It looks like the announcement for general availability for vSphere 6.5 was published a bit earlier than expected. However, it is true that vSphere 6.5 has GA'ed and you can now download it! Below is a nice aggregated list of all the relevant release notes, documentation and download links related to the GA of vSphere 6.5.
I have also created a short URL which you can access this exact same page using vmwa.re/vsphere65
Enjoy and happy vSphere'ing 6.5 😀
Release Notes:
- vSphere / ESXi 6.5
- vSphere Client (HTML5) 6.5
- vSphere Update Manager 6.5
- Virtual SAN 6.5
- vSphere Replication 6.5
- vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3
- vRealize Log Insight 4.0
- vRealize Operations Manager 6.4
- vSphere PowerCLI 6.5
- vSphere vMA 6.5
- vSphere CLI 6.5
- vSphere Management SDK 6.5
- vSphere Web Services SDK 6.5
- vCenter Server Appliance Management API
- vSphere Automation SDK for Java 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for .NET 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for REST 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Python 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Perl 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby 6.5
- Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5
- OVFTool 4.2
Downloads:
- ESXi 6.5
- Free ESXi 6.5
- vCenter Server (Windows/VCSA) 6.5
- vSAN Witness Appliance 6.5
- vSphere Replication 6.5
- Site Recovery Manager 6.5
- vSphere Data Protection 6.1.3
- vRealize Log Insight 4.0
- vRealize Operations Manager 6.4
- vRealize Business for Cloud 7.2
- vSphere PowerCLI 6.5
- vSphere vMA 6.5
- vSphere CLI 6.5
- vSphere SDK for Perl 6.5
- vSphere Management SDK 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Java 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for .NET 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for REST 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Python 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Perl 6.5
- vSphere Automation SDK for Ruby 6.5
- vSAN Management SDK (.NET, Java, Ruby, Perl & Python ) 6.5
- Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5
- vSphere Web Client SDK 6.5
- OVFTool 4.2
- TLS Configurator Tool for vSphere 6.5
Documentation:
- vSphere 6.5
- vSphere 6.5 Configuration Maximum
- vSphere 6.5 SOAP API Reference Guide
- vSphere 6.5 REST API Reference Guide
- vSAN 6.5 API Reference Guide
Thanks!
Awesome William
Do I see it right that it is not possible to upgrade Enterprise Plus 6.x licenses to 6.5 without paying for an upgrade?!?
You had me at html5.
Hello Deas,
There is no need to upgrade your licenses from 6.0 to 6.5 from my vmware portal. 6.0 licenses can also apply to 6.5. you can think like 6.x.
Thank you for the links!
The PowerCLI link is broken, though 🙁
As the note says, it'll be posted in the coming days 🙂
Thanks!!
Thanks for the sharing man 😉
Greetings from France!
When UPGRADING your current VCSA6.0 to VCSA6.5 you need to specify a new VM. in my case that is not an upgrade but a more or less start from beginning and import your ESX hosts after that.
This is how upgrades of VCSA has been since its first release in 5.0. You're starting with a new VM image, but your entire configuration (networking, configuration, db, etc) is all moved over, so you're not starting from scratch. Please see http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/11/will-i-get-photon-os-when-i-upgrade-my-vcsa-5-56-0-to-vcsa-6-5.html for more details on how the upgrade process works if you're not familiar with it.
Is the new H5 client supported with vCenter 6.0? How can I install the H5 client only and "point" it to an existing vCenter instance? Thanks.
If you want to try the H5 Client w/vSphere 6.0, have a look at the Fling https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-html5-web-client. In vSphere 6.5, the H5 Client is bundle w/the VCSA 6.5 and its tied to the VC, there's no pointing as it just works OOTB.
Sweet! Any chance for a write-up for how to upgrade a vSAN cluster from 6.2 to 6.5 with vCenter running on that vSAN cluster? You're the man William!
Sure, you can check out the official documentation which covers upgrade 🙂
Is there mac mini FAN control available for this release?
No, there is no such thing. Also note, the Mac Mini's are not officially supported.
William, your link to VDDK RN doesn't work. The correct one is http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/developer/vddk/65/vsphere-vddk-65-release-notes.html
Thanks. I've fixed it
Thank you for sharing. Although I am not a vmware specialist, but I find it handy for network lab virtualisation.
How do we update the H5 client with the latest Fling? SSHing to the vCSA and doing ./installer-2.14.0.bsx seems like it might not be the best idea, especially since I don't see the vsphere-h5-client-2.13.0-4616630.noarch rpm.
Powercli 6.50R1 is UP ! 😉
The HPE Version of 6.5 has been published this morning.
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI65-HPE&productId=615
William, would you be so kind as to put this behind your download link for ESXi 6.5 as something like (HPE) with HPE linking to the above URL? The Dell and Cisco guys can perhaps do the same.
What a good idea.
hmmm, still no documented way to get tags or create instant clones in Web Services API 🙁
Thanks for compiling and sharing this list!
Does anyone know if the Vsphere Client(Windows Application ) still works with VCenter 6.5
Any Idea if HP Proliant MicroServer G7 (N54L) is supported?
Thanks for sharing