VMware Tools 13.0.0 Release Notes
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VMware Tools 13.0.0 | 17 JUN 2025 | Build No 24696409 – release notes
Donnerstag, Juni 19th, 2025VMware Tools 12.5.2 | 12 MAY 2025 | Build No 24697584 – release notes
Donnerstag, Mai 15th, 2025VMware by Broadcom – ended perpetual license sales and users with perpetual licenses can still use the software they bought but they are unable to renew support services unless they had a pre existing contract enabling them to do so
Donnerstag, Mai 8th, 2025
Broadcom sends cease-and-desist letters to users of VMware perpetual licenses without a maintenance contract
RVTools 4.7.1 – the best practice health analyzer for VMware vSphere
Mittwoch, April 30th, 2025Omnissa Horizon 8 – how to use Horizon Client to run Omnissa Horizon Performance Tracker inside a remote desktop or as a published application
Samstag, April 26th, 2025
Omnissa Horizon 8 – deploying an Instant Clone Desktop Pool
Samstag, April 26th, 2025VMware Avi Load Balancer – simplify load balancing operations with centralized policies consistently across on premises data centers and hybrid and public clouds
Donnerstag, April 24th, 2025VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – is back with a free version
Dienstag, April 15th, 2025Broadcom makes available the VMware vSphere Hypervisor Version 8 an entry-level hypervisor but no Broadcom support is available for this offering and it is for non-production use and cannot connect to vCenter and therefore cannot be centrally managed. You can remotely manage individual vSphere Hypervisor hosts by using the VMware Host Client and the vSphere Hypervisor supports a maximum of 8 virtual CPUs per virtual machine you can download it free of charge from the Broadcom Support Portal
VMware PowerCLI 13.3.0 – is a command line and scripting tool built on PowerShell
Samstag, April 12th, 2025VMware PowerCLI – installation comes with PowerShell commands that are particular to VMware allowing users to interact with VMware environments
1. Find the module.
Find-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI
Version Name Repository Description
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13.3.0…. VMware.PowerCLI PSGallery This Windows PowerShell module contains VMware.P…
2.1 Install modules for all users (install the latest version by default).
Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI
2.2 Install for the current user without admin privileges.
Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser
2.3 Check the version after installation.
Get-PowerCLIVersion
3. Whether to participate in VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.
No: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false
Yes: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true
3. List all cmdlets.
Get-Command -Module *VMWare*
VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – free edition available again and how to download it
Samstag, April 12th, 2025VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – in a massive turn of events with the release of VMware 8.0U3e Broadcom is making free VMware ESXi available for download
VMware by Broadcom VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus VMware vSphere Standard (VVS) VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Cloud Foundation (VCF) – the minimum order quantity of 72 cores has been withdrawn
Mittwoch, April 9th, 2025
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) – Authenticated downloads Configuration Update Instructions beginning April 24 2025 we’ll move from our current binary download process to a new method
Sonntag, März 30th, 2025
VMware by Broadcom VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus VMware vSphere Standard (VVS) VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) Cloud Foundation (VCF) – at least 72 licenses will be required instead of the current 16 as the minimum purchase quantity for licensing will be increased from 10 April 2025
Samstag, März 29th, 2025A customer with a server that packs a single eight core processor will need to pay for 72 cores meaning they would be paying for 64 cores worth of software they cannot use