VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere
Developer(s)	VMware
Initial release	April 21, 2009
Stable release	8.0U2c; / March 26, 2024; 2 months ago
License	Proprietary
Website	vmware.com/products/vsphere/

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

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 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]

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External links

VMware Infrastructure product page - VMware, Inc.

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