VI 3.5 Update 1 released - ESXi finally has full HA support!

I thought VMware were going to make a liar of me for a minute, but as reported here VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1, ESX 3.5 Update 1 and ESXi 3.5 Update 1 have been released on April 10th. Several other plugins (Update Manager, Converter) have also received Update 1's.

Doesn't look to be anything mind blowing in the release notes, but one thing that stands out is that 3i finally has full HA support (albeit a homogenous cluster is required). Well done VMware, I'm glad we didn't have to wait for the next major release for that!

I'll go through an upgrade over the weekend and report back any findings, unless Mike beats me to it of course :-)

Download the bits here

VI 3.5 Update 1 Release Date - April 10th

Someone slipped up earlier today and posted links to ESX 3.5 Update 1, ESX 3i Update 1 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 on the VMware downloads page (there was nothing actually available for download though). Presumably that person thought the world runs on California time or something, as the links disappeared a short time later.



Anyway, April 10th looks to be the release date for Update 1 so if you're planning anything significant in the near future, might be worth holding off to see exactly what is included in the update.

I just noticed that 3i has a name change to ESXi in that screenshot too... good to see the marketers getting their share of this release (assuming it's not a typo)!