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VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers.As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS); instead, it includes and integrates vital OS components, such as a kernel.
VMFS3 is used by ESX Server v3.x and vSphere 4.x. Notably, it introduces directory structure in the filesystem. VMFS5 is used by vSphere 5.x. Notably, it raises the extent limit to 64 TB and the file size limit to 62 TB, [2] though vSphere versions earlier than 5.5 are limited to VMDKs smaller than 2 TB. [4] VMFS6 is used by vSphere 6.5.
VMware Go is a web-based service to guide users of any expertise level through the installation and configuration of VMware vSphere Hypervisor. [146] VMware Cloud Foundation – Cloud Foundation provides an easy way to deploy and operate a private cloud on an integrated SDDC system. VMware Horizon View is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI ...
On February 10, 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 to add support for RHEL 6, RHEL 5.6, SLES 11 SP1 for VMware, Ubuntu 10.10, and Solaris 10 Update 9. [4] On July 12, 2011, VMware released version 5 of VMware vSphere. [5] On August 27, 2012, VMware released vSphere 5.1. This extended vSphere to include VMware vSphere Storage ...
GPL version 2; full version with extra enterprise features is proprietary Virtual Iron 3.1 Virtual Iron Software, Inc., acquired by Oracle x86 VT-x, x86-64 AMD-V x86, x86-64 No host OS Windows, Linux Proprietary, some components GPLv2 [10] Virtual Machine Manager: Red Hat: x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 Linux Linux, Windows GPL version 2
VMware ESXi 7.0; DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1; USB 3.2 Gen 2 controller (up to 10 Gbit/s) VMs up to 32 virtual CPUs, 128 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM; Dark Mode in Windows 10; vSphere 7.0 compatibility; VMs security enhanced by removing graphics render from vmx and running it as a separate sandbox process
VMware claimed in 2011 that the Player offered better graphics, faster performance, and tighter integration for running Windows XP under Windows Vista or Windows 7 than Microsoft's Windows XP Mode running on Windows Virtual PC, which is free of charge for all purposes.
VMware Workstation version 11 and above supports UEFI, independently of whether the physical host system is UEFI-based. VMware Workstation 14 (and accordingly, Fusion 10) adds support for the Secure Boot feature of UEFI. [148] [149] The VMware ESXi 5.0 hypervisor officially supports UEFI. Version 6.5 adds support for Secure Boot.