VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere
Developer(s)	VMware
Initial release	April 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release	8.0U3e [1] / May 22, 2025;56 days ago (2025-05-22)
License	Proprietary
Website	vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vsphere

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

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
• 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 3e Release Notes". Archived from the original on May 29, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
2. "Server Virtualization with VMware vSphere | VMware India". www.vmware.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
3. "End Of General Availability of the free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x)". Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
4. "VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 Release Notes". February 10, 2011. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 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. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
8. "vSphere 6.0 finally announced!". February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
9. "Introducing vSphere 6.5 - VMware vSphere Blog". VMware vSphere Blog. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
10. "Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7!". VMware vSphere Blog. April 17, 2018. Archived from the original on May 1, 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. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
13. "What's New with VMware vSphere 7 Update 1". VMware vSphere Blog. September 15, 2020. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
14. "Announcing General Availability of vSphere 7 Update 1". October 6, 2020. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
15. "What's New, Part 2, in vSphere 7 Update 2". VMware vSphere Blog. March 9, 2021. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 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. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

External links

• VMware Infrastructure product page Archived March 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - VMware, Inc.