Welcome to vSphere 5.1

If you follow the VMware news, you should know vSphere 5.1 GA (General Availability) is available right now ! As usual with a major release, you can read release notes available here : http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-51-release-notes.html

Here are the new build number for newly released product :

VMware ESXi™ 5.1 | 10 SEPT 2012 | Build 799733

VMware vCenter Server™ 5.1 | 10 SEPT 2012 | Build 799731

vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 | 10 SEPT 2012 | Build 799730

And here is a summary with binaries link for vSphere 5.1 products and also all kind of documentation (mainly PDF files) related to these release :

Binaires

• ESXi 5.1.0 Installable
• vCenter Server 5.1.0 and modules
• vSphere PowerCLI 5.1
• vSphere CLI 5.1
• vSphere Data Protection 5.1.0
• vSphere Replication 5.1.0
• vSphere Management Assistant 5.1
• VMware vCloud Director 5.1.0
• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1.0
• VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 1.2.0
• VMware vCenter Operations Management 5.0.3
• VMware vCenter Configuration Manager 5.5.1
• vSphere Storage Appliance 5.1.0
• vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.0
• vCenter Orchestrator Appliance 5.1.0

Documentation

Compatibility and Configuration Limits

• [http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r51/vsphere-51-configuration-maximums.pdf](Configuration Maximums for VMware vSphere 5.1)

New Features and Release Notes

• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1
• What’s new in VMware vCenter 5.1
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Storage
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Performance
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Platform
• What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Networking
• What’s new in vCloud Director 5.1
• What’s new in VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
• Introduction to VMware vSphere Replication
• Introduction to VMware vSphere Data Protection

ESXi and vCenter Server Product Documentation

• vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
• vSphere Upgrade Guide
• vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
• vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
• vSphere Host Profiles Guide
• vSphere Networking Guide
• vSphere Storage Guide
• vSphere Security Guide
• vSphere Resource Management Guide
• vSphere Availability Guide
• vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide
• vSphere Troubleshooting
• VMware vSphere Examples and Scenarios Guide

Command-Line Interfaces

• vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.1 Release Notes
• [http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vma_51_guide.pdf](vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.1 Guide)
• vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI) 5.1 Release Notes
• [http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-command-line-interface-getting-started-guide.pdf](Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces)
• [http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.vcli.examples.doc/cli_about.html](vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples)
• [http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.vcli.migration.doc/cos_upgrade_technote.1.1.html](Command-Line Management of vSphere 5 for Service Console Users)
• vSphere PowerCLI Release Notes
• [http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.powercli.ug.doc/GUID-2F2AC097-C02C-4F05-81D9-D1D99CB7FED1.html](vSphere PowerCLI User’s Guide)
• [http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.powercli.cmdletref.doc/Overview.html](vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlet Reference)

Supplementary Documentation

• [http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware-tools-installation-configuration.pdf](Installing and Configuring VMware Tools Guide)
• vCloud Suite Licensing 5.1
• [http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsp_51_vcserver_cmdline_install.pdf](Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server 5.1)
• [http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsp_51_vcserver_esxi_certificates.pdf](Replacing Default vCenter 5.1 and ESXi Certificates)
• [http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsp_4_vsp4_41_npivconfig.pdf](Configuring and Troubleshooting N-Port ID Virtualization)