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Any ETA on release of 5.5?

Has anyone heard an ETA of Vsphere/esxi 5.5? There are nine gazillion reviews of it out there but I can't find much more than "Septemberish".

No biggie...just curious...

Thanks!

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ArchParks
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I bought the product on line direct from VMware so I'm not sure if I really have an account rep. I guess I'm not the brightest bulb in the batch but I don't see why I should have to contact a rep for a release date. They have taken the time to have 5.5 plastered all over creation..why couldn't they publish a date? If its this week, say its this week. If its next year, have some (can't type the word) and say its next year.  Instead we are left to the rumor mill as to when it might be out. Just seems like an odd way to do business and and even odder way to compete against the other virtual environments.

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Josh26
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I bought the product on line direct from VMware so I'm not sure if I really have an account rep

I've sold a tonne of licences in the last quarter and I'm not a big enough player to have an account rep. Instead, VMware calls my customers and asks if they want to go direct.

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hidden772
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The vSphere download page now lists a 5.5 drop-down.  Right now, selecting 5.5 leads to an error page - but hopefully this means they're in the process of posting it now. 

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msaraiva
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ArchParks
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"The vSphere download page now lists a 5.5 drop-down.  Right now, selecting 5.5 leads to an error page"

I could see the 5.5 drop down this morning but now its gone again.

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a_p_
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It's available for download now.

André

mbreevoort
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Just downloaded vsphere 5.5 Ready to test it 🙂

ArchParks
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Fantastic! Already downloaded and have upgraded one box thus far.

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pbraren
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Yeah, it seemed to come out very early morning hours of Friday Sep 20th 2013 briefly, then the links went down, then came back around 2pm ET on Sun Sep 22nd, so I put together the list of links that most folks would use to get started with a test lab, 2.38GB in all:

Download all the VMware vSphere 5.5 pieces to get your home lab started

http://cdn2.tinkertry.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/download-vsphere-5-lab3.png

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