VMware: vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling - Changelog v3.10 and below

Saludos, cada día que pasa, o mejor, semana o ciclo de dos semanas vSphere Web Client mejora y podemos ver un producto cada vez más maduro. Este es el Changelog de la versión v3.10 e inferior.

Fling 3.10 – Build 5267018

New Features

Add an existing harddisk(vmdk) as a new disk for a VM

Change the default storage policy action

Performance charts can be exported to images and CSV

Fling 3.9 – Build 5234189

New Features

Advanced performance charts: objects and counters can be selected

Turn On/Off disk LED for Host Storage Devices

Mark disk as Remote/Local action from Host Storage Device view

Monitoring the Storage Providers for VVol Datastores

Migrate VMs from one Network to another

Edit NetFlow settings on a Distributed Switch

Content Library (read only view of libraries, templates and other types)

Delete a Content Library

Create a Subscribed Library on the content library page

Fling 3.8 – Build 5204615

New Features

Erase device’s partitions action from Host Storage Devices view

Mark as Flash/HDD disk actions from Host Storage Devices view

Create new NFS4.1 datastore with Kerberos authentication

Protocol endpoints for hosts and datastores

Edit TCP/IP Stack Configuration

VM Customization Specifications view under ‘Policies and Profiles’

Fling 3.7 – Build 5168275

New Features

vSphere Client (HTML5) application went through a series of upgrades in this Fling starting from using latest Angular Javascript framework (Angular 4) to latest Clarity. There will likely be many minor changes in appearance (spacing, text, etc), but if you see any that are issues, please report any such anomalies using the Feedback tool (please include the tag “#DESIGN:” at the front of your comment)
Create new VVol datastore via “New datastore” wizard

Unmount VVol datastore from hosts

Move files and folders between datastores in datastore file browser

Fling 3.6 – Build 5130996

New Features

RDM Disk can be added to a VM

Datastores can be moved between folders and datastore clusters

Datastore cluster connectivity to clusters view

Copy folders and files between datastores in datastore file browser
View the IPv4 and IPv6 routing tables for TCP/IP stacks

Fling 3.5 – Build 5109609

El DARK THEME ha sido eliminado 🙁 ya que causaba algunas situaciones no esperadas, pero VMware lo integrará de nuevo pronto

New Features

VM Storage Policies view on VM’s Configure tab.

View NetFlow settings of a Distributed Switch

OSGi Sandboxing for HTML Client plug-ins – a feature that aims to achieve vSphere HTML Client plug-in isolation by re-using Virgo server’s scoping feature. More details are available in the HTML Client SDK Fling Documentation

Improvements

Added horizontal splitters to Host’s Storage Adapters and Storage Devices views.

Added details view on the TCP/IP Configuration page of Hosts

Increased the maximum width of the inventory tree pane to allow displaying the full names of objects without trimming them

Customized Register VM Template wizard

Auto scroll on ‘Select storage’ page, when creating or cloning VM/template

Fling 3.4 – Build 5070500

New Features

- New Dark theme client! – You can now access the client with a dark theme by appending the URL with /?theme (ex: https://

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Download multiple files as a zip from the Files Browser (Available only in vSphere Client(HTML5))

Check VM Storage Policy compliance

Reapply Storage Policy of a VM
Host profile customizations for a host can be reset

Storage DRS rules can be added and removed

Move VM template(s) to VM folder

Improvements

Advanced performance charts for disk usage now display the user-friendly device name in the legend.

Validations for invalid selections in Register VM wizard

Fling 3.3 – Build 5035928

New Features

VM Storage Policies portlet on the VM’s Summary

Inflate disk action in Files Browser

Remove from inventory multiple VMs/templates

Move VM(s) to a VM folder or datacenter (Move To… option now available)

Improvements

Added Networks; Distributed Switches; and Network Folders lists for network folders

Accept License page in Deploy OVF and Deploy VM from library workflows
Edit CPUID mask in VM edit settings

Fling 3.2 – Build 5016889

New Features

Edit iSCSI Advanced Options

Allocate space for host cache

Chart for datastore usage by file type

Resource utilization charts for VMs, RPs and vApps

DRS per-host utilization charts for CPU and Memory

Storage DRS recommendations, faults and action history

‘New Distributed Switch’ wizard

Remove Distributed Switch
Edit VMkernel adapter settings

Migrate VM: Added ‘Change storage only’ option
Migrate VM: When changing compute resource only, you can now migrate VM networking (‘Select networks page’)
Register VM or VM template (from a datastore’s File browser)

Remove from inventory a VM or VM template

Move a VM to a VM folder or datacenter using ‘Move to’ dialog

Improvements

Unmount Datastore Warning appears when the HA heartbeat is going to be affected by the operation. It appears only when the datastore is going to be removed from all of the hosts in a HA Cluster (only in vSphere Client)
Multi selection support for Datastore lists
Batch operations in host lists (Maintenance mode, certificate operations, reconfigure for vSphere HA, rescan storage)
Rename Distributed Switch and Distributed Port Group actions
When creating new VM, any changes on the VM Options tab of Customize Hardware page will be applied to the VM
Edit CPU ID mask

Fling 3.1 – Build 4979752

New Features

Cluster > Monitor > Storage Overview (only in vSphere Client). It gives the aggregated storage overview of the hosts in a cluster. There it is easy to find if a host deviates from the standard configuration for that cluster.

Host Cache Configuration read-only view

Storage DRS runtime and advanced settings can be configured

Drag and drop a VM to datacenter

Drag and drop a VM template to VM folder or datacenter

Drag and drop of a VM/template works from a list in the central workspace to the inventory tree
Delete global Tags and Categories

Improvements

Mount/Unmount action on VMFS > Configure > Connectivity and Multipathing page

The New VM wizard provides an additional option to clone an existing VM

Can assign custom storage policy when cloning VM

Delete SCSI controller from VM if it is not in use by any devices

Fling 3.0 – Build 4906185

New Features

Deploy VM from OVF template (Basic) – Deploy VM on a Host using OVF template URL for a vCenter 6.5 only

Deploy VM from template in content library (Basic) – Deploy a VM from a template in content library. There is a change to invoke this workflow, Right click on Host (or cluster or folder) and select “New Virtual Machine…”, then select “Deploy from Template”. This works against vCenter 6.0 and 6.5

Edit Settings of a Standard Switch

Edit IPv4 settings for Hardware iSCSI

Drag and drop a VM to VM folder in the ‘VMs and Templates’ inventory tree

Improvements

Reserve all guest memory in VM edit settings

Roles can be created with editable role name

Nota: Si no os aparecen las nuevas opciones de despliegue de OVF hacer lo siguiente:

mkdir /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vsphere-ui/
vi /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vsphere-ui/uiFeatures.cfg
h5uiOVFDeploy = enabled
h5uiContentLibrary = enabled
h5uiVmLibraryActionAddFlag = enabled

Y luego reiniciar

/etc/init.d/vsphere-client restart

Puedes seguir viendo el historial de versiones changelog en la siguiente página:

https://www.jorgedelacruz.es/vmware-vsphere-html5-web-client-fling-changelog-v2-20/

Fling 2.20 – Build 4875797

New Features

‘New Distributed Port Group’ wizard

Support for VMFS6 datastore creation through New Datastore wizard

Support for adding Software FCoE adapter

Rescan/Unregister Storage Provider action

Refresh Storage Provider’s certificate action

Network Settings for Hardware iSCSI adapter

Create new global role (takes a default role name)

Improvements

Storage Devices’ lists now contain Datastore column showing the Datastore which consumes the device (available only in the new vSphere Client)

Fling 2.19 – Build 4810256

New Features

New Dashboard style page! Now, navigation to the “Home Menu -> Home” page launches an experimental dashboard feature with some common administrative metrics. At a glance, a user can get high level statistics about vCenter capacity resources, top alerts, and more. This offering presents quick and informative statistics in an easy to use visual format. NOTE: As this is an experimental feature, live refresh of the data is not enabled, you can refresh the data in the dashboard by clicking on the global refresh icon inside the vSphere Client (HTML5) application. Also, the old Home screen is now moved to “Home Menu -> Shortcuts” in case you still need it. If you have feedback for us regarding the new dashboard (like, dislike, improvement requests, want the old Home brought back), please submit using the Feedback tool with “DASHBOARD:” in the text area. Note, that due to some quirks right now with the Feedback tool, taking a screenshot on this view will only show the Dashboard central area and not the lefthand side or tasks. This is expected.

Host profile compliance data can be seen for hosts and clusters.

SDRS automation settings can be configured.

Edit settings of a Distributed Switch
New Storage Provider action
Disable Software iSCSI/FCoE adapter action

Edit iSCSI name and alias action

Edit the Space Reclamation configuration action
Rename Storage Device action

Improvements

Added VLAN ID, VMs, and a few other columns to the Distributed Port Groups list
List multiple VMs in the ‘Power On Failures’ dialog
When you create or clone a VM/template on a datastore cluster and you open the ‘Datastore Recommendations’ dialog on ‘Ready to complete’ page, your last selection is preserved
The Memory reservation values on ‘Customize hardware’ page are preserved, when navigating back and forth in the VM provisioning wizards

Fling 2.18 – Build 4781476

New Features

Space Reclamation read-only configuration for VMFS6 datastores
Storage Providers view on VC level with all the details for Storage Providers and Storage System

Host profile customizations can be edited
Manage physical network adapters of a standard switch

Roles – You can view all the roles (with usage data), clone the role, delete role

Permissions – You can view all the global permission, add a global permission

Plugins – You can view list of plugins (read only) installed on your vSphere Client

Improvements

Delete multiple distributed port groups
When you create or clone a VM/template on a datastore cluster, you can view faults generated by SDRS for the corresponding hard disks on ‘Ready to complete’ page
When you create or clone a VM/template, you can view the full hard disk details on ‘Ready to complete’ page
Unify the look and feel of VM power operations dialogs

Fling 2.17 – Build 4743245

New Features

Copy grid content for Storage Adapters, Storage Devices and Storage Paths

Override CHAP configuration for Dynamic/Static Discovery Targets

Utilization and resource reservation monitoring views for clusters and hosts.

Storage DRS overall configuration can be seen.

Improvements

Sort ‘Host CPU’, ‘Host Memory’ and ‘Guest Memory – %’ columns in the VM lists on host, cluster and resource pool level

Provide custom Guest OS name in New VM wizard (Other Guest OS family > Other version)

Improvements when navigating back and forth in the VM provisioning wizards and changing existing selections

Additional video card information is displayed in the VM summary portlet

Fling 2.16 – Build 4721081

New Features

Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters

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Network details for Software iSCSI port bindings

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Enable/disable logging for VMs in the edit settings

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Edit properties and policies of Standard Port Groups

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View the properties of a Distributed Switch
Hosts can be moved in the inventory (including drag and drop).

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Delete multiple VMs from disk

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Delete single and multiple VM templates from disk
Upload Folder to datastore action for File Browser (Available only for Chrome, Edge and Firefox 50 and above)

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Improvements

New Switch Details and Features portlets on the Summary page of a Distributed Switch
View and edit notes on the Summary page of a Distributed Port Group
Resized VM provisioning wizards to accommodate more content
The storage policy selection is preserved when going back and forth in the VM provisioning wizards
More informative compatibility messages for incompatible datastores in VM provisioning wizards
Multi-files selection when uploading files to a datastore

Fling 2.15 – Build 4685753

New Features

Users can edit the network type for a new network adapter in VM edit settings

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Portlets in the summary page can be dragged and dropped

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Upgrade to VMFS5 file system action
Partition Layout chart in Create datastore and Increase datastore capacity workflows
Network Port Binding view for Software iSCSI adapter
Add/Remove network port binding to Software iSCSI adapter

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Improvements

Users can synchronize the guest time with the host time in the VM edit settings

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Can provision new VM/template on an incompatible storage (storage that doesn’t match the current VM policy).
Can change the disk format successfully when cloning a VM/template.

Fling 2.14 – Build 4655617

New Features

Mount/Unmount NFS datastore

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Edit properties and policies of Distributed Port Groups
Add physical network adapters to Standard and Distributed Switch
View properties and policies of Standard Switch

Improvements

The VM memory and disk size values are preserved when going back and forth in the New VM wizard
Added all validations for the VM/template name in the New/Deploy/Clone wizards. Now an error appears when the provided name is too long or already in use.
Power state validations in VM edit settings dialog

Fling 2.13 – Build 4616630

New Features

Performance charts can be popped out in a new browser window.

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Datastore clusters can be created and deleted.

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ESXi PCI devices can be enabled for passthrough

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ESXi usage of GPUs by VMs can be seen.

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Configure Storage I/O Control

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Attach/Detach devices from Host Storage Devices page

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Improvements

Datastore Files browser is a top-level tab
Edit Multipathing is available on VMFS Datastore > Connectivity and Multipathing page
Disconnected VMs cannot be edited
User can pick a different storage from the edit settings for new harddisks

Fling 2.12 – Build 4587215

New Features

Convert virtual machine(s) to template

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Clone template to template

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Creation of Read-only NFS3 / NFS4.1 datastores

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MEdit Multipathing Policies for Host Storage Devices

Improvements

Drag and drop virtual machine to a host that has the same datastore and network

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Launch New Virtual Machine wizard from vApp
Show active filters in the header of grid columns
Navigating back in a wizard and changing existing selection invalidates next wizard pages
Device type is now available under VMFS Datastore > Configure > Device Backing

Fling 2.11 – Build 4553575

New Features

Host PCI devices available passthrough to VMs and their details are listed.

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Multipathing Device Details for host (VMFS > Configure > Connectivity and Multipathing)

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Create new NFS4.1 datastore (multiple servers)

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Mount/Unmount VMFS datastore

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Keyboard shortcuts for power operations on virtual machines

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Improvements

Launch New Virtual Machine wizard from datastore and datastore cluster
Edit settings dialog of VM shows Tools Upgrade option for Power on
Delete datacenter from inventory

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Fling 2.10 – Build 4530788

New Features

Rescan storage (rescan for new VMFS volumes/new Storage Devices)

Create new NFS3 datastore
Create new NFS4.1 datastore (single server only)

Mount/Unmount VMFS datastore

Partition Details view for Host Storage Devices (Host > Configure > Storage Devices)

Device Details view for VMFS backing device (Datastore > Configure > Device Backing)

Enable/Disable storage device’s path
Remove Dynamic/Static Discovery Targets from Storage iSCSI adapter

Remove Standard Switch

Lockdown mode can be edited for ESXi hosts
ESXi hosts can be joined to domain

Convert VM template to VM

VM options in edit settings dialog will show general options

Create new global categories for tags
Search will return the results for tags

Improvements

Validation messages for incorrect input when adding Dynamic/Static discovery targets

Fling 2.9 – Build 4495439

New Features

Adding Dynamic/Static Discovery Targets to Storage iSCSI adapte

Rescan selected adapter on Host Storage Adapters view

Add Port Groups to Standard Switches

Create new Tags for existing categories

Improvements

VMware Tools operations on multiple VMs (install/upgrade, unmount)
Performance enhancements on edit VM settings dialog particularly for VMs with multiple devices