Comme vous avez pu voir si vous regardez l’actualité VMware en ce moment, vSphere 5.1 GA (General Availability) est disponible !

Comme à toute les sorties majeures, on vous invite à lire les release note disponible ici : http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-51-release-notes.html

Pour le coup, les nouveaux build number des produits sont :

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

Et sinon, voilà un récapitulatif des liens directs pour les pages de téléchargement des binaires de cette nouvelle mouture ainsi que les documentations (principalement en fichier PDF) qui sont sorties :

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

• 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
• vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.1 Guide
• vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI) 5.1 Release Notes
• Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
• vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
• Command-Line Management of vSphere 5 for Service Console Users
• vSphere PowerCLI Release Notes
• vSphere PowerCLI User’s Guide
• vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlet Reference

Supplementary Documentation

• Installing and Configuring VMware Tools Guide
• vCloud Suite Licensing 5.1
• Command-Line Installation and Upgrade of VMware vCenter Server 5.1
• Replacing Default vCenter 5.1 and ESXi Certificates
• Configuring and Troubleshooting N-Port ID Virtualization