VMware vCenter 6.7, vSphere 6.7, and vSAN 6.7 Latest Release

VMware just released VMware vSphere 6.7, vCenter 6.7 and vSAN 6.7 the latest release of the industry-leading virtualization and cloud platform.

VMware vSphere 6.7 release is the efficient and secure platform for hybrid clouds, fueling digital transformation by delivering simple and efficient management at scale, comprehensive built-in security, a universal application platform, and seamless hybrid cloud experience.

vSphere 6.7 delivers key capabilities to enable IT organizations address the following notable trends that are putting new demands on their IT infrastructure:

  • Explosive growth in quantity and variety of applications, from business critical apps to new intelligent workloads.
  • Rapid growth of hybrid cloud environments and use cases.
  • On-premises data centers growing and expanding globally, including at the Edge.
  • Security of infrastructure and applications attaining paramount importance.

For more information, please refer to https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/04/introducing-vmware-vsphere-6-7.html

VMware vCenter 6.7 release is full of new enhancements for the vCenter Server Appliance in all areas. Now customers have more tooling to help with monitoring. The vSphere Client (HTML5) is full of new workflows and closer to feature parity. The vCenter Server Appliance architecture is moving to a simpler deployment model.

For more information, please refer to https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/04/introducing-vcenter-server-6-7.html

VMware vSAN 6.7 release offers features and capabilities that enable improved performance, usability and consistency. Significant improvements to the management and monitoring tools are also matched by lower level performance and application consistency improvements. There are a whole bunch of cool enhancements and new features, so let’s create a list of the new features first, and then look at them individually in more detail.

  • HTML-5 User Interface support
  • Native vRealize Operations dashboards in the HTML-5 client
  • Support for Microsoft WSFC using vSAN iSCSI
  • Fast Network Failovers
  • Optimization: Adaptive Resync
  • Optimization: Witness Traffic Separation for Stretched Clusters
  • Optimization: Preferred Site Override for Stretched Clusters
  • Optimization: Efficient Resync for Stretched Clusters
  • New Health Checks
  • Optimization: Enhanced Diagnostic Partition
  • Optimization: Efficient Decomissioning
  • Optimization: Efficient and consistent storage policies
  • 4K Native Device Support
  • FIPS 140-2 Level 1 validation

For more information, please refer to https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2018/04/17/whats-new-vmware-vsan-6-7/