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VMware HCX is indeed a swiss army knife — a mobility platform with several options to streamline and optimize workload migrations between on-premises and VMC-based environments. HCX delivers secure, seamless app mobility and infrastructure hybridity across vSphere 6.0 and later versions, both on-premises and in the cloud. Thousands of customers worldwide use HCX for faster, safer, and large-scale migrations, cost-savings, and efficient operations.
Today, we are excited to announce an important milestone in this journey — HCX 4.0, a major release that introduces new functionality and enhancements. This release focuses on providing enhanced visibility, reducing service downtime during upgrades, and simplifying the reconfiguration of NSX security policies post-migration.
Let’s take a look at some of the new capabilities in HCX 4.0:
New Release Versioning and Lifecycle Policies
Starting with the HCX 4.0.0 release, HCX is switching its naming convention from ‘R’ releases to Major.Minor.Maintenance semantic versioning to align with VMware convention. VMware HCX will now use X.Y.Z.P where:
- X is a major version.
- Y is a minor version.
- Z is a maintenance version.
- P is a patch version. This is a unique bit that uses the build number.
Please also note that the VMware N-2 Lifecycle Policy will be applicable with the new convention, providing extended support and additional flexibility to customers.
Each Major or Minor release will have a minimum support duration of 12 months (*).
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