It includes vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than onevirtual machine at a time from one host server to another.[citation needed]
On February 12, 2024, VMware ownerBroadcom discontinued general availability of vSphere Hypervisor free edition.[3]
On February 10, 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 to add support forRHEL 6, RHEL 5.6,SLES 11 SP1 for VMware,Ubuntu 10.10, andSolaris 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 2014SAP and VMware announced the availability ofSAP 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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