Symantec Corp. announced the availability of Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 for VMware's ESX Server. The solution provides advanced monitoring capabilities for applications running inside the virtual machines and it automates failover across local and remote sites in the event of a disaster in order to provide a higher level of application availability. The Cluster Server product for VMware ESX Server provides high Symantec Corp. announced the availability of Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 for VMware’s ESX Server.The solution provides advanced monitoring capabilities for applications running inside the virtual machines and it automates failover across local and remote sites in the event of a disaster in order to provide a higher level of application availability. The Cluster Server product for VMware ESX Server provides high availability and disaster recovery for both physical and virtual servers. By simplifying and automating remote failover for VMware virtual server environments, Cluster Server for VMware ESX provides added protection against virtual machine or application failures, including: Server, application and resource monitoring, which provides a higher level of availability; Automatic recovery from application, network storage, virtual resource, virtual server, and physical server failures; Centralized management of virtual and physical clustered servers from a single console; Comprehensive protection from wide area disasters by integrating disaster recovery plan verification tools, remote application failover features and real-time data replication to enable organizations to test disaster recovery without disrupting production environments. Veritas Cluster Server for VMware ESX is available immediately with a suggested price starting at $1,995 per server. Software Development