Software:VMware vSphere

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Short description: VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform
VMware vSphere
VMware-vSphere-7.jpg
Developer(s)VMware
Initial releaseApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release
8.0U1c[1]
/ August 7, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-08-07)
LicenseProprietary
Websitevmware.com/products/vsphere/

VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform.[2]

It includes an updated vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another. [citation needed]

Releases

  • On February 10, 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 to add support for RHEL 6, RHEL 5.6, SLES 11 SP1 for VMware, Ubuntu 10.10, and Solaris 10 Update 9.[3]
  • On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere.[4]
  • On August 27, 2012, VMware released vSphere 5.1. This extended vSphere to include VMware vSphere Storage Appliance, vSphere Data Protection, vSphere Replication and vShield Endpoint.[5]
  • In May 2014 SAP and VMware announced the availability of SAP HANA for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5.[6]
  • On February 3, 2015, VMware announced vSphere 6.0 with many new features and enhancements.[7]
  • On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features.[8]
  • On April 17, 2018, VMware announced vSphere 6.7 focusing on simple and efficient management at scale, further improved security features, a universal application platform, and seamless hybrid cloud experience.[9]
  • On March 10, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0.[10][11]
  • On September 15, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 1.[12][13]
  • On March 9, 2021, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 2.[14][15]
  • On August 30, 2022, VMware announced vSphere 8.0.[16]

See also

  • vCenter is the centralized management utility
  • VMware ESX/ESXi, the hypervisor operating system component
  • VMware VMFS, the VMware file system component

Reference list

  1. ↑ "VMware vCenter Server 8.0 Update 1c Release Notes". https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u1c-release-notes/index.html. 
  2. ↑ "Server Virtualization with VMware vSphere | VMware India". http://www.vmware.com/in/products/vsphere. 
  3. ↑ "VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 Release Notes". February 10, 2011. http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esx41_u1_rel_notes.html. 
  4. ↑ "VMware vSphere® 5 launched". http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-cloud-infrastructure-071211.html. 
  5. ↑ "VMware vSphere® 5.1 Helps SMBs Simplify and Protect Their IT Environments with New Business Continuity and Management Capabilities". http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-cloud-infrastructure-071211.html. 
  6. ↑ "SAP and VMware Announce SAP HANA® for Production Use on VMware vSphere 5.5" (in en-US). https://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/2014/VMware-SAP-Release-06052014.html. 
  7. ↑ "vSphere 6.0 finally announced!". February 3, 2015. http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2015/02/03/vsphere-6-0-finally-announced/. 
  8. ↑ "Introducing vSphere 6.5 - VMware vSphere Blog" (in en-US). VMware vSphere Blog. 2016-10-18. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2016/10/introducing-vsphere-6-5.html. 
  9. ↑ "Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7!" (in en-US). VMware vSphere Blog. 2018-04-17. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/04/introducing-vmware-vsphere-6-7.html. 
  10. ↑ "Introducing vSphere 7: Essential Services for the Modern Hybrid Cloud". March 10, 2020. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/03/vsphere-7.html. 
  11. ↑ "vSphere 7 – Announcing General Availability of the New Generation of vSphere". https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/04/vsphere-7-new-generation-vsphere.html. 
  12. ↑ "What's New with VMware vSphere 7 Update 1". September 15, 2020. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/09/whats-new-with-vmware-vsphere-7u1.html. 
  13. ↑ "Announcing General Availability of vSphere 7 Update 1". https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2020/10/announcing-general-availability-vsphere-7-update-1.html. 
  14. ↑ "What's New, Part 2, in vSphere 7 Update 2". March 9, 2021. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2021/03/whats-new-part-2-in-vsphere-7-update-2.html. 
  15. ↑ "Announcing: vSphere 7 Update 2 Release". https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2021/03/announcing-vsphere-7-update-2-release.html. 
  16. ↑ "Introducing vSphere 8: The Enterprise Workload Platform". August 30, 2022. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2022/08/introducing-vsphere-8-the-enterprise-workload-platform.html. 

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