vSphere 6.7 is the latest release of VMware's virtual data center platform. This release includes features that provide increased scalability, enhanced security, increased availability, and simplified management of the virtual data center infrastructure. A few of the new features and enhancements include the following:
- Support for an embedded Platform Services Controller (PSC) with Enhanced Linked-Mode (ELM), which simplifies the vCenter architecture
- vSphere Quick Boot, which reduces ESXi upgrade times by rebooting only ESXi and not the server hardware
- 95% feature parity of the HTML5 vSphere Client versus the Flash-based Web Client
- Encrypted vMotion across vCenter Servers and versions, easing cloud or data center migrations
- Persistent Memory (PMEM), increasing storage performance capabilities
- Hybrid Linked Mode (HLM), enabling ease of management between an on-premises vCenter and VMware Cloud on AWS
- Per-VM Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC), enabling easier cloud migrations
- Instant Clones, formerly known as Project Fargo and vSphere vmFork
- Storage enhancements to UNMAP vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) primitive, Virtual Volumes (VVOLs), and more
- With 6.7 Update 1, the new vSphere Health feature in the HTML5 client
These are just a few of the new features and enhancements introduced with the release of vSphere 6.7. A new version of vSphere, with the new features and enhancements, does not directly change the design process of methodology. The enhancements and features provide an architect with more tools and options for meeting requirements, but can also introduce complexity into the design.
