VMware Server 2.0

VMware Releases Server 2.0, Workstation 6.5, ACE 2.5

September 28, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

VMware has announced the availability of its free server class virtualization product, VMware Server 2.0, a free hosted virtualization product for Microsoft Windows and Linux servers that has been around for quite some time.

Workstation 6.5, its long running desktop virtualization platform has also hit the wires, and finally ACE hit the 2.5 mark.

(VMblog gives a run-down of the new stuff in VMware Server 2.0, Workstation 6.5 and ACE 2.5)

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VMware Server 2.0 Hits RC1 Stage

July 2, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

VMware today shipped the Release Candidate 1 build (101586) for VMware Server 2.0. The free product should become ready to manufacter this quarter, but feel free to join the beta program here.

Here’s what’s new:

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS): Properly backup the state of the Windows virtual machines when using the snapshot feature to maintain data integrity of the applications running inside the virtual machine.
Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI): Support for fast and efficient communication between a virtual machine and the host operating system and between two or more virtual machines on the same host.
Support for SCSI pass-through (generic) devices: Allows for SCSI devices such as tape backup devices to be connected to virtual machines.
Expand disk capacity on the fly: Allows for adding new SCSI hard disks and controllers to a running virtual machine.
Firefox 3 as a supported browser for the management interface.
Remote Client Devices: Access devices such as CD-ROMs that are not physically connected to the host via VMware Remote Console

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VMware Releases Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1, ThinApp 1.0 And Server 2.0 Coming Up Next

May 28, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

VMware has released a minor update for its connection broker Virtual Desktop Manager, technology it aquired by snapping up Propero about a year ago. VDM – download a trial here – has now reached version 2.1 (build 596) and includes the following addition features:

Multiple sessions per user within a pool
Pools spanning datastores in order to better manage resources
VDM Configuration Backup (command-line only)
Integrate MMR multimedia extensions DLL with VDM Client (Windows XP)
Allow blocking of incoming RDP connections that are not from VDM Clients
Allow end users to change password
Allow end users to restart their VM

Also, the company expects to ship ThinApp 1.0 (former Thinstall, of which the beta 2 was announced recently) as well as Server 2.0 (currently also in beta 2) during the course of this Summer.