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New ESXCLI Commands in vSphere 8.0

by Florian Grehl
October 31, 2022
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In vSphere 8.0 the command line interface esxcli has been extended with new features. This article introduces the new and extended namespaces.

Quick Summary
21 new ESXCLI commands including:

3 Daemon
1 Graphics
5 NVMe
6 Storage
6 vSAN

VMware vSphere 8.0 - Download Links Available

by Florian Grehl
October 23, 2022October 31, 2022

VMware vSphere 8.0 Release Notes and Download Links

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vSphere Replication 8.6.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Appliance 8.10.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vRealize Operations 8.10 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.10 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vRealize Automation 8.10.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
vRealize Automation SaltStack Config 8.10.0 [Download]
VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.6.0 [Release Notes] [Download]
VMware vCenter Converter 6.3.0 [Release Notes] [Download]

Tools and SDKs

VMware vSphere Virtual Disk Development Kit 8.0 [Download]
VMware vSAN Management SDK 8.0 [Download]
VMware Open Virtualization Format Tool 4.5.0 [Download]
VMware vSphere Management SDK 8.0 [Download]
VMware vSphere Client SDK 8.0 [Download]
VMware Guest SDK 12.1.0 [Download]
VMware Virtual SAN File Services Appliance 8.0 [Download]
VMware Virtual SAN Witness Appliance 8.0 [Download]

Development time
Since vSphere 6.0 we can see an extended release cycle of VMware's vSphere platform. With 2 years, 6 months, and 9 days, vSphere 8.0 has the longest development time ever. However, it's the first release ever where the previous version has not seen any minor releases.