The VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.1 Public Beta is now open. Actually it was already open on March 11th, but it seems it has not yet been publicly announced.

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What is VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.1

VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager is a component that enables support for heterogeneous hypervisors in VMware vCenter Server. It provides the following benefits to your virtual environment:

• An integrated platform for managing VMware and third-party hypervisors from a single interface.
• A hypervisor choice for the different business units in your organization to accommodate their specific needs.
• No single hypervisor vendor lock-in.

When you add a third-party host to vCenter Server, all virtual machines that exist on the host are discovered automatically, and are added to the third-party hosts inventory.

The previous Beta (version 1.0) was released in November 2012.

So what's new in this release?

The VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.1 is a minor release which introduces the following new capabilities:

• Migration of virtual machines from Hyper-V to ESX or ESXi hosts.
• Support for the latest Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor (as well as earlier Hyper-V versions).
• Increased scalability with regards to an increased number of supported third-party hosts to 50 (from 20 in vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.0).
• Ability to provide custom certificates for the vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager server from the installer wizard.
• Multiple objects selection in the UI of the vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager plug-in and a number of other usability improvements.
• vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager server and client-side bug fixes.

It also add support for Hyper-V Server 2012