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VMware vSphere

Developer(s)	VMware
Initial release	April 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release	8.0U3с / October 9, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-10-09)
License	Proprietary
Website	vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vsphere

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

It includes 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.

On February 12, 2024, VMware owner Broadcom discontinued general availability of vSphere Hypervisor free edition.

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.
• On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere.
• 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.
• In May 2014 SAP and VMware announced the availability of SAP HANA for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5.
• On February 3, 2015, VMware announced vSphere 6.0 with many new features and enhancements.
• On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features.
• 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.
• On March 10, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0.
• On September 15, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 1.
• On March 9, 2021, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 2.
• On August 30, 2022, VMware announced vSphere 8.0.

See also

• PowerCLI, command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell for managing and automating VMware productsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• 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 3с Release Notes". Retrieved December 20, 2024.
2. "Server Virtualization with VMware vSphere | VMware India". www.vmware.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
3. "End Of General Availability of the free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x)".
4. "VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 Release Notes". February 10, 2011.
5. "VMware vSphere® 5 launched". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
6. "VMware vSphere® 5.1 Helps SMBs Simplify and Protect Their IT Environments with New Business Continuity and Management Capabilities". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
7. "SAP and VMware Announce SAP HANA® for Production Use on VMware vSphere 5.5". www.vmware.com. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
8. "vSphere 6.0 finally announced!". February 3, 2015.
9. "Introducing vSphere 6.5 - VMware vSphere Blog". VMware vSphere Blog. October 18, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
10. "Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7!". VMware vSphere Blog. April 17, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
11. "Introducing vSphere 7: Essential Services for the Modern Hybrid Cloud". VMware vSphere Blog. March 10, 2020.
12. "vSphere 7 – Announcing General Availability of the New Generation of vSphere". April 2, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
13. "What's New with VMware vSphere 7 Update 1". VMware vSphere Blog. September 15, 2020.
14. "Announcing General Availability of vSphere 7 Update 1". October 6, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
15. "What's New, Part 2, in vSphere 7 Update 2". VMware vSphere Blog. March 9, 2021.
16. "Announcing: vSphere 7 Update 2 Release". March 9, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
17. "Introducing vSphere 8: The Enterprise Workload Platform". VMware vSphere Blog. August 30, 2022.

External links

• VMware Infrastructure product page - VMware, Inc.

• VMware
• Virtualization software
• Proprietary software