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VMware vSphere
Developer(s)VMware
Initial releaseApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release
8.0U1c[1]
/ August 7, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-08-07)
LicenseProprietary
Websitevmware.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 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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