VMware ESX Server 2.5 and VMWare VirtualCenter 1.2 available

Posted on December 17th, 2004 in w_tools, windows

What’s New in ESX Server 2.5

* Boot From SAN
* Improved support for raw LUNs as virtual disks
* Enhanced support for scripted installations
* Improved Support for Clustered Virtual Machines
* Additional Support for Disaster-Recovery Backups or Virtual Disks

VirtualCenter 1.2 is intended as a minor maintenance release to improve upon VirtualCenter 1.1.1 and includes the following features:

* Additional support for ESX Server 2.5
* Expanded support for configuration and migration of virtual
machines using Raw Device Mappings (RDMs)
* Enhanced reporting and data export capabilities
* New features in the Web Service SDK
* Extra logging for security auditing
* Additional performance improvements
* Updated SNMP support