The wait is over! VMware has just published a new knowledge base article which points to an update for ESXi. This patch closes the gap between vSphere 5.1 and View 5.1.x. The update for ESXi requires a host reboot as of the release notes which you can find here. (Release Notes for ESXi510-20121001)

I guess the fixed issue in regards to View is: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2034550

PR923756: When the View Storage Accelerator feature is enabled in View, Multiple Content-Based Read Cache (CBRC) disable requests issued from View to hostd might cause View to lose connectivity to an ESXi host.

Link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2035268

VMware has released a new version of it’s enterprise class virtualization software vSphere and the new vCloud Suite. Here’s a quick overview of the new features.

• Larger virtual machines (64 vCPU and 1TB vRAM)
• New virtual machine format (better graphics acceleration and overall performance)
• Flexible space efficient storage for VDI (new disk format)
• vSphere distributed switch (enhancements for Network health check, backup and restore)
• vSphere vMotion (No need for shared storage)
• vSphere Data Protection (New architecture based on EMC Avamar technology)
• vSphere Replication (Efficient Array agnostic replication of virtual machines over the LAN or WAN)
• Zero-downtime upgrades for VMware Tools (No reboots will be required)
• VMware vShield Endpoint (Proven endpoint security for every endpoint with a 3rd Party vendor appliance such as McAfee MOVE or Trendmicro or others)
• vSphere Storage DRS (New integration with vCloud Director)
• vSphere Auto Deploy (Two new methods of deploying vSphere hosts)
• vSphere Web Client (The new core administration interface)
• vCenter Single-SignOn (Access all instances of vCenter authenticating once)
• vCenter Orchestrator (Newly designed workflows)

Again a great release and loads of interesting stuff for your virtual desktop infrastructure.

Link: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-what-is-new-vsphere51.pdf

A few weeks ago VMware announced the new vSphere 5 version and with that they started a new licensing model based on the VRAM of virtual machines. VMware now announced some changes in the vSphere licensing. Raj Mallempati, Director, Product Marketing, End User Computing yesterday also updated the article on the EUC blog. Check it out for the changes.

Link: VMware EUC Blog

Today VMware announced the availability of the final release of the vSphere 4.0 Hardening Guide, which includes the extensive feedback of the VMware Community on the previous draft. You can find further details on the VMware Blogs.