What’s New with VMware

vSphere 6.5
Today (18-OCt-2016) at VMworld Barcelona 2016, vSphere
6.5 has been announced by Pat Gelsinger during the General
session. vSphere 6.5 released with lot of new features that
most of them were waiting for. vSphere 6.5, the latest version
of its industry-leading virtualization platform. This new
release of vSphere features a dramatically simplified
experience, comprehensive built-in security, and a universal
app platform for running any app. vSphere 6.5 makes
the vCenter Server Appliance the fundamental building block
of a vSphere environment. The core vSphere architecture is
built around this easy to deploy and manage approach that
reduces operational complexity by embedding key
functionality into a single location.
 vCenter Server Appliance:
• Fully Integrated vSphere Update Manager with vCenter Server
appliance (No more windows)
• File based backup/restore for vCSA
• Native High Availability for the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA only)
• Builtin monitoring web interface for the VCSA
• over 2x increase in scale and 3x in performance
• Easy to migrate from Windows vCenter to VCSA 6.5 using vCenter Server
Appliance tool
• vCenter Server appliance runs on Photo OS now.
• Client Integration Plugin (CIP) for the vSphere Web Client is no longer
required anymore
• Run the VCSA depolyment installeren on Windows, Mac and Linux
• The installer now supports install, upgrade, migrate and restore
• HTML 5 based vSphere Client
In vSphere 6.5 there is an improvement in the migration tool which allows
for more granular selection of migrated data as follows:
• Configuration
• Configuration, events, and tasks
• Configuration, events, tasks, and performance metrics
 vSphere Web Client:
• This small list of high-impact improvements will help
with the overall user experience with the vSphere Web
Client while development continues with the HTML5-
based vSphere Client:
• Inventory tree is the default view
• Home screen reorganized
• Renamed “Manage” tab to “Configure”
• Removed “Related Objects” tab
• Performance improvements (VM Rollup at 5000
instead of 50 VMs)
• Live refresh for power states, tasks, and more!