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Products information

• Official web site:VMware vSphere 5
• Product official announce: 27 Aug 2012
• Product availability: 10 Sep 2012
• Upgrade paths (actually are for 5.0, but are quite similar)

Editions and licenses

More features also in lower edition. ESXi Advanced has been suppressed. VSA is now included in each bundle (except the Essential on).

• vSphere Purchase Advisor
• vSphere for Small and Midsize Business
• vSphere for Enterprise

Some new features

• vSphere Web Client
• Enhanced vMotion
• VM replication in vSphere 5.1 (senza SRM)
• VDP: il nuovo prodotto di backup che sostituisce VDR
• VSA 5.1: virtual storage appliance
• Networking and Security improvements