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VMware have been released the Update 2 for ESX (build 103908) and VirtualCenter (104215).

This new version brings a number of important features including:

• Cross-processors VMotion (auto-configuration of AMD-V Extended Migration and Intel FlexMigration)
• Virtual machines live snapshot through Microsoft Volume Shadow Service (VSS) (only Windows 2003 and 2008 guest OSes)
• Virtual machines live cloning
• Virtual disks hot-extension (only for flat disks without snapshots in persistent mode)
• VMware HA support for individual virtual machines
• VirtualCenter alarms for physical servers health (single components supported)
• Manual computers addition in Guided Consolidation (by hostname or IP)
• Single Sign-On (SSO) on VirtualCenter client (capability to pass-through Windows authentication credentials, with support for smartcards and digital certificates)
• Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Sun Solaris 10 U5, Novell SLES 10 SP2 and Ubuntu 8.04 guest OSes
• Support for 8GB Fibre Channel HBAs
• Support for NFS and iSCSI over 10Gbit Ethernet
• Support for Remote Command Line Interface (CLI) (no more experimental)
• 192 vCPUs per host – VMware now supports increasing the maximum number of vCPUs per host 192 given that the maximum number of Virtual Machines per host is 170 and that no more than 3 virtual floppy devices or virtual CDROM devices are configured on the host at any given time. This support is extended on ESX 3.5 Update 1 as well.

Installation Notes for This Release

See the ESX Server Compatibility Guides before installing this software. It is important to verify that your server, I/O, storage, guest operating system, management agent, and backup software needs are compatible. These guides also address minimum requirements and scaling limits associated with this release. To view a guide, click one of the following links:

• Systems Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i (PDF)
• I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i (PDF)
• Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i (PDF)
• Backup Software Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.5 and ESX Server 3i (PDF)

Read the Installation Guide for step-by-step guidance on installing and configuring ESX Server and VirtualCenter.

VMware update 2 released notes and download a trial of VI 3.5 Update 2 here.

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