into a single portal for unified viewing, operations, and management. Version 5.1.0 is the first official release of ZCenter Management Platform, providing resource management, content library, monitoring and alarming for operations, license and license pool management, and account and permission management.
- ZVF integration: Unified Deployment and passwordless redirect
ZCenter is delivered together with ZStack ZSphere — upload the installation package through Unified Deployment in ZSphere to obtain a ZCenter Management Platform, with no separate environment required. After a ZSphere environment is connected to ZCenter, users that exist on both sides with the same username and the same authentication source can redirect from ZCenter to ZSphere without entering a password again.
- Centralized multi-environment management of ZSphere
Manage multiple ZSphere virtualization environments centrally in one portal. View and operate hosts, virtual machines, data storage, and network resources of each environment from a single place, and perform routine management operations such as creating virtual machines.
- Integrated monitoring, alarming, and operations
Provide a closed loop of monitoring, alarming, and operations for virtualization resources, covering resource usage monitoring, load optimization suggestions, alarm rules and messages, reports, tags, and operation logs.
- Centralized license and license pool management
Provide centralized management of licenses and license pools, including license usage viewing, license pool distribution, and handling of disconnected environments, for unified governance of license resources across environments.
Features
This release includes the following features.
Deployment and Integration: Unified Deployment and Passwordless Redirect
In the ZVF solution, ZCenter Management Platform is delivered together with ZStack ZSphere, with both the deployment method and the user system integrated with ZSphere.
Key capabilities:
- Unified Deployment: Deploy ZStack ZSphere first, then go to Platform Services > Service List in ZSphere, find ZCenter Service, and upload the ZCenter installation package to complete the deployment and obtain a ZCenter Management Platform — no standalone deployment is required.
- Passwordless redirect: After a ZSphere environment is connected to ZCenter, users that exist on both sides with the same username and the same authentication source (both local users, or both from the same third-party identity source) can click that ZSphere environment in the Inventory to redirect one-way and password-free from ZCenter to the native ZSphere console. Users without a matching account need to log in to ZSphere by themselves.
Applicable scenarios:
- Deployment scenarios where you want to quickly obtain and launch a ZCenter Management Platform under the ZVF solution.
- Scenarios where administrators frequently switch between ZCenter and ZSphere and want to avoid repeated logins.
Resource Management: Centralized Multi-Environment Management
ZCenter centrally manages multiple virtualization environments in a unified portal. ZStack ZSphere environments are the core managed objects, and VMware vSphere environments can also be managed. After each environment is connected, its resources are automatically aggregated into the platform, so administrators can view and manage the compute, storage, and network resources of all environments in a single view, without switching back and forth between the separate entrances of multiple environments.
Key capabilities:
- Connect and manage multiple ZSphere environments centrally; resources are automatically synchronized into the platform after connection.
- Unified resource view: view hosts, virtual machines, data storage, distributed switches, distributed port groups, and security groups by environment, data center, type, and other dimensions, with a recycle bin provided.
- Perform routine management operations such as creating virtual machines, and view the details of virtual machines, clusters, hosts, and other resources.
- VMware vSphere management: as an additional capability, bring VMware vSphere environments into the same centralized multi-environment management, with their resources also aggregated into the unified portal for centralized viewing and operations.
Applicable scenarios:
- Data centers with multiple ZSphere environments that require centralized management.
- Scenarios where hosts, virtual machines, storage, and network resources need to be managed in a unified view.
- ZSphere-centric environments that also need to manage VMware vSphere environments.
Content Library: Centralized Image and Template Management
The content library centrally manages images, templates, and image storage, providing a unified source of materials for creating virtual machines and other resources.
Key capabilities:
- Image file management: manage image resources in each environment, including the image list and export records; upload/create, edit, and delete images.
- Template file management: solidify a configured virtual machine into a reusable template for fast, batch creation of virtual machines with the same specifications.
- Image storage management: manage the storage locations of images along with their capacity, status, and other information.
Applicable scenarios:
- Scenarios where standard images and templates need to be provided for multiple environments.
- Scenarios where image storage resources need to be managed centrally.
Platform O&M: System Alarms and System O&M
Platform O&M provides monitoring, alarming, and operations capabilities for virtualization resources, divided into System Alarms and System O&M.
Key capabilities:
- System Alarms: resource monitoring (VM monitoring, optimization suggestions), alarm messages (resource alarms, platform alarms), and alarm configuration (alarm rules, message templates), covering the complete closed loop of "view monitoring → define rules → receive alarms → take action".
- System O&M: report management (VM report, VM performance report, host performance report, compute cluster resource capacity report), tag management, and operation logs (platform operation logs and background task logs).
Applicable scenarios:
- Operations scenarios that require unified monitoring and alarming for virtualization resources.
- Scenarios that use reports and operation logs for inspection, auditing, and capacity analysis.
Licensing: Centralized License and License Pool Management
License management provides a two-level view of licenses and license pools, supporting license usage viewing, license pool distribution, and handling of disconnected environments.
Key capabilities:
- Built-in license: after ZCenter Management Platform is deployed from ZSphere through Unified Deployment, it comes with a permanent ZCenter Standard Edition license — no separate license installation or upload is required, and the license status can be viewed on the Current License page.
- License pool management: bring licenses into a license pool and distribute and reclaim quota by environment, so that quota can be adjusted across environments.
- Disconnected environment handling: a disconnected environment can be removed directly at any time; removal immediately reclaims the quota it occupied, and the accounting is structurally free of overselling.
Applicable scenarios:
- Scenarios where licenses need to be distributed and reclaimed across multiple environments in a unified way.
- Scenarios with centralized governance requirements for license usage, expiration, and compliance.
- Operations scenarios where environments may become disconnected and licenses need to be reclaimed promptly to avoid waste.
Accounts: Account and Permission Management
System Configuration provides account management capabilities, supporting unified management of users, roles, and AccessKeys.
Key capabilities:
- User management: create and manage platform users; one user can be bound to multiple roles.
- Role management: use roles to limit the features and operation scope of users, with permissions configured at menu granularity.
- AccessKey management: generate AccessKeys for users as identity credentials for integration with other systems or API calls.
Applicable scenarios:
- Management scenarios with requirements for account standardization and least-privilege permissions.
- Scenarios where page and operation permissions need to be controlled by role.
- Automated operations scenarios with programmatic integration through AccessKeys.
Compatibility
Supported virtualization environments
| Virtualization Environment | Description |
|---|---|
| ZStack ZSphere | The native core managed object of ZVF; supports centralized management of multiple environments and multiple versions, Enterprise Edition 5.1.0 and later |
| VMware vSphere | Additional management capability; brought into the same centralized multi-environment management for unified viewing and operations in one portal |
Notes
ZCenter Management Platform 5.1.0 targets centralized multi-environment management of ZSphere and VMware vSphere. It is a single management platform without an organization/tenant system. Capabilities for multi-tenant operations — such as organizations, service catalogs, resource distribution, and billing — are provided by the ZCenter Cloud Module (a value-added module) and will be released separately.