VMware vSphere (formerly

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virtualization platform. It includes an updated vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one

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at a time from one host server to another.

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* On 10 February 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 to add support for

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6, RHEL 5.6, SLES 11 SP1 for VMware,

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10.10, and Solaris 10 Update 9. * On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere. * 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. * In May 2014

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and VMware announced the availability of

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for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5. * On February 3, 2015, VMware announced vSphere 6.0 with many new features and enhancements. * On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features. * 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. * On March 10, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0. * On September 15, 2020, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 1. * On March 9, 2021, VMware announced vSphere 7.0 Update 2. * On August 30, 2022, VMware announced vSphere 8.0.https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2022/08/introducing-vsphere-8-the-enterprise-workload-platform.html

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External links

VMware Infrastructure product page
- VMware, Inc. {{Virtualization products vSphere Virtualization software Proprietary software

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