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 I8WHITE 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