Yeah its great. Not a TON of new features, but the boot from san is sweet, and the bug fixes and improved hyper threading support are hot too. Ron Oglesby Director of Technical Architecture RapidApp, Chicago Office: 312 372 7188 Mobile: 815 325 7618 email: roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thin Fan Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:38 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] OT: VMWare ESX v2.5 is released Dear VMware customer, We are pleased to announce that VMware(R) ESX Server(TM) Version 2.5 and VMware VirtualCenter Version 1.2 are now available. The new versions contain significant improvements over the previous releases. We strongly encourage all users to review the release notes and upgrade when convenient. ESX Server 2.5 improves upon ESX Server 2.1.x, and includes the following: - Boot directly from storage area networks (SANs) - Expanded virtual machine storage options using Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) - Added support for scripted ESX Server installations - Added support for creating disaster recovery backups of virtual machines - Expanded ESX Server hardware support - Expanded ESX Server guest operating system support - Experimental Common Information Model (CIM)-compliant API and object Model for virtual machines and related storage devices - Resolved issues & bug fixes - Documentation updates Additional information can be found in the ESX Server 2.5 release notes: http://www.vmware.com/releasenotes_esx VirtualCenter 1.2 improves upon VirtualCenter 1.1.1, and includes the following: - Additional support for the ESX Server 2.5 release - Expanded support for configuration and migration of virtual machines using (RDMs) - Enhanced reporting and data export capabilities - New features in the Web service SDK including GSX Server(TM) support - Extra logging for security auditing - Additional performance improvements - Updated SNMP support - Resolved issues & bug fixes - Documentation updates Additional information can be found in the VirtualCenter 1.2 release notes: http://www.vmware.com/releasenotes_vc These are no-cost updates to ESX Server and/or VirtualCenter Support and Subscription (SnS) contract holders. The new ESX Server binaries can be downloaded from: http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/newstore/download.jsp?ProductCode=ESX The new VirtualCenter binaries can be downloaded from: http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/newstore/download.jsp?ProductCode=VC1 We hope you enjoy the latest updates to ESX Server and VirtualCenter. Best regards, The VMware Team VMware, Inc. 3145 Porter Drive Palo Alto, CA 94304 ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor Activaeon.com Reduce licensing costs with activAeon XA and get one month completely free. http://www.activaeon.com ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor Activaeon.com Reduce licensing costs with activAeon XA and get one month completely free. http://www.activaeon.com ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm