VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is a VMware cloud computing virtualization platform.
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When developing VMware Infrastructure 3.5, VMware created vSphere as an enhanced device for cloud computing using VMware ESX/ESXi 4.
VMware separates the cloud-enabled tool suite as VMware Infrastructure 4 ( VI 4 for short) to differ from VMware Infrastructure 3.5 ( VI 3.5 ) then ready to be released (March 30, 2009).
On April 21, 2009, VMware announced vSphere 4 instead of VI 4, releasing it on May 21, 2009.
On November 19, 2009, VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4, adding support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
VMware uses vSphere in cloud computing platform for virtualization. VMware's vSphere 4.1 began shipping in August 2010. This update includes an updated vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and vMotion's ability to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another.
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.
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.
September 22, 2013 sees the release of vSphere 5.5.
In May 2014 SAP and VMware announced the availability of SAP HANA for production use on VMware vSphere 5.5
On February 3, 2015, VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger announced vSphere 6.0 with a large number of new features and enhancements.
On October 18, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focused on a simplified experience and improved security features.
On April 17, 2018, VMware announced vSphere 6.7 focuses on simple, large-scale, efficient management, security feature enhancements, universal application platform, and seamless cloud-hybrid experience.
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See also
- VMware ESX/ESXi, operating system components hypervisor
- VMware VMFS, VMware file system components
Reference list
External links
- VMware Infrastructure product page - VMware, Inc.
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