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