VMware vSphere
 | It has been suggested that VMware Infrastructure be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2009. |
| Developer(s) | VMware |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.0 Update 1.0 (Build 183347) / 2009-11-19
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| Operating system | 64bit |
| Type | Virtual machine suite |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.vmware.com/products/vsphere |
VMware vSphere, (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's first cloud operating system. It is able to manage large pools of virtualized computing infrastructure, including software and hardware.
History
While VMware Infrastructure 3.5 was in development, vSphere was conceived as an enhanced suite of tools offering the ability to do cloud computing utilizing VMware ESX/ESXi 4.[1]
The Internet-aware and cloud-enabled tool suite was spin off as VMware Infrastructure 4 (for short, VI 4) parallel to but distinct from VMware Infrastructure 3.5 (VI 3.5) that was then ready for release (March 30, 2009).[1]
VMware eventually announced vSphere 4 instead of VI 4 on April 21, 2009 and released it on May 21, 2009.[1]
VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4 November 19, 2009 to add support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.[2]
VMware's vSphere 4.1 began shipping in August, 2010, and delivers additional functionality, including an updated vCenter Configuration Manager as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager. In addition, vMotion now allows customers to move more than one VM at a time from server host to server host.
See also
- Cloud computing
- VMware Infrastructure
- VMware VMFS, the VMware SAN file system
- List of VMware software
- Virtual machine
- Platform virtualization
Reference list
- ^ a b c Release article
- ^ "VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 Release Notes". December 18, 2009.
External links
- VMware Infrastructure product page - VMware, Inc.