VMware vSphere

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

VMware vSphere
Developer(s)VMware
Initial releaseApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release
7.0[1]
/ April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)
LicenseProprietary
Websitevmware.com/products/vsphere/

vSphere is a VMware cloud computing platform for virtualization. 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.

On 10 February 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]

September 22, 2013 saw the release of vSphere 5.5.[6]

On 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's CEO Pat Gelsinger 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 October 16th, 2018, VMware announced vSphere 6.7 Update 1. This release is notable for the first fully featured release of the HTML5-based vSphere client.[11]

On April 2nd, 2019, VMware announced vSphere 6.7 Update 2. [12]

On August 13th, 2019, VMware released vSphere 6.7 Update 3. [13]

On March 10th, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0. [14]

See also
  • VMware ESX/ESXi, the hypervisor operating system component
  • VMware Remote Console
  • VMware VMFS, the VMware file system component

Reference list
  1. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-70-release-notes.html
  2. "Server Virtualization with VMware vSphere | VMware India". www.vmware.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. "VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 Release Notes". February 10, 2011.
  4. "VMware vSphere® 5 launched". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  5. "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.
  6. "vSphere 5.5 Release Notes". www.vmware.com. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  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. "Fully Featured vSphere Client in vSphere 6.7 Update 1". VMware vSphere Blog. October 16, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  12. "Announcing vSphere 6.7 Update 2, vSphere Platinum updates, and vSphere ROBO Enterprise". VMware vSphere Blog. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  13. "VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Update 3 Release Notes". VMware Docs. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  14. "Introducing vSphere 7: Essential Services for the Modern Hybrid Cloud". VMware vSphere Blog. March 10, 2020.
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