The much anticipated new versions of VMware ESX Server, VVirtual Center and Consolidated Backup as now been made available for download by VMware.
The new build versions are:
- VMware ESX Server - Latest Version: 3.5 | 12/10/2007 | Build: 64607
- VMware VirtualCenter - Latest Version: 2.5 | 12/10/2007 | Build: 64201
- VMware Consolidated Backup - Latest Version: 1.1 | 12/10/2007 | Build: 64559
New features and improvements include
- Storage VMotion
- Update Manager
- Support for 200 hosts and 2000 virtual machines
- Support for 128GB RAM per host and for 64GB RAM per virtual machine
- Server consolidation advisor
- Distributed Power Management (DPM)
- Guest OS disaster recovery capability
- Provisioning across datacenters objects
- Support for SATA storage devices
- Support for VCB over iSCSI SANs
- Support for 10Gbit Ethernet network cards
- Support for TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) network cards
- Support for Jumbo Frames
Check out the release notes for more details and the updated VI feature list
I can't wait to get my infrastructure updated, and I'm really looking forward to playing with the new Update Manager and VCB over iSCSI
December 11, 2007 at 11:16am | 0 Comments
Tagged: esx, virtual center, virtual infrastructure, virtualization and VMware
VMware has announced the availability of a new version of VirtualCenter, specifically designed to manage VMware Server. This enables SMB customers to manage several instances of Virtual Server from one single console, and set up alerts based on CPU utilization etc. These features were only available for the enterprise VI3 customers until now.
VMware VirtualCenter for VMware Server is designed and licensed for use exclusively with VMware Server. The new virtualization management bundle, which includes one VirtualCenter management server for VMware Server with three agents and enterprise-class support including unlimited 30-day support from VMware, has a VMware list price of $1,500 and is expected to be available this week from VMware and VMware resellers. Additional agents can be purchased for a VMware list price of $400 per physical server managed.
Read the details in the Press Release
February 6, 2007 at 9:30am | 0 Comments
Tagged: computing, management, virtual center, virtualization, VMware and vmware server