Zorvia vCenter-style Operations Feature Matrix
Zorvia maps familiar vCenter operator workflows onto Kubernetes and KubeVirt primitives rather than cloning VMware APIs.
| Familiar vCenter capability | Zorvia capability | Native representation |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenter / Cluster / Folder inventory | Inventory Navigator | inventory.zorvia.io/* labels + live VMI placement |
| Tags | VM Tags | tag.zorvia.io/<key> labels |
| Custom attributes | VM Attributes | attr.zorvia.io/<key> annotations |
| Recent Tasks / Events / Alarms | Activity Center | Kubernetes Events, normalized and classified |
| Host Maintenance Mode | Maintenance Orchestrator | Node cordon + KubeVirt migration/controlled stop |
| DRS recommendations | Placement Advisor | K8s capacity + labels + KubeVirt VMI requests; recommendation-first |
| vMotion | Live migration | KubeVirt VirtualMachineInstanceMigration |
| Snapshots | Snapshots | KubeVirt snapshots + Zorvia CLI/UI |
| Templates / Content Library | Templates + CDI golden images | KubeVirt/CDI · GOLDEN_IMAGES.md |
| Health / monitoring | Health + metrics | Kubernetes/KubeVirt telemetry · guest-insight |
| RBAC | Multitenancy / RBAC helpers | Kubernetes + Zorvia RBAC surfaces |
CLI​
zorvia inventory
zorvia inventory --datacenter dc1 --cluster rack-a
zorvia tag-set myvm env prod
zorvia attribute-set myvm owner platform
zorvia inventory-datacenter-set myvm dc1
zorvia activity --limit 50
zorvia maintenance-plan worker-3
zorvia maintenance-enter worker-3 --dry-run
zorvia maintenance-exit worker-3
zorvia placement-advisor --cpu 2 --memory-gib 4
zorvia placement-rebalance --threshold 0.15
Metadata conventions​
inventory.zorvia.io/datacenterinventory.zorvia.io/clusterinventory.zorvia.io/foldertag.zorvia.io/<tag>attr.zorvia.io/<attribute>maintenance.zorvia.io/policy:migrate,stop,skip,blockmaintenance.zorvia.io/priority:0..255
The maintenance --force switch is intentionally explicit. It can stop a workload whose policy otherwise blocks a complete evacuation; gate it with RBAC and change approval in production.
Related​
- GOLDEN_IMAGES.md · SNAPSHOTS.md · GUEST_INSIGHT.md · root README.md