vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 supports Windows 2016 Active Directory.With vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1, users with vCenter Single Sign-On administrator privileges, who are part of the SystemConfiguration.BashShellAdministrator group, can access and manage the vCenter Server Appliance by using the Bash shell.With vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1, you can use the Appliance Management User Interface to configure and edit the firewall settings of the vCenter Server Appliance.The feature also delivers a centralized wizard experience, embeds best practice, and automates repetitive operations. Create and Extend Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI): The Create/Extend HCI cluster feature provides a guided user experience for configuration of vSphere and vSAN clusters.The external Platform Services Controller being restored syncs with active peers or if no replication partner is available, it is restored to a backed-up state. This includes restore of external Platform Services Controller instances in all topologies supported in replication mode. With vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1, you can restore external Platform Services Controller instances which are replicating data with other external Platform Services Controller instances.The OVA files are unzipped during the import, providing manifest and certificate validations, and create an OVF library item that enables deployment of virtual machines from a Content Library. With vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1, you can import Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) files in a Content Library.
To enable the feature, you must upgrade the source on-prem vCenter Server system to vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 and ESXi 6.7 Update 1. You can use either the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client, or the API.
Burst Filter: vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 adds a Burst Filter to manage event bursts and prevent the database of vCenter Server from flooding with identical events over a short period of time.vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 adds a CLI tool to convert instances of vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller instances into vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller connected in Embedded Linked Mode.vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 adds support for virtual machine (.vmtx) templates in the Content Library Service.For more information, see Check vSphere Health in vSphere Client. vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 adds screening for issues in your vSphere environment that proactively provides links to relevant VMware knowledge base articles.For more information, see the vCenter Server Installation and Setup Guide.
Services such as tagging and licensing are retained and migrated to the new domain.
Below is table with all related release notes and download links.įirst check what’s new in vSphere 6.7 whitepaper. Couple days ago vSphere 6.7 Update 1 was released by VMware.