VMware vSphere 4.1

[Brian Norman]

vSphere 4.1 has been released.  Here are the highlights that affect us.

 

• vMotion in Essentials PLUS and Standard
• Essentials is now list priced at $495/6 processes
• ESXi (free version) now called "VMware vSphere Hypervisor". We'll now use ESX & ESXi just to refer to the two different architectures.

 

Also, I have read that vCenter Server 4.1 is 64 bit ONLY.

 

And here are some links for more info.

 

VMware vSphere 4.1

• VMware vSphere 4.1 product overview "Begin the Journey to a Private Cloud with Datacenter Virtualization"
• What's New in vSphere 4.1
• VMware vSphere 4.1 Release Notes - ESXi Edition 
• VMware vSphere 4.1 Release Notes - ESX Edition 
• VMware vSphere 4.1 product support & downloads
• VMware Scripting - SDK Developer Support available for vSphere SDK 4.1 (Developer Center Blog)
• Performance Implications of Storage I/O Control in vSphere Environments with Shared Storage (VROOM!)
• vSphere 4.1 is Here! Tell Me Something About the Release I May Not Know (vSphere Blog)
• vSphere 4.1 has shipped! (VIX API Blog)
• Got Network I/O Control? (VMware Networking Blog)
• PowerCLI 4.1 is out (PowerCLI Blog)
• VDR and vSphere 4.1 Compatibility (Uptime Blog)
• EMC Ionix Customers Transitioning to VMware Support July 1st (Support Insider Blog)

VMware ESXi

• VMware ESXi and ESX Info Center "Planning your upgrade to VMware ESXi, the next-generation hypervisor architecture."
• t’s here! The latest version of ESXi (ESXi Chronicles)

VMware vSphere Hypervisor

The product formerly known as "free ESXi"

• VMware vSphere Hypervisor product overview
• VMware vSphere Hypervisor community with an explanation of the change
• Introducing VMware vSphere Hypervisor 4.1 - the free edition of VMware vSphere 4.1 (vSphere Blog)