December 4, 2025
Clusters, Clouds & Clapbacks
Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available
Admins cheer, VMware shade flies, and build-your-own-cloud hype erupts
TLDR: Proxmox launched Datacenter Manager 1.0, a central control app that can move virtual machines between clusters without downtime. Commenters cheered and dunked on VMware, debated hardware vs VM installs, and hyped DIY cloud dreams, while others asked if XCP‑ng or OpenStack fit better.
Proxmox just dropped Datacenter Manager 1.0, a “single dashboard” to wrangle lots of servers, watch health, and even do live migration (moving a virtual machine while it’s running) across clusters. The crowd went loud. Homelab fans are giddy: “can’t imagine running anything else” vibes and dreams of three‑node labs turning into mini data centers. Meanwhile, the VMware salt mines overflowed as one user torched vCloud Director as a “bloated pig,” betting Proxmox can grab market share if it scales and support keeps up.
Not everyone’s throwing confetti. One commenter squinted at the “hardware server” requirement, asking why this wouldn’t just run inside a virtual machine—cue a practical debate about how you deploy your “one pane to rule them all.” Another camp chimed in with alternatives like XCP‑ng and OpenStack, reminding everyone this isn’t a one‑horse race.
Big mood: BYOC—build your own cloud—might finally be real. People say the big clouds win on software polish, not just hardware, and this central control with role‑based permissions, powerful search, and offline status feels like a shot at that. Jokes flew (“single pane” vs “single pain”), but applause beat eye‑rolls as Proxmox stans called this the missing piece.
Key Points
- •Proxmox released Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 for centralized control of Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server.
- •The dashboard aggregates global health status and KPIs (CPU, RAM, storage I/O) across multiple nodes and clusters, with local caching for offline visibility.
- •Dynamic, RBAC-based custom views enable granular permissions and tailored dashboards without exposing underlying hosts or VMs.
- •Supports multi-cluster management and cross-cluster live migration of VMs to enable load balancing and maintenance without downtime.
- •Includes basic VM/container lifecycle management, centralized task histories/logs for auditing, and a powerful search with filters and tag-based queries.