The big virtualization news from the past week or so was definitely the release and General Availability of VMware vSphere version 6.5, available for download now.
New features include:
- Improvements to vCenter Server 6.5
- Transition to Web Client-only
- Improved host management
- Enhancements to VMware Tools
- vRealize Operations Manager updated to 6.4
- Enhancements to the API, specifically for developers and automation
- Security enhancements (including VM-level encryption)
- Improvements to VMware HA and DRS
- Storage-related enhancements (including automated UNMAP)
- Networking enhancements
I’ll review each of these areas and also go through some caveats — especially around compatibility with other VMware products. Continue reading