VMware vSphere

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VMware vSphere
Developer(s) VMware
Initial releaseApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release
8.0U1c [1]
/ August 7, 2023;6 months ago (2023-08-07)
License Proprietary
Website vmware.com/products/vsphere/

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

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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 ]

On February 12, 2024, VMWare owner Broadcom discontinued general availability of vSphere free edition. [3]

Releases

See also

Reference list

  1. "VMware vCenter Server 8.0 Update 1c Release Notes" . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  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" . 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" . 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" . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  17. "Introducing vSphere 8: The Enterprise Workload Platform". VMware vSphere Blog. August 30, 2022.

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