WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE® 6.7

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WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE® 6.7 WHITE PAPER – MAY 2018

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 Contents Introduction Simple and Efficient Management at scale Comprehensive Built-In Security Universal Application Platform. 6 Seamless Hybrid Cloud Experience Center server 6.7 9 Monitoring and Management Sphere Client CLI Tools vSphere 6.7 Lifecycle Management New vSphere Update Manager Interface Faster Major Version Upgrades from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7 Sphere Quick Boot vSphere with Operations Management 6.7 18 New Quick start Dashboard 19 Workload Optimization Dashboard Updates Capacity Overview Dashboard Updates vSphere 6.7 Developer and Automation Interfaces Appliance API Updates Other API Updates Ware WHITE PAPERI2

WHITE PAPER | 2 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 Contents Introduction ............................................................. 4 Simple and Efcient Management at Scale .............................. .4 Comprehensive Built-In Security ........................................ .5 Universal Application Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Seamless Hybrid Cloud Experience ..................................... .7 vCenter Server 6.7 ....................................................... 8 Lifecycle .............................................................. .8 Install .............................................................. .8 Migrate............................................................. .9 Upgrade .......................................................... .10 Monitoring and Management ....................................... .10 vSphere Client........................................................ . 12 CLI Tools............................................................. . 13 vSphere 6.7 Lifecycle Management ....................................... .14 New vSphere Update Manager Interface ............................... . 14 Faster Major Version Upgrades from ESXi 6.5 to 6.7..................... . 17 vSphere Quick Boot .................................................. . 17 vSphere with Operations Management 6.7 ................................ .18 vSphere Client Plug-in ................................................ . 18 New Quick Start Dashboard .......................................... . 19 Workload Optimization Dashboard Updates ............................ . 19 Capacity Overview Dashboard Updates ................................ 20 vSphere 6.7 Developer and Automation Interfaces ......................... . 21 Appliance API Updates ............................................... . 21 vCenter Server API Updates........................................... 22 Other API Updates ................................................... 22

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.7 Security 23 TPM 2.0 Support for ESXi Hosts 23 Virtual TPm 2.0 for VMs Support for Microsoft Virtualization-Based Security Ul Updat Multiple Target FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptographic Modules by Default vSphere 6.7 for Enterprise Applications Persistent Memory Remote Directory Memory Access 29 esources About the authors 3 Ware WHITE PAPER 3

WHITE PAPER | 3 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.7 Security .................................................... 23 TPM 2.0 Support for ESXi Hosts ....................................... 23 Virtual TPM 2.0 for VMs .............................................. 24 Support for Microsoft Virtualization-Based Security .................... 25 UI Updates .......................................................... 26 Multiple Syslog Targets ............................................... .27 FIPS 140-2 Validated Cryptographic Modules by Default ................ .27 vSphere 6.7 for Enterprise Applications ................................... 27 Persistent Memory.................................................... .27 Remote Directory Memory Access........................................ 29 Conclusion ............................................................. 30 Resources .............................................................. 30 About the Authors ...................................................... .31

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 Introduction VMware vSphere67 delivers key capabilities to enable IT organizations to 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 applications to new intelligent workloads Rapid increase in hybrid cloud environments and use cases Global expansion of on-premises data centers, including at the edge Heightened importance of security relating to infrastructure and applications The following sections discuss some of the key capabilities in vSphere 6.7 that Simple and Efficient Management at Scale Sphere 6.7 builds on the technological innovation delivered by vsphere 6.5 and elevates the customer experience to an entirely new level. It provides exceptional management simplicity, outstanding operational efficiency, and faster time to an extraordinary user experience. It introduces several new APls that improve the rs Sphere 6.7, with its improved VMware vCenter Server Appliance system, delive erice ncy and experience of deploying multiple vCenter Server Appliance instances based on a template. These new APls also make management of v Center Server Appliance systems significantly easier while facilitating a more complete backup- and-restore solution v Sphere 6.7 also simplifies the vMware through v Center Server systems with an embedded Platform Services Controller instance in Enhanced Linked Mode. This enables administrators to link multiple v Center Server instances and have seamless visibility across the environment without the need for an external platform services Controller instance or load balancers With vSphere 6.7, vCenter Server Appliance delivers major performance mprovements (all metrics compared at cluster scale limits in contrast to 2X faster performance in vCenter Server operations per second 3X reduction in memory usage 3x faster operations relating to VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler M (vSphere DRS)-for example, virtual machine (Vm) power-on These performance improvements ensure a blazing fast experience for v Sphere users. They deliver significant value as well as time and cost savings in a variety of use cases, such as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDi). scale-out applications, big data, High Performance Computing(HPC), DevOps, distributed cloud-native Ware WHITE PAPER 4

WHITE PAPER | 4 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 Introduction VMware vSphere® 6.7 delivers key capabilities to enable IT organizations to 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 applications to new intelligent workloads • Rapid increase in hybrid cloud environments and use cases • Global expansion of on-premises data centers, including at the edge • Heightened importance of security relating to infrastructure and applications The following sections discuss some of the key capabilities in vSphere 6.7 that address the aforementioned trends. Simple and Efcient Management at Scale vSphere 6.7 builds on the technological innovation delivered by vSphere 6.5 and elevates the customer experience to an entirely new level. It provides exceptional management simplicity, outstanding operational efciency, and faster time to market—all at scale. vSphere 6.7, with its improved VMware vCenter Server® Appliance™ system, delivers an extraordinary user experience. It introduces several new APIs that improve the efciency and experience of deploying multiple vCenter Server Appliance instances based on a template. These new APIs also make management of vCenter Server Appliance systems significantly easier while facilitating a more complete backup￾and-restore solution. vSphere 6.7 also simplifies the VMware vCenter Server topology through vCenter Server systems with an embedded Platform Services Controller™ instance in Enhanced Linked Mode. This enables administrators to link multiple vCenter Server instances and have seamless visibility across the environment without the need for an external Platform Services Controller instance or load balancers. With vSphere 6.7, vCenter Server Appliance delivers major performance improvements (all metrics compared at cluster scale limits in contrast to vSphere 6.5): • 2X faster performance in vCenter Server operations per second • 3X reduction in memory usage • 3X faster operations relating to VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler™ (vSphere DRS)—for example, virtual machine (VM) power-on These performance improvements ensure a blazing fast experience for vSphere users. They deliver significant value as well as time and cost savings in a variety of use cases, such as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), scale-out applications, big data, High Performance Computing (HPC), DevOps, distributed cloud-native applications, and so on

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.7 improves efficiency at scale when updating VMware ESXiTMhosts significantly reducing maintenance time by eliminating one of two reboots normally required for major version upgrades (single reboot). In addition, the Sphere Quick Boot innovation restarts the ESXi hypervisor without rebooting the physical host, skipping time-consuming hardware initialization o sNorts DNash and Crt 9. Administration aus Figure 1. vSphere Client shortcuts Screen Showing the New vSphere Update Manager Plug-in The graphical user interface(GUI) itself is another key component that enables v Sphere 6.7 to deliver a simplified and efficient experience. The html5-based sphere Client offers a modern user interface (UD) connection that is both responsive and easy to use. With vSphere 6.7, it includes added functionality to support not only the typical workflows customers need but also other key functions such as managing VMware NSX, VMware vSANTM, VMware vSphere Update Manager as well as third-party components. Comprehensive Built-In Securit vSphere 6.7 builds on vSphere 6.5 security capabilities and leverages its unique position as the hypervisor to provide comprehensive security via an operationally simple policy-driven mode that starts at the core Sphere 6.7 adds support for Trusted Platform Module (tPM)2.0 hardware devices for ESXi hosts and also introduces virtual TPM (vTPM) 2.0 for VMs, significantly enhancing protection and ensuring integrity for both the hypervisor and the guest operating system(OS). This capability helps prevent vMs and hosts from being tampered with. In vSphere 6.5, we introduced support for Secure Boot for ESXi hosts. This ensures that only digitally signed modules are loaded and prevents the installation of unsigned code. With vSphere 6.7, we have built upon that capability with the use of TPM 2.0 to provide measured assurance that this process has completed successfully. For virtual machines, vTPM 2.0 gives VMs the ability enhanced guest os security features sought by security teams Ware WHITE PAPER I5

WHITE PAPER | 5 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.7 improves efciency at scale when updating VMware ESXi™ hosts, significantly reducing maintenance time by eliminating one of two reboots normally required for major version upgrades (single reboot). In addition, the vSphere Quick Boot innovation restarts the ESXi hypervisor without rebooting the physical host, skipping time-consuming hardware initialization. Figure 1. vSphere Client Shortcuts Screen Showing the New vSphere Update Manager Plug-in The graphical user interface (GUI) itself is another key component that enables vSphere 6.7 to deliver a simplified and efcient experience. The HTML5-based vSphere Client ofers a modern user interface (UI) connection that is both responsive and easy to use. With vSphere 6.7, it includes added functionality to support not only the typical workflows customers need but also other key functions such as managing VMware NSX®, VMware vSAN™, VMware vSphere Update Manager™, as well as third-party components. Comprehensive Built-In Security vSphere 6.7 builds on vSphere 6.5 security capabilities and leverages its unique position as the hypervisor to provide comprehensive security via an operationally simple policy-driven mode that starts at the core. vSphere 6.7 adds support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 hardware devices for ESXi hosts and also introduces virtual TPM (vTPM) 2.0 for VMs, significantly enhancing protection and ensuring integrity for both the hypervisor and the guest operating system (OS). This capability helps prevent VMs and hosts from being tampered with. In vSphere 6.5, we introduced support for Secure Boot for ESXi hosts. This ensures that only digitally signed modules are loaded and prevents the installation of unsigned code. With vSphere 6.7, we have built upon that capability with the use of TPM 2.0 to provide measured assurance that this process has completed successfully. For virtual machines, vTPM 2.0 gives VMs the ability to use enhanced guest OS security features sought by security teams

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.5 introduced VM Encryption, which was very well received. With vSphere 6.7, VM Encryption is further enhanced, is more operationally easy to manage, and simplifies workflows. This is designed to protect data at rest and in motion, via a right-click, while also increasing the security posture of encrypting the vm and giving users a greater degree of control to protect against unauthorized data access vSphere 6.7 also improves protection for data in motion by enabling Encrypted vMotion across various vCenter server instances as well as versions This makes it easy to securely conduct data center migrations or to move data across a hybrid cloud environment-that is, between on-premises and pub d-or across geographically distributed data centers NOTE: Cross-v Center Encrypted vMotion is supported only for VMs that are not encrypted. vSphere 6.7 introduces support for the entire range of Microsoft virtualization-based security technologies introduced in Windows 10 and windows Server 2016. This is a result of close collaboration between Vmware and microsoft to ensure that window VMs on v Sphere systems support in-guest security features while continuing to b performant and secure on the v Sphere platform Sphere 6.7 delivers comprehensive built-in security and is the heart of a secure Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). It has deep integration and works seamlessly with other VMware products such as NsX vSAN, and VMware rEalize"Suite to provide a complete security model for the data center. Universal Application Platform vSphere 6.7 is a universal application platform that supports existing mission-critical applications as well as new workloads such as 3D graphics, big data, HPC, machine arning in-memory and cloud-native. It also supports and leverages some of the latest hardware innovations in the industry, delivering exceptional performance for a vale vSphere 6.7 further improves the support and capabilities introduced for graphics processing units(GPUs) through the VMware collaboration with NVIDIA. It virtualizes NVIDIA GPUs even for non-VDI use cases and for computing that is other than general purpose such as artificial intelligence, machine learning big data, and more With enhancements to NVIDIA GRID VGPUTM technology in vSphere 6.7, administrators can simply suspend and e workloads running on GPUs instead of having to power off those VMs. this is especially valuable when migration of the workload or VM is required during maintenance or other operations. It enables better lifecycle ent of the underlying host and significantly reduces disruptio for end users. VMware continues to invest in this area, with the goal of bringing the full vSphere experience to GPUs in future releases Ware WHITE PAPER 6

WHITE PAPER | 6 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.5 introduced VM Encryption, which was very well received. With vSphere 6.7, VM Encryption is further enhanced, is more operationally easy to manage, and simplifies workflows. This is designed to protect data at rest and in motion, via a right-click, while also increasing the security posture of encrypting the VM and giving users a greater degree of control to protect against unauthorized data access. vSphere 6.7 also improves protection for data in motion by enabling Encrypted vMotion across various vCenter Server instances as well as versions. This makes it easy to securely conduct data center migrations or to move data across a hybrid cloud environment—that is, between on-premises and public cloud—or across geographically distributed data centers. NOTE: Cross-vCenter Encrypted vMotion is supported only for VMs that are not encrypted. vSphere 6.7 introduces support for the entire range of Microsoft virtualization-based security technologies introduced in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. This is a result of close collaboration between VMware and Microsoft to ensure that Windows VMs on vSphere systems support in-guest security features while continuing to be performant and secure on the vSphere platform. vSphere 6.7 delivers comprehensive built-in security and is the heart of a secure Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). It has deep integration and works seamlessly with other VMware products such as NSX, vSAN, and VMware vRealize® Suite to provide a complete security model for the data center. Universal Application Platform vSphere 6.7 is a universal application platform that supports existing mission-critical applications as well as new workloads such as 3D graphics, big data, HPC, machine learning, in-memory, and cloud-native. It also supports and leverages some of the latest hardware innovations in the industry, delivering exceptional performance for a variety of workloads. vSphere 6.7 further improves the support and capabilities introduced for graphics processing units (GPUs) through the VMware collaboration with NVIDIA. It virtualizes NVIDIA GPUs even for non-VDI use cases and for computing that is other than general purpose such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and more. With enhancements to NVIDIA GRID® vGPU™ technology in vSphere 6.7, administrators can simply suspend and resume workloads running on GPUs instead of having to power of those VMs. This is especially valuable when migration of the workload or VM is required during maintenance or other operations. It enables better lifecycle management of the underlying host and significantly reduces disruption for end users. VMware continues to invest in this area, with the goal of bringing the full vSphere experience to GPUs in future releases

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 Speed Volatility Cost Speed volatility Cost Speed Volatility Cost 二 DRAM Persistent Flash Memory Figure 2. vSphere Persistent Memory- More Cost-Effective than DRAM and More Performant than Flash vSphere 6.7 continues to showcase VMware technological leadership and fruitful collaboration with our key partners by adding support for v sphere persistent Memory, a key industry innovation poised to have a dramatic impact on the landscape With v Sphere Persistent Memory, administrators using supported hardware modules such as those available from dell emc and hewlett packard Enterprise can leverage them either as super-fast storage with high IOPS or expose them to the guest OS as nonvolatile memory (NVM). This significantly improves Os performance as well as applications across a variety of use cases, making existing applications faster and more performant and enabling administrators to create new high-performance applications that can leverage vSphere Persistent Memory Find more information on the Virtual Blocks Core Storage 6.7 blog to learn about new storage and network features that further enhance enterprise applications unning on the v Sphere platform, such as 4K native(4Kn) disk support, Remote Directory Memory Access (RDMA), and Intel Volume Management Device(Intel VMD) for NVM Express(N∨Me) Seamless Hybrid Cloud Experience With the rapid adoption of public clouds based on the vsphere platform through VMware Cloud Provider Program partners, VMware CloudMon AwS, and other public cloud providers, VMware is committed to delivering a seamless hybrid cloud experience for enterprises Ware WHITE PAPER I7

WHITE PAPER | 7 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 SpeedSuper-Fast DRAM Volatility Volatile CostExpensive SpeedFast Persistent Memory Volatility Nonvolatile CostInexpensive SpeedSlow Flash Volatility Nonvolatile CostInexpensive Figure 2. vSphere Persistent Memory – More Cost-Efective than DRAM and More Performant than Flash vSphere 6.7 continues to showcase VMware technological leadership and fruitful collaboration with our key partners by adding support for vSphere Persistent Memory, a key industry innovation poised to have a dramatic impact on the landscape. With vSphere Persistent Memory, administrators using supported hardware modules such as those available from Dell EMC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise can leverage them either as super-fast storage with high IOPS or expose them to the guest OS as nonvolatile memory (NVM). This significantly improves OS performance as well as applications across a variety of use cases, making existing applications faster and more performant and enabling administrators to create new high-performance applications that can leverage vSphere Persistent Memory. Find more information on the Virtual Blocks Core Storage 6.7 blog to learn about new storage and network features that further enhance enterprise applications running on the vSphere platform, such as 4K native (4Kn) disk support, Remote Directory Memory Access (RDMA), and Intel Volume Management Device (Intel VMD) for NVM Express (NVMe). Seamless Hybrid Cloud Experience With the rapid adoption of public clouds based on the vSphere platform through VMware Cloud Provider Program partners, VMware Cloud™ on AWS, and other public cloud providers, VMware is committed to delivering a seamless hybrid cloud experience for enterprises

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.7 introduces vCenter Server Hybrid Linked Mode, which enables users to have unified visibility and manageability across an on-premises vSphere environment running on one version and a public cloud environment based on the vSphere platform, such as VMware Cloud on AwS, running on a different vSphere version This ensures that the fast pace of innovation and the introduction of new capabilities in public clouds based on the vsphere platform do not force the customer to constantly update and upgrade their on-premises v Sphere environment vSphere 6.7 also introduces cross-cloud hot and cold migration, which further enhances the ease of management across on-premises and cloud infrastructure and enables a seamless and nondisruptive hybrid cloud experience for enterprises As VMs migrate between various data centers or from an on-premises data center to the cloud and back, they likely move across different CPU types. vSphere 6.7 introduces per-VM Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EvC). a key capability for the hybrid cloud that enables the evc mode to become an attribute of the vM rather than of the specific processor generation it is booted on in the cluster. This facilitates seamless migration across various CPUs by persisting the evc mode per VM during migrations across clusters and during power cycles v Sphere 6.0 had introduced provisioning between v Center Server instances This is often called"cross-v Center provisioning "Using two vCenter Server stances presents the possibility that these instances are on different release versions. vSphere 6.7 enables customers to use different vCenter Server versions while allowing cross-v Center, mixed-version provisioning operations such as VMware vSphere vMotion'migration, full clone, and cold migrate to continue seamlessly. This is especially useful for enterprises leveraging VMware Cloud on AWS as part of their hybrid cloud VCenter server 6.7 vSphere 6.7 introduces many new enhancements across several areas for vCenter Server Appliance. Users now have improved monitoring tools he v Sphere Client has many new workflows and is closer to feature parity. The vCenter Server Appliance architecture is moving to a simpler deployment model In addition, the built-in file-based backup now includes a scheduler, and the vCenter Server Appliance Ul has been updated to Clarity. This section will provide more details on these and other vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 enhancements fecycle One significant change to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 is a simplification of the architecture and a reversion to running all vcenter server services on a single instance With the introduction of vCenter Server with embedded Platform services controller instance with enhanced linked mode. this deployment model provides the following benefits Requires no load balancer for high availability fully supports native v Center Server Ware WHITE PAPER I8

WHITE PAPER | 8 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 vSphere 6.7 introduces vCenter Server Hybrid Linked Mode, which enables users to have unified visibility and manageability across an on-premises vSphere environment running on one version and a public cloud environment based on the vSphere platform, such as VMware Cloud on AWS, running on a diferent vSphere version. This ensures that the fast pace of innovation and the introduction of new capabilities in public clouds based on the vSphere platform do not force the customer to constantly update and upgrade their on-premises vSphere environment. vSphere 6.7 also introduces cross-cloud hot and cold migration, which further enhances the ease of management across on-premises and cloud infrastructure and enables a seamless and nondisruptive hybrid cloud experience for enterprises. As VMs migrate between various data centers or from an on-premises data center to the cloud and back, they likely move across diferent CPU types. vSphere 6.7 introduces per-VM Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC), a key capability for the hybrid cloud that enables the EVC mode to become an attribute of the VM rather than of the specific processor generation it is booted on in the cluster. This facilitates seamless migration across various CPUs by persisting the EVC mode per VM during migrations across clusters and during power cycles. vSphere 6.0 had introduced provisioning between vCenter Server instances. This is often called “cross-vCenter provisioning.” Using two vCenter Server instances presents the possibility that these instances are on diferent release versions. vSphere 6.7 enables customers to use diferent vCenter Server versions while allowing cross-vCenter, mixed-version provisioning operations such as VMware vSphere vMotion® migration, full clone, and cold migrate to continue seamlessly. This is especially useful for enterprises leveraging VMware Cloud on AWS as part of their hybrid cloud. vCenter Server 6.7 vSphere 6.7 introduces many new enhancements across several areas for vCenter Server Appliance. Users now have improved monitoring tools. The vSphere Client has many new workflows and is closer to feature parity. The vCenter Server Appliance architecture is moving to a simpler deployment model. In addition, the built-in file-based backup now includes a scheduler, and the vCenter Server Appliance UI has been updated to Clarity. This section will provide more details on these and other vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 enhancements. Lifecycle Install One significant change to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 is a simplification of the architecture and a reversion to running all vCenter Server services on a single instance. With the introduction of vCenter Server with embedded Platform Services Controller instance with Enhanced Linked Mode, this deployment model provides the following benefits: • Requires no load balancer for high availability; fully supports native vCenter Server high availability

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 Provides flexibility of placement in the vsphere single sign-on(sso) domain with ite boundary removal Supports v Sphere scale maximums Allows 15 deployments in a vSphere Sso domain Reduces the number of nodes to manage and maintain vSphere sso Domain with Enhanced Linked Mode Platform Services Platform Services Controlle Controlle 回 vCenter vCenter Server Server vSphere maximum 15 v Center Server Appliance Only Figure 3. Embedded Platform Services Controller Instances with Enhanced Linked Mode Migrate v Sphere 6.7 is the last release to include vCenter Server for windows, which has been deprecated. Customers can migrate to v Center Server Appliance with the built-in migration tool vSphere 6.7 offers these options on how to import historical ind performance data during a migration: Deploy and import all data Users get a time estimate of how long each option will take when migrating Estimated time will vary based on historical and performance data size in a users environment. While importing data in the background, users can choose to pause and resume. This new ability is available in the vsphere appliance management interface VAMD) Support of custom ports is another improvement to the migration process. Users who changed the default Windows vCenter Server ports are no longer blocked. Ware

WHITE PAPER | 9 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 • Provides flexibility of placement in the vSphere single sign-on (SSO) domain with site boundary removal • Supports vSphere scale maximums • Allows 15 deployments in a vSphere SSO domain • Reduces the number of nodes to manage and maintain Platform Services Controller vCenter Server Platform Services Controller vCenter Server vSphere SSO Domain with Enhanced Linked Mode vSphere maximum = 15 *vCenter Server Appliance Only* Figure 3. Embedded Platform Services Controller Instances with Enhanced Linked Mode Migrate vSphere 6.7 is the last release to include vCenter Server for Windows, which has been deprecated. Customers can migrate to vCenter Server Appliance with the built-in migration tool. vSphere 6.7 ofers these options on how to import historical and performance data during a migration: • Deploy and import all data • Deploy and import data in the background Users get a time estimate of how long each option will take when migrating. Estimated time will vary based on historical and performance data size in a user’s environment. While importing data in the background, users can choose to pause and resume. This new ability is available in the vSphere appliance management interface (VAMI). Support of custom ports is another improvement to the migration process. Users who changed the default Windows vCenter Server ports are no longer blocked

WHAT'S NEW IN VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 Migrate- Siage 2: vCenter se Select migration data to the tayel 4 lect meadon data thon (87 cm estmated drwwrhme D minute raton and history aM tween tki are perormance methe)(277 Ga) CANCELBACH Figure 4. Background Data Migration Upgrad v Sphere 6.7 supports upgrades and migrations from only v Sphere 6.0 or 6.5 vSphere 5.5 does not have a direct upgrade path to vsphere 6.7. Customers stil on vSphere 5.5 must first upgrade to vSphere 6.0 or 6.5 and then to vSphere 6.7. Also, a vCenter Server 6.0 or 6.5 instance managing esXi 5.5 hosts cannot be upgraded or migrated until the hosts have been upgraded to EsXi 6.0 or later. NOTE: General support for vSphere 5.5 ends September 19, 2018 Monitoring and Management A considerable amount of investment went into improving the monitoring for vCenter Server Appliance. These improvements started in vSphere 6.5, and vSphere 6.7 adds several new enhancements. First, log in to the ami on port 5480 he first thing to notice is that the vami has been updated to the Clarity Ul. Also, there are several new tabs on the left-hand side compared to v Sphere 6.5.There is now a tab dedicated to monitoring, for views of CPU, memory, network, and database utilization. A new section of the monitoring tab called Disks is now available in vCenter Server 6.7. Users can now see each of the disk partitions for vCenter Server Appliance instance, along with its allocated space and utilization. Ware WHITE PAPER I 10

WHITE PAPER | 1 0 WHAT’S NEW IN VMWARE vSPHERE 6.7 Figure 4. Background Data Migration Upgrade vSphere 6.7 supports upgrades and migrations from only vSphere 6.0 or 6.5. vSphere 5.5 does not have a direct upgrade path to vSphere 6.7. Customers still on vSphere 5.5 must first upgrade to vSphere 6.0 or 6.5 and then to vSphere 6.7. Also, a vCenter Server 6.0 or 6.5 instance managing ESXi 5.5 hosts cannot be upgraded or migrated until the hosts have been upgraded to ESXi 6.0 or later. NOTE: General support for vSphere 5.5 ends September 19, 2018. Monitoring and Management A considerable amount of investment went into improving the monitoring for vCenter Server Appliance. These improvements started in vSphere 6.5, and vSphere 6.7 adds several new enhancements. First, log in to the VAMI on port 5480. The first thing to notice is that the VAMI has been updated to the Clarity UI. Also, there are several new tabs on the left-hand side compared to vSphere 6.5. There is now a tab dedicated to monitoring, for views of CPU, memory, network, and database utilization. A new section of the monitoring tab called Disks is now available in vCenter Server 6.7. Users can now see each of the disk partitions for a vCenter Server Appliance instance, along with its allocated space and utilization