Get your download engines running, vSphere 6.0 is here!

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1. Tushar Topale ☁ ( VMware vExpert 2015) says

   12 March, 2015 at 17:39

   Cheers!

2. calvin says

   12 March, 2015 at 17:57

   Would be nice if evo rail are coming with vsphere 6 now.

3. martijnmoret says

   12 March, 2015 at 17:57

   Remember to check all your applications if they support the new version! Your backup application probably not!

   • Mario says

     13 March, 2015 at 19:34

     it depends on which VDDK a backup system supports. For example, NetBackup already supports vSphere 6. (of course not all features yet).

4. Mike R. says

   12 March, 2015 at 17:58

   I hope VMware is a bit quicker in issuing vSphere 6 keys as compared to previous years 🙂

5. Micke says

   12 March, 2015 at 18:06

   Too bad it’s not available for those of us who are “free” license users 🙁

   “You either are not entitled or do not have permissions to download this product.
   Check with your My VMware Super User, Procurement Contact or Administrator.”

6. Jose Gerez says

   12 March, 2015 at 18:35

   Why Operation Manager Foundation is not v6?

   • Joerg Behrens says

     13 March, 2015 at 08:15

     Because vRealize Operations 6.x isnt available in a free Version. You have to stay on the 5.x branch.

     Regards,
     Joerg

7. P. Cruiser says

   12 March, 2015 at 21:58

   There does not appear to be a .iso download nor the ability to update within the appliance for Infrastructure Navigator. Looks like I have to redeploy from scratch.. :sigh:

8. Micke says

   12 March, 2015 at 23:08

   I managed to start a new trial and then download an ISO. NO serial though.

9. Calvin says

   13 March, 2015 at 02:38

   Evo rail will be selling like hot cakes if prepackage as rapid upgrade kit to vsphere6

10. Jon says

    13 March, 2015 at 02:38

    Awesome! Any good news for VMUG members?

11. P. Cruiser says

    13 March, 2015 at 16:14

    Be aware, there is already a hotfix for vROps 6.0.1. It doesn’t seem to be available as a standalone .pak file yet.. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2110330

    This inconsistency with how updates are made available (.iso, .pak, full .ova, or update within the appliance) leaves much to be desired.

12. Kevin Brooksby says

    14 March, 2015 at 03:52

    Hey Duncan, discovered a gold nugget today playing with the Autodeploy feature of vSphere 6 on the VCSA. Detailed here http://www.undercovernerds.com/?p=103
    Hope engineering fixes this promptly. When you drill into vSphere Web Client -> Administration -> System Configuration -> Services -> Autodeploy configure/enable but when you start this service I would expect it to initiate a iptables rule to open udp port 69 communications. Had me banging my head for a few hours trying to validate my vSphere 5.x Autodeploy v.s. vSphere 6.x Autodeploy environment.

13. Ralf says

    2 September, 2015 at 11:15

    Updating to ESXi 6 was the biggest mistake in my VMware history. First we were hit by the ATS Miscompare “bug” (which was introduced in 5.5), then by the ADP bug (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2126021). In both cases stretched clusters with > 400 VMs were down. We never had such a major issue in versions up to 5.1. VMware should get back on track and check the quality of their products instead pushing new products like VSAN etc.