vSphere 5.0 Update 1 is out

This night, VMware published the first Update for vCenter and ESXi 5.# branch.

vSphere vCenter

For vCenter, the matching build number are :

vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1 | 15 March 2012 | Build 639890

vSphere Client 5.0 Update 1 | 15 March 2012 | Build 623373

In the nice stuff that were added/fixed, we found the guest customization support for latest OS version (specially Windows 8 and Ubuntu 11.04/10).

The fix list is really huge, so you can read as usual the full release note for vCenter 5.0 Update 1 (which is by the way a very good information source, specially with the Known Issue you’ll to check before running an update for an unfixed bug) which is available here :

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsp_vc50_u1_rel_notes.html

This update can be downloaded from : https://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VC50U1

vSphere ESXi

For ESXi, the matching build number is :

ESXi 5.0 Update 1 | 15 MAR 2012 | Build 623860

Here is some nice stuff we’ve spotted :

• the PXE boot issue for Citrix PVS is fixed ([http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2008436](ESXi 5.0 issues with PXE booting virtual machines with Citrix Provisioning Server)), ctxblog.fr and Menhir² will be happy !
• The Windows 8 black screen issue when installing vmware tools is fixed (WDDM driver issue)

Same as vCenter, the fix list is huge, so you can read the full release note for ESXi 5.0 Update 1 here : http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsp_esxi50_u1_rel_notes.html

This update can be downloaded from : https://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=ESXI50U1

Note : For all the updates, you can visit the vum.vmwa.re website managed by hypervisor.fr, as explained in this post.