VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere
Developer(s)VMware
Initial releaseApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Stable release
8.0U3[1]
/ June 27, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-06-27)
LicenseProprietary
Websitevmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/vsphere

VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform.[2]

It includes vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another. [citation needed]

On February 12, 2024, VMware owner Broadcom discontinued general availability of vSphere Hypervisor free edition.[3]

  1. ^ "VMware vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3 Release Notes". Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Server Virtualization with VMware vSphere | VMware India". www.vmware.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "End Of General Availability of the free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x)".