About vCenter Release Versions What You Need to Know

If you use VMware vSphere, do you plan to purchase a vCenter Server license? Are you wondering which version you should buy? This article will provide you the official table of vCenter release versions.

By @Crystal Last Updated March 8, 2023

What is VMware vCenter Server

If you use VMware’s type-1 hypervisor VMware ESXi, you must also know VMware vCenter Server. vCenter Server is the centralized management utility for VMware, and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent components from a single centralized location.

Now, vCenter Server is required for many advanced vSphere features. And as VMware vSphere evolved, so did VMware vCenter Server and its features. This article will briefly introduce VMware vCenter release versions.

VMware vCenter Server features

Multi-hypervisor management

Unique integrated management for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware hosts.

Centralized vSphere control

Centralized control of the entire vSphere infrastructure from one place, so you can manage every vSphere function you need from any browser.

Extensibility and scalability across hybrid cloud

Seamlessly extend your on-premises environment to vSphere-based public clouds, such as VMware Cloud on AWS, no matter which version of vCenter Server you are running. Large-scale management is now improved: Manage up to 2,000 hosts and 35,000 virtual machines with a single vCenter Server instance.

vSphere High Availability

Timely VM protection by using vSphere HA to cluster virtual machines and their hosts. This feature performs automatic VM restart, so in case a server fails, vSphere HA will be responsible for the auto-restart of the VMs on other hosts. This also applies to VMs within the cluster.

Plug-in extensibility

Plug-in extensibility allows IT, administrators, to seamlessly and easily manage third-party items in their data center directly from vCenter Server.

Updated: vCenter Server for Windows deprecated in vSphere 6.7

As you may know, there are 2 options available for installing vCenter Server:

  • Windows-based installation
  • vCenter Server Appliance deployment

However, VMware has deprecated vCenter Server for Windows with the release of vSphere 6.7. According to VMware’s product announcement on August 25, 2017, the next version of vSphere will not include vCenter Server for Windows.

You can still install vCenter Server via downloading and deploying vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). vCSA offers an easy wizard-based deployment and upgrade, makes it far easier than the Windows based installations of previous vSphere versions.

For more details you can refer to vSphere 6.7 Release Notes.

VMware vCenter release versions

VMware vCenter Server has long been released with VMware vSphere. Since 2007, VMware vCenter Server has released many versions and updates. The historical versions include VirtualCenter 2.5, vCenter Server 4, vCenter Server 5, vCenter Server 6, vCenter Server 6.5, vCenter Server 7, etc.

To learn more official details, you can refer to the Build numbers and versions of VMware vCenter Server table provided by VMware.

Version

Release Date

VAMI/Release Notes             

Client/MOB/vpxd.log

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3g (7.0.3.00800)

2022-07-23

20150588

20150588

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f (7.0.3.00700)

2022-07-12

20051473

20051473

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3e (7.0.3.00600)

2022-05-12

19717403

19717403

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3d (7.0.3.00500)

2022-03-29

19480866

19480866

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3c (7.0.3.00300)

2022-01-27

19234570

19234570

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3a (7.0.3.00100)

2021-10-21

18778458

18778458

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3 (7.0.3.00000)

2021-10-05

18700403

18700403

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2d (7.0.2.00500)

2021-09-21

18455184

18455184

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2c (7.0.2.00400)

2021-08-24

18356314

18356314

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2b (7.0.2.00200)

2021-05-25

17958471

17958471

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2a (7.0.2.00100)

2021-04-27

17920168

17920168

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2 (7.0.2.00000)

2021-03-09

17694817

17694817

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1d (7.0.1.00300)

2021-02-02

17491101

17491160

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1c (7.0.1.00200)

2020-12-17

17327517

17327586

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1a (7.0.1.00100)

2020-10-22

17004997

17005016

vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1 (7.0.1.00000)

2020-10-06

16860138

16858589

vCenter Server 7.0.0d (7.0.0.10700)

2020-08-25

16749653

16749670

vCenter Server 7.0.0c (7.0.0.10600)

2020-07-30

16620007

16620013

vCenter Server 7.0.0b (7.0.0.10400)

2020-06-23

16386292

 16386335

vCenter Server 7.0.0a (7.0.0.10300)

2020-05-19

16189094

 16189207

vCenter Server 7.0 GA (7.0.0.10100)

2020-04-02

15952498

 15952599

 

VCSA

Version

Release Date

VAMI/Release Notes

Client/MOB/vpxd.log

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3r (6.7.0.53000)

2022-07-12

19832974

19832280

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3q (6.7.0.52000)

2022-02-08

19300125

19299595

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3p (6.7.0.51000)

2021-11-23

18831133

18831049

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3o (6.7.0.50000)

2021-09-21

18485166

18485185

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3n (6.7.0.48000)

2021-05-25

18010531

18010599

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3m (6.7.0.47000)

2021-03-18

17713310

17712750

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3l (6.7.0.46000)

2020-11-19

17138064

17137327

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3k (6.7.0.45100)

2020-10-22

17028579

17028632

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3j (6.7.0.45000)

2020-08-20

16708996

16709110

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3i (6.7.0.44200)

2020-07-30

16616482

16616668

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3h (6.7.0.44100)

2020-05-28

16275304

16243230

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3g (6.7.0.44000)

2020-04-28

16046470

16046713

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3f (6.7.0.43000)

2020-04-09

15976714

15976728

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3e (6.7.0.42300)

2020-03-26

15808844

15808844

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3d (6.7.0.42200)

2020-02-27

15679281

15679281

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3c (6.7.0.42100)

2020-01-30

15505668

15505668

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3b (6.7.0.42000)

2019-12-05

15132721

15129973

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3a (6.7.0.41000)

2019-10-24

14836122

14792544

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3 (6.7.0.40000)

2019-08-20

14367737

14368073

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 2c (6.7.0.32000)

2019-07-16

14070457 

14070654

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 2b (6.7.0.31100)

2019-05-30

13843380 

13843469

vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 2a (6.7.0.31000)

2019-05-14

13643870 

13639324

vCenter Appliance 6.7 U2 (6.7.0.30000)

2019-04-11

13010631 

13007421

vCenter Appliance 6.7 U1b (6.7.0.21000)

2019-01-17

11726888

11727113

vCenter Appliance 6.7 U1a (6.7.0.20100)

2018-12-20

11338176

11338799

vCenter Appliance 6.7 U1 (6.7.0.20000)

2018-10-16

10244745

10244857

vCenter Appliance 6.7d (6.7.0.14000)

2018-08-14

9451876

9433931

vCenter Appliance 6.7c (6.7.0.13000)

2018-07-26

9232925

9232942

vCenter Appliance 6.7b (6.7.0.12000)

2018-06-28

8832884

8833179

vCenter Appliance 6.7a (6.7.0.11000)

2018-05-22

8546234

8546293

vCenter Appliance 6.7 (6.7.0.10000)

2018-04-17

8217866

 

 

Windows   

Version

Release Date

Registry/Release Notes

Client/MOB/vpxd.log

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3r (6.7.0.53000)

2022-07-12

19832974

19832247

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3q (6.7.0.52000)

2022-02-08

19300125

19299562

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3p (6.7.0.50000)

2021-11-23

18831133

18831016

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3o (6.7.0.50000)

2021-09-21

18485166

18485177

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3n (6.7.0.48000)

2021-05-25

18010531

18010560

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3m (6.7.0.47000)

2021-03-18

17713310

17712713

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3l (6.7.0.46000)

2020-11-19

17138064

17137232

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3k (6.7.0.45100)

2020-10-22

17028579

17028620

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3j (6.7.0.45000)

2020-08-20

16708996

16709044

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3i (6.7.0.44200)

2020-07-30

16616482

16616655

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3h (6.7.0.44100)

2020-05-28

16275304

16243225

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3g (6.7.0.44000)

2020-04-28

16046470

16046671

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3f (6.7.0.43000)

2020-04-09

15976714

15976721

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3e (6.7.0.42300)

2020-03-26

15808844

15807675

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3d (6.7.0.42200)

2020-02-27

15679281

15679284

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3c (6.7.0.42100)

2020-01-30

15505668

15505671

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3b (6.7.0.42000)

2019-12-05

15132721

15129938

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3a (6.7.0.41000)

2019-10-24

14836122

14792528

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 3 (6.7.0.40000)

2019-08-20

14367737

14368027

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 2b (6.7.0.31100)

2019-05-14

13843380

13843469

vCenter Windows 6.7 Update 2a (6.7.0.31000)

2019-05-14

13643870 

13638830

vCenter Windows 6.7 U2 (6.7.0.30000)

2019-04-11

13010631 

13007157

vCenter Windows 6.7 U1b (6.7.0.21000)

2019-01-17

11726888

11727065

vCenter Windows 6.7 U1 (6.7.0.20000)

2018-10-16

10244745

10244807

vCenter Windows 6.7d (6.7.0.14000)

2018-08-14

9451876

9433894

vCenter Windows 6.7c (6.7.0.13000)

2018-07-26

9232925

9232933

vCenter Windows 6.7b (6.7.0.12000)

2018-06-28

8832884

8833120

vCenter Windows 6.7a (6.7.0.11000)

2018-05-22

8546234

8546281

vCenter Windows 6.7 (6.7.0.10000)

2018-04-17

8217866

8170087

 

Version

Release Date

Build Number

Installer Build Number

vCenter Server 6.5 U3t (6.5.0.40000)

2022-07-12

19757181

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3s (6.5.0.39000)

2022-02-08

19261680

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3r (6.5.0.38000)

2021-10-12

18711281

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3q (6.5.0.37000)

2021-09-21

18499837

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3p (6.5.0.35000)

2021-05-25

17994927

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5.0 U3o

2021-03-23

17720264

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5u3n

2021-02-23

17590285

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5u3l

2020-08-25

16764584

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3k

2020-07-30

16613358

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3j

2020-05-28

16275158

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3i

2020-03-26

15808842

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3h

2020-02-27

15679215

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3g

2020-01-30

15505374

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3f

2019-12-19

15259038

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3e

2019-11-26

15127636

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3d

2019-10-24

14836121

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3c

2019-09-24

14690228

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3b

2019-08-27

14389939

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3a

2019-07-25

14156547

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U3

2019-07-02

14020092

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2h

2019-05-30

13834586

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2g

2019-05-14

13638625

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2f

2019-03-21

12863991

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2e

2018-12-20

11347054

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2d

2018-11-29

10964411

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2c

2018-08-14

9451637

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2b

2018-06-28

8815520

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 U2

2018-05-03

8307201

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1g

2018-03-20

8024368

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1e

2018-01-09

7515524

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1d

2017-12-19

7312210

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1b

2017-10-26

6816762

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1

2017-07-27

5973321

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 0e Express Patch 3

2017-06-15

5705665

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 0d Express Patch 2

2017-04-18

5318154

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 0c Express Patch 1b

2017-04-13

5318112

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 0b Patch 1

2017-03-14

5178943

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 0a Express Patch 1

2017-02-02

4944578

N/A

vCenter Server 6.5 GA

2016-11-15

4602587

N/A

vCenter Server 6.0 U3j

2019-09-12

14518058

N/A

vCenter Server 6.0 U3i

2019-05-14

13638472

13638623

vCenter Server 6.0 U3h

2018-08-14

9313458

9451619

vCenter Server 6.0 U3g

2018-07-26

9109103

9146214

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3f

2018-06-28

8874690

8803876

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3e

2018-03-20

7924803

7977899

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3d

2018-01-09

7462484/7462485

7464194

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3c

2017-11-09

7037394

7040641

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3b

2017-04-13

5318200/5318203

5326177

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3a

2017-03-21

5183551

5202527

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3

2017-02-24

5112527

5112506

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2a

2016-11-22

4541947

4637290

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2

2016-03-16

3634793

3634788

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1b

2016-01-07

3339083

3343019

vCenter Server 6.0 Update 1

2015-09-10

3018524

3040890

vCenter Server 6.0.0b

2015-07-07

2776511

2800571

vCenter Server 6.0.0a

2015-04-16

2656760

2656757

vCenter Server 6.0 GA

2015-03-12

2559268

2562643

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3k

2018-09-14

9911218

N/A

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3j

2018-08-14

9313450

N/A

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3i

2018-06-28

8803859

N/A

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3h

2018-03-20

7874785

7957701

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3g

2018-01-09

7460778

7460842

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3f

2017-09-14

6516310

6520252

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3e

2016-08-04

4180647

4180646

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3d

2016-04-14

3721164

3730491

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3c

2016-03-29

3660016

N/A

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3b

2015-12-08

3252642

3254792

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3a

2015-10-22

3142196

3154313

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3

2015-09-16

3000241

3000346

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2e

2015-04-16

2646482

2646481

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d

2015-01-27

2442329

2442328

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2b

2014-10-09

2183111

2183112

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2

2014-09-09

2001466

2105955

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1c

2014-07-22

1945274

1945270

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1b

2014-06-12

1891313

1891310

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1a

2014-04-19

1750787

1750795

vCenter Server 5.5.0c

2014-04-19

1750596

1750597

vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1

2014-03-11

1623099

1623101

vCenter Server 5.5.0b

2013-12-22

1476327

1476387

vCenter Server 5.5.0a

2013-10-31

1378903

1378901

vCenter Server 5.5 GA

2013-09-22

1312299

N/A

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 3d

2016-05-19

3814779

3900744

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 3b

2015-10-01

3070521

3072311

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 3a

2015-04-30

2669725

2670344

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2c

2014-10-30

2207772

2212977

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 3

2014-12-04

2306353

2308386

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2a

2014-07-01

1882349

1917403

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2

2014-01-16

1473063

1474365

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1c

2013-10-17

1364037

1364079

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1b

2013-08-01

1235232

1235309

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1a

2013-05-22

1123961

1123966

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1

2013-04-25

1064983

1065152

vCenter Server 5.1.0b

2012-12-20

947673

947939

vCenter Server 5.1.0a

2012-10-25

880146

880471

vCenter Server 5.1 GA

2012-09-10

799731

799735

vCenter Server 5.0 U3g

2016-06-14

3891028

3891027

vCenter Server 5.0 U3e

2015-10-01

3073236

3073234

vCenter Server 5.0 U3d

2015-04-30

2656067

2692807

vCenter Server 5.0 U3c

2014-11-20

2210222

2215678

vCenter Server 5.0 U3a

2014-07-01

1917469

1923446

vCenter Server 5.0 U3

2013-10-17

1300600

1343691

vCenter Server 5.0 U2

2012-12-20

913577

923238

vCenter Server 5.0 U1b

2012-08-16

804277

804276

vCenter Server 5.0 U1a

2012-07-12

755629

757163

vCenter Server 5.0 U1

2012-03-15

623373

639890

vCenter Server 5.0 GA

2011-08-24

455964

456005

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2e

2018-12-20

11347054

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2d

2018-11-29

10964411

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2c

2018-08-14

9451637

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2b

2018-06-28

8815520

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2a

2018-05-31

8667236

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2

2018-05-03

8307201

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1g

2018-03-20

8024368

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1f

2018-02-15

7801515

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1e

2018-01-09

7515524

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1d

2017-12-19

7312210

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1c

2017-11-14

7119157

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1b

2017-10-26

6816762

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1a

2017-09-21

6671409

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1

2017-07-27

5973321

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.0f

2017-11-14

7119070

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.0e Express Patch 3

2017-06-15

5705665

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.0d Express Patch 2

2017-04-18

5318154

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.0c Express Patch 1b

2017-04-13

5318112

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.0b

2017-03-14

5178943

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.0a Express Patch 01

2017-02-02

7092136 replaces 4944578

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

2016-11-15

7070488 replaces 4602587

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3i

2019-05-14

13638473

13638623

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3h

2018-08-14

9291058

9451619

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3g

2018-07-26

9109104 

9146214

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3f

2018-06-28

8874690

8803875

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3e

2018-03-20

7924804

7977899

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3d

2018-01-09

7462485

7464194

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3c

2017-11-09

7037393

7037817

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3b

2017-04-13

5326079

5326177

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3a

2017-03-21

5202501

5202527

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 3

2017-02-24

5112529

5112506

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 2a

2016-11-22

4541948

4637290

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 2m

2016-09-15

4191365

4191361

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 2

2016-03-15

3634794

ISO 3634788 ZIP 3634791

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1b

2016-01-07

3339084

3343019

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1

2015-09-10

3018523

3040890

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0b

2015-07-07

2776510

2800571

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0a

2015-04-16

2656761

2656757

vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 GA

2015-03-12

2559267

2562643

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3k

2018-09-14

9911210

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3j

2018-08-14

9316563

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3i

2018-06-28

8804617

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3h

2018-03-20

7881688

7957701

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3g

2018-01-09

7460865

7460778

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3f

2017-09-14

6516310

6520252

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3e

2016-08-04

4180648

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3d

2016-04-14

3730881

3730491

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3c

2016-03-29

3660015

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3b

2015-12-08

3255668

3254792

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3a

2015-10-22

3154314

3154313

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 3

2015-09-16

3000347

3000346

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2e

2015-04-16

2646489

2646481

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2d

2015-01-27

2442329

2442330

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2b

2014-10-09

2183111

2183109

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2a

2014-10-01

2001466

2170515

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 2

2014-09-09

2063318

2105955

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 1c

2014-07-22

1945274

1945271

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 1b

2014-06-12

1891313

1891314

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 1a

2014-04-19

1750787

1750781

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.0c

2014-04-19

1750596

1750593

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 Update 1

2014-03-11

1623101

1624811

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.0b

2013-12-22

1476327

1476389

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.0a

2013-10-31

1398495

1398493

vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 GA

2013-09-22

1312298

1312297

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3d

2016-05-19

3868380

3814779

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3c

2016-03-29

3630963

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3b

2015-10-01

3072314

3072311

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3a

2015-04-30

2669725

2670345

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 2c

2014-10-30

2207772

2212990

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3

2014-12-04

2306353

2308385

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 2b

2014-10-01

1882349

2170517

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 2a

2014-07-01

1882349

1917404

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 2

2014-01-16

1474364

1474365

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 1c

2013-10-17

1364042

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 1b

2013-08-01

1235232

1235310

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 1a

2013-05-22

1123961

1123965

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 1

2013-04-25

1065184

1064983

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.0b

2012-12-20

947673

947940

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.0a

2012-10-25

880472

880146

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1GA

2012-08-13

799730

799731

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3g

2016-06-14

3891027

3891026

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3e

2015-10-01

3073237

3073234

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3d

2015-04-30

2656066

2692807

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3c

2014-11-20

2210222

2213719

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3b

2014-10-01

1917469

2170782

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3a

2014-07-01

1917469

1923445

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U3

2013-10-17

1302764

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U2

2012-12-20

920217

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U1b

2012-08-16

804277

804279

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 U1a

2012-07-12

759855

N/A

vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 GA

2011-08-24

455964

472350

vCenter Server 4.1 U3a

2013-01-31

925676

978694

vCenter Server 4.1 U3

2012-08-30

816786

799345

vCenter Server 4.1 U2

2011-10-27

491557

493063

vCenter Server 4.1 U1

2011-02-10

345043

345042

vCenter Server 4.1 GA

2010-07-13

258902

259021

vCenter Server 4.0 Update 4b

2013-02-17

934016

934018

vCenter Server 4.0 Update 4a

2012-09-13

818020

792836

vCenter Server 4.0 U4

2011-11-17

496403

502539

vCenter Server 4.0 U3

2011-05-05

385281

387869

vCenter Server 4.0 U2

2010-06-10

258672

264050

vCenter Server 4.0 U1

2010-11-19

208111

208156

vCenter Server 4.0 Patch 1

2010-02-25

183347

N/A

vCenter Server 4.0 GA

2009-05-21

162856

162902

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U6c

2013-02-21

988588

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U6b

2012-03-08

598800

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U6a#

2011-05-05

341471

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U6 Localized

2010-01-29

227640

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U6 English

2010-01-29

227637

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U5 Localized

2009-07-10

174835

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U5 English

2009-07-10

174768

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U4 Localized

2009-02-23

147704

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U4 German

2009-02-23

147697

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U4 English

2009-02-23

147633

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U3

2008-10-03

119598

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U2

2008-07-25

104215

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 U1

2008-04-10

84767

N/A

VirtualCenter 2.5.0 GA

2007-12-10

64192

N/A

 

How to check vCenter version

If you just took over a vSphere management account, you might be wondering how can you determine what version of a VMware product you’re running? In fact, it is very easy. You can use the vSphere Client to determine the vCenter Server build number

Log in to the vSphere Client, select the vCenter Server and click the Summary tab. The build is located under the Version Information section.

VM data protection: batch backup VMs on vCenter Server

vCenter Server is a very convenient official platform for centrally managing ESXi virtual environments and large numbers of VMs on it. A single vCenter Server instance can support a maximum of 1,000 hosts, 10,000 powered-on virtual machines and 15,000 registered virtual machines.

However, vCenter Server does not provide the feature of virtual machine backup. And that makes backup software a commonly accepted choice. Here I introduce you to a VMware backup software AOMEI Cyber Backup, it enables you to backup multiple VMs either managed by vCenter Server, or on a standalone ESXi host.

Agentless Backup: create complete and independent image-level backup for VMware ESXi and Hyper-V VMs. ✦ Batch VM Backup: batch backup large numbers of VMs managed by vCenter Server, or multiple VMs on a standalone ESXi host. ✦ Multiple Storage Destinations: backup to local drive, or network destinations like Windows share or NAS. ✦ Automated Execution: create backup schedules to automate backups daily, weekly, monthly.

Next, I will show you how to backup multiple VMware ESXi VMs via AOMEI Cyber Backup. You can click the following button to download the 30-day free trial.

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*You can choose to install this VM backup software on either Windows or Linux system.

3 steps to create a VMware ESXi VM backup task

1. Bind Devices: Access to AOMEI Cyber Backup web client, navigate to Source Device > VMware > + Add VMware Device to Add vCenter or Standalone ESXi host. And then click > Bind Device.

2. Create Backup Task: Navigate to Backup Task > + Create New Task, and then set Task Name, Backup Type, Device, Target, Schedule, and Cleanup.

  • Task Name: you can change the task name or use the default name with an ordinal.
  • Device: batch select large numbers of VMs managed by vCenter Server for centralized backup.

  • Target: select to back up to a local path, or to a network path.

  • Schedule (optional): perform full, differential, or incremental backup, and automate execution according to the frequency you specified.

  • Cleanup (optional): automatically delete the old backup copies that exceed the retention period you specified.

3. Run Backup: Click Start Backup and select Add the schedule and start backup now, or Add the schedule only.

Created backup tasks will be listed and monitored separately, for restoring, progress checking and schedule changing.

When restoring, you can also restore to new location to create a new VM in the same or another datastore/host directly from the backup, saving the trouble of re-configuring the new VM.

Summary

VMware vCenter Server is basically the brain of VMware vSphere. If you want to know what version of vCenter Server you should use, this article covers an official table of the vCenter release versions.

And since vCenter Server does not provide the feature to backup VMware ESXi VMs, you may also need a backup software to keep your data safe. You can try AOMEI Cyber Backup which is capable of attaching vCenter Server.