VMware vSphere 8.0

vCenter HA cluster.
For ease of migration to a new application - vCenter Server Appliance Migration tool.
New API (REST-based APIs for VM Management) to simplify automation and infrastructure management.
Finally the official HTML5-based vSphere Client web client.
Updated VMware Update Manager, Host Profiles and Auto Deploy. Everything has been simplified in maintenance.
Proactive HA. When problems occur with a host, the host can be quarantined and the VM migrated off of it before the problem actually brings the host down.
vSphere HA Orchestrated Restart. VM dependency policies on reboot after HA is triggered.

Fault Tolerance is integrated with DRS to determine the optimal host and storage for a VM shadow copy. And also FT works through several network adapters.
Many extensions in the work of DRS, etc.
Secure boot for hosts and VMs.
Encryption at vMotion.
Encryption of VM disks.
Advanced audit.
Policy management.

Update 10/2022
VMware ESXi 8
VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0-20513097.x86_64.iso
VMware-ESXi-8.0-20513097-depot.zip
VMware vCenter 8
VMware-VCSA-all-8.0.0-20519528.iso
Old images removed

System requirements : CPU: x86_64 compatible
HDD and RAM - the more the better
Architecture : amd64



What's New

official site does not provide any info about changes in this version.

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