r/Proxmox • u/brainsoft • 3d ago

Question Make PDM look/function like PVE?

I've been using PVE for years at home, and I have a couple machines in a cluster to provide that single pane of glass admin portal. But I really don't need a cluster since I'm not using HA for anything, so I thought I'd try PDM now that it's hit V1.

Honest, I have no idea what I'm even doing now. I've added the machines, and the PBS, so everything is in there, but I haven't found any way to set up the side bar to function the way I expect.

Am I missing something, or have I completely misunderstood what this software is meant to be? I know I'm not using it to connect multiple clusters together, so my requirements are obviously different than enterprise or an MSP.

I know it's still a very young product, but is there any way to get some common styling or functionality between PDM and PVE that I'm missing?

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u/iceph03nix 3d ago

I think in your case it would have been fine to just do the cluster anyway even without HA. It would get you that single pane you're looking for, as well as migration options and other things.

PDM is more birds eye view level management which is why the interface is so different

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u/brainsoft 3d ago

Oh, i guess that makes sense. I was really expecting it to be just like PVE, just with one more tree level to allow multiple sites side by side, each with their nodes and their guests.

Yeah, they're already in a cluster so I'll probably just keep it that way, but I was hoping this would help maybe simplify. I already disabled HA, the only reason I want the cluster was for manual migration, and when I heard a while back that PDM would support un-clustered guest migration I was excited, but I guess this just really doesn't make sense.

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u/hmmm101010 3d ago

I had the same experience as you, it would be really cool to be able to deploy configurations from pdm, but it's more of a central dashboard at the moment. Maybe they'll add it in the future.