What’s new in vSphere 5.1 – for those who missed VMworld 2012

Well, if you’re a loser like me… you didn’t attend VMworld 2012. I figured I’d at least read all of the “What’s New” PDF’s though, and here is a collection of them! So much is either improved OR great new features, it’s hard to know where to start!

So far I think I’m most excited about the usable web client (goodbye VIC and terminal servers!) and replication. The new cached auto deploy options look nice too, but on diskless / usbless / sdless UCS blades it won’t do much for someone like me. Another thing that really interested me was the support for LACP on distributed virtual switches too.

This is widely reported, but the licensing model changed more/less back to the way it was too.

Anyway, here they are:

• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1
• What’s new in VMware vCenter 5.1
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Networking
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Platform
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Storage
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Performance
• Introduction to VMware vSphere Replication
• Introduction to VMware vSphere Data Protection
• What’s new in VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
• What’s new in vCloud Director 5.1
• Pricing Document

Till next time…