1. You need vSphere CLI – Download Here
For Windows or Linux and install on your workstation.
2. Download the Upgrade Package for 4.0 to 4.1
3. Power off your VM’s and put the host into maintenance mode
4. From the vSphere CLI prompt
vihostupdate.pl –server hostname or IP -i –b d:\downloads\upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip -B ESXi410-GA
The VMware View created a funny video to celebrate the release of View 5.
Check out the Video 
And off Course the New features in View 5:
PCoIP WAN performance optimization – Improvements on PCoIP protocol performance in low-bandwidth WAN environments. Users who connect to their desktops over an external WAN have enhanced desktop experience.
PCoIP Build-to-Lossless – PCoIP now provides the ability to turn off Build-to-Lossless. This is the feature that puts PCoIP in parity with ICA when the discussion is around bandwidth consumption. Build-to-Lossless is ON by default and included in the PCoIP protocol within VMware View. I have prepared another post specifically to discuss this feature along with other important changes to the display protocol.
VMware Client Side Caching – VMware View Client (Windows Only) now implements a client side image caching to store portions of the display that were previously transmitted. Image caching reduces the amount of data that is retransmitted and improve user experience. This cache can be managed and it’s size can be modified. I have prepared an article specifically to address this feature.
Support for 3D graphics on vSphere 5.0 – This feature provides View desktops with vGPU graphics enablement available on vSphere 5.0 platforms (hardware version 8). View users can take advantage of desktop graphics enhancements provided by AERO (such as peek, shake, and Flip 3D) and the 3D capabilities of Windows Office 2010 (such as picture editing, slide transitions and animations, presentation-to-video conversion, video embedding, editing, and 3D rotations). Include here: Support for DirectX9 and OpenGL 2.1
View Persona Management – The View Persona Management feature manages user profiles in a secure and centralized environment. (User profiles include user data and settings, application data and settings, and Windows registry settings configured by user applications.) View Persona Management allows IT organizations to simplify and automate the capture and management of a user’s persona while providing a rich user experience. View Persona Management offers the following benefits:
Client certificate checking for Windows Clients – You can configure remote Windows clients to require certificate verification. Users without valid certificates are denied access to View Connection Server. Alternatively, you can use a Warn But Allow mode that supports self-signed server certificates and lets users connect to View Connection Server with certificates that have expired or are not yet valid. You can also set a No Security mode that lets users connect without certificate checking.
Support for vSphere 5.0 and hardware v8 – Remote View desktops can be hardware v8 virtual machines. Hardware v8 is not supported for desktops that run in local mode.
VMware vSphere 5.0 is there. You can download the Software using the links below 
VMware ESXi 5.0 (Build 469512)
VMware vCenter 5.0 (Build 456005)
VMware Data Recovery 2.0 (Build 433157)
VMware vShield Zones for vSphere 5 (Build 216288)
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New Features and Release Notes |
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Compatibility and Configuration Limits |
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Hardware, Host, and Guest Operating System Compatibility Guides |
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ESXi and vCenter Server Product Documentation |
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VMware vSphere Basics Guide |
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vSphere Installation and Setup Guide |
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vSphere Upgrade Guide |
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vCenter Server and Host Management Guide |
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vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide |
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vSphere Host Profiles Guide |
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vSphere Networking Guide |
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vSphere Storage Guide |
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vSphere Security Guide |
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vSphere Resource Management Guide |
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vSphere Availability Guide |
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vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide |
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vSphere Troubleshooting |
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VMware vSphere Examples and Scenarios Guide |
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Command-Line Product Documentation |
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Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces Guide |
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vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples |
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vSphere PowerCLI User’s Guide |
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VMware vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI Installation and Administration Guide |
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vSphere Management Assistant Guide |
VMware has released the mock exam for VCP on vSphere 5. The VCP5 mock exam consist of 30 questions and is available here. The official VCP5 exam can be scheduled at the end of this month.
VMware vSphere™ 5.0 (“vSphere”) introduces many improvements and new features to extend the benefits and capabilities of vSphere 4.1. These advancements build on the core capacities in vSphere to provide improved scalability; better performance; and easier provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting. This paper focuses on the following new features and enhancements:
• Virtual machine enhancements
• Improved SSD handling and optimization
• Command-line enhancements
• VMware® ESXi™ firewall
• vSphere Image Builder
• vSphere Auto Deploy server
• vSphere Host Profiles
• VMware vCenter™ Update Manager
VMware is organizing a nine-part VMware View Bootcamp: every day a new video is published for you to view. At the end of this bootcamp, you will have a good understanding of the VMware View solution, how to roll it out and how to optimize View in your environment. A free e-book of all the presentations is included in this bootcamp series. A hope I can download the free e-book 
. Because I am going on Holiday next week.
Design Considerations Guidelines for VMware View – Overview
Storage Deep Dive – Considerations and Best Practices
Network Considerations and Best Practices
Optimizing the Base Image for VMware View
Delivering Applications
PCoIP Implementation Overview and PCoIP Tuning Best Practices
Automating View 4.5 with Powershell
Leveraging Security Server for PCoIP
VMware View’s Reference Architecture
VMware vCenter XVP Manager and Converter provides basic virtualization management capabilities for non-vSphere hypervisor platforms towards enabling centralized visibility and control across heterogeneous virtual infrastructures. It also simplifies and enables easy migrations of virtual machines from non-vSphere virtualization platforms to VMware vSphere.
For more detailed information refer to the vCenter XVP Manager and Converter Technology Preview Release Notes and Installation Guide (included in zip file download).
VIDEO’s
Installation
Host Operations
Convert HyperV VMs to vSphere
Guest VM Operations inside HyperV
Download: HERE
I upgraded my home test server to ESXi 4.1 and I the Clipboard Functie is disabled by default and that is so annying
Solution:
Starting with vSphere 4.1, the Copy and Paste options are, by default, disabled for security reasons.
To be able to copy and paste between the guest operating system and the remote console, you must enable the Copy and Paste options using the vSphere Client. Alternatively, you can use RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to connect to the Windows virtual machines.
To enable this option for a specific virtual machine:
Click Add Row and type the following values in the Name and Value columns:
isolation.tools.paste.disable – false
Note: These options override any settings made in the VMware Tools control panel of the guest operating system.
Note: If you vMotion a virtual machine to a host where the isolation.tools.*="FALSE" is already set, the copy and paste options are automatically activated for that virtual machine.
To enable this option for all the virtual machines in the ESX/ESXi host:
For more information, see the Limiting Exposure of Sensitive Data Copied to the Clipboard section of the ESX Configuration Guide.
