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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> / June 27, 2024<span class="noprint">; 4 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-06-27</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vsphere">vmware<wbr />.com<wbr />/products<wbr />/cloud-infrastructure<wbr />/vsphere</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>VMware vSphere</b> (formerly <a href="/wiki/VMware_Infrastructure" title="VMware Infrastructure">VMware Infrastructure</a> 4) is <a href="/wiki/VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> virtualization platform.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It includes vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one <a href="/wiki/Virtual_machine" title="Virtual machine">virtual machine</a> at a time from one host server to another. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On February 12, 2024, VMware owner <a href="/wiki/Broadcom" title="Broadcom">Broadcom</a> discontinued general availability of vSphere Hypervisor free edition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Releases">Releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VMware_vSphere&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On February 10, 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 to add support for <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux" title="Red Hat Enterprise Linux">RHEL</a> 6, RHEL 5.6, <a href="/wiki/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server">SLES</a> 11 SP1 for VMware, <a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ubuntu (operating system)">Ubuntu</a> 10.10, and <a href="/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solaris (operating system)">Solaris</a> 10 Update 9.<sup id="cite_ref-vSphere_4.1_Update_1_Release_Notes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vSphere_4.1_Update_1_Release_Notes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>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.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In May 2014 <a href="/wiki/SAP_SE" class="mw-redirect" title="SAP SE">SAP</a> and VMware announced the availability of <a href="/wiki/SAP_HANA" title="SAP HANA">SAP HANA</a> for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On February 3, 2015, VMware announced vSphere 6.0 with many new features and enhancements.<sup id="cite_ref-vSphere_6.0_finally_announced!_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vSphere_6.0_finally_announced!-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>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.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On March 10, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On September 15, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 1.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On March 9, 2021, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 2.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On August 30, 2022, VMware announced vSphere 8.0.<sup id="cite_ref-wlp_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wlp-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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