{"id":1524,"date":"2016-11-15T09:24:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2018-09-01T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T00:29:09","slug":"vsphere-6-5-finally-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/vsphere-6-5-finally-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"vSphere 6.5 is finally GA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, VMware finally announces vSphere 6.5 to be GA.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m writing this post, I&#8217;m installing ESXi 6.5 GA in my lab:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-8.51.48-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1526\" src=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-8.51.48-AM.png\" alt=\"ESXi 6.5 GA\" width=\"1017\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-8.51.48-AM.png 1017w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-8.51.48-AM-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-8.51.48-AM-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-8.51.48-AM-975x734.png 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>vSphere 6.5 Release notes<br \/>\n<\/strong>http:\/\/pubs.vmware.com\/Release_Notes\/en\/vsphere\/65\/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65-release-notes.html#whatsnew<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s New in VMware vSphere 6.5<br \/>\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/content\/dam\/digitalmarketing\/vmware\/en\/pdf\/whitepaper\/vsphere\/vmw-white-paper-vsphr-whats-new-6-5.pdf<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>vSphere 6.5 Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>VMware vCenter Server 6.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple migration from Windows vCenter 5.5 and 6.0 to VCSA 6.5.<\/li>\n<li>vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface (port 5480) provides now a simple interface to monitor the vCenter database.<\/li>\n<li>Native vCenter High Availability solution. Spin up a vCenter HA cluster with two notes, one active and one passive.<\/li>\n<li>The C# client has finally been retired. The new default is the vSphere HTML5 Client and the vSphere Web Client.<\/li>\n<li>The vSphere Web Client is accessible via https:\/\/vcenter\/vsphere-client<\/li>\n<li>The vSphere Client is accessible via\u00a0https:\/\/vcenter\/ui<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enhanced UI.<\/li>\n<li>Dashboard now focuses on Key Performance Indicators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ESXi 6.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VM encryption and encrypted vMotion is now available.<\/li>\n<li>Host Web Client is now the default to connect to ESXi\u00a0https:\/\/\/ui\/<br \/>\nThis came out of\u00a0https:\/\/labs.vmware.com\/flings\/esxi-embedded-host-client<\/li>\n<li>Network-Aware vSphere DRS<\/li>\n<li>VMware vSphere Integrated Containers is build in by default<\/li>\n<li>Automated UNMAP for block storage solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the time I was done with writing this post, the installation of ESXi 6.5 was done as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.03.08-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1527\" src=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.03.08-AM.png\" alt=\"ESXi65Installation\" width=\"655\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.03.08-AM.png 655w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.03.08-AM-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.22.25-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1528\" src=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.22.25-AM.png\" alt=\"ESX 6.5 Host Client\" width=\"773\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.22.25-AM.png 773w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.22.25-AM-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-15-at-9.22.25-AM-768x467.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, VMware finally announces vSphere 6.5 to be GA. 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