VMware vSphere
VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform.[2]
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| Developer(s) | VMware |
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| Initial release | April 21, 2009 |
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| License | Proprietary |
| Website | vmware |
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. [citation needed]
On February 12, 2024, VMware owner Broadcom discontinued general availability of vSphere Hypervisor free edition.[3]
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.[4]
- On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere.[5]
- 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.[6]
- In May 2014 SAP and VMware announced the availability of SAP HANA for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5.[7]
- On February 3, 2015, VMware announced vSphere 6.0 with many new features and enhancements.[8]
- On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features.[9]
- 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.[10]
- On March 10, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0.[11][12]
- On September 15, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 1.[13][14]
- On March 9, 2021, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 2.[15][16]
- On August 30, 2022, VMware announced vSphere 8.0.[17]
See also
- PowerCLI, command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell for managing and automating VMware products
- vCenter is the centralized management utility
- VMware ESX/ESXi, the hypervisor operating system component
- VMware VMFS, the VMware file system component
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