New in Appliance Virtualization Platform Release 7.1

Generation of the Appliance Virtualization Platform kickstart file using Solution Deployment Manager

From System Manager Release 7.1, you can generate the kickstart file (7.1ks.cfg) by using Solution Deployment Manager for installing Appliance Virtualization Platform.

Stricter password policy

You can enable or disable the stricter password policy.

Support of third party certificate

You can import third party certificates to an Appliance Virtualization Platform host by using Solution Deployment Manager. Certificates key length must be 2048.

Supported upgrade path

• From Appliance Virtualization Platform Release 7.0 to Release 7.1

• From System Platform-based Release 6.x applications to Appliance Virtualization Platform Release 7.1.

Troubleshooting

From Appliance Virtualization Platform Release 7.1, vSphere Web Client replaces the VMware® vSphere Client for advanced troubleshooting.