VMware ESXi

wikipedia:VMware ESXi (2001) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor

Versions

• VMWare ESXi 7.0 April 2, 2020 (~400 MB)https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-70-release-notes.html
  • 7.0.1
• VMWare ESXi 6 December 2015
  • VMWare ESXi 6.5 11/15/2016
  • VMWare ESXi 6.7 2018 https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-67-release-notes.html
• VMWare ESXi 5
• VMWare ESXi 4.0
• VMWare ESXi 3.5

Options: Essentials, Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Desktop, and vSphere Scale-out

Installation

Download latest version, flash an USB driver and follow installation assistant.

Related terms

• VMware vSphere

Licenses

• Evaluation mode

See also

• Hypervisor: VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, POWER Hypervisor, KVM, RHV, Nutanix AHV, AWS Nitro hypervisor
• VMware, VMware vSphere, VMware ESXi (ESXi Patching), VMware Fusion hypervisor for macOS, CloudFoundry, Workspace ONE intelligent hub, AirWatch, open-vm-tools, VMware Tanzu, vCenter, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMFS, esxcli, vim-cmd, Storage DRS (SDRS), VSphere Lifecycle Manager, Virtualization Based Security, VMware vMotion, VMware desktop, Greenplum, VMware Workstation Player, VMware Workspace ONE: VMware Workspace ONE UEM, VMware Verify, vRO, vRA, CloudHealth, Bitnami, VMware Application Catalog