vCenter Server 6.5

The vCSA version of vCenter Server will now have the same limits as the Windows installable version (also with the embedded DB). And finally, the vCSA is now the first choice (the Windows version will be deprecated in the next releases), including some new features available only for it. The following table summarizes the different numbers from the different versions of vCenter Servers:

Table 1.3: Different numbers from the different versions of vCenter Servers

There is a 2x increase as compared to previous vCenter Server 6.0.

Some numbers have been increased with vSphere 6.5 Update 1 when you are using more vCenter in Linked Mode (that defines a vSphere domain):

• Maximum vCenter Servers per vSphere domain: 15 (increased from 10)
• Maximum ESXi hosts per vSphere domain: 5,000 (increased from 4,000)
• Maximum powered on VMs per vSphere domain: 50,000 (increased from 30,000)
• Maximum registered VMs per vSphere domain: 70,000 (increased from 50,000)