VMware has announced a minor dot release of its flagship VMware ESX Server product. The new ESX Server 3.0.2 release adds quite a list of additional supported features for a minor dot upgrade. In it, you will find the following improvements: The product has added support for a number of guest operating systems including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (without paravirtualizat VMware has announced a minor dot release of its flagship VMware ESX Server product. The new ESX Server 3.0.2 release adds quite a list of additional supported features for a minor dot upgrade. In it, you will find the following improvements:The product has added support for a number of guest operating systems including Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (without paravirtualization), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5, Novell Netware 6.5 SP6 and Sun Solaris 10 Update 3. Support for additional backup software from third-party vendors now includes CA BrightStor ArcServe 11.5 SP1, CommVault Galaxy version 6.1 SP4, IBM TSM Storage Agent version 5.3.3, Legato NetWorker 7.3.2 Jumbo Update 1, Symantec Backup Exec version 11d and Veritas NetBackup Exec version 6.0. Wyse Multimedia Support can now be installed into compatible guest operating systems using the VMware Tools Installer. Installing Multimedia Support enables supported devices to receive encoded video streams via RDP/ICA. Only Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 guest operating systems are supported when using Wyse Multimedia Support and ESX Server 3.0.2. Support has also been added for the new Dell PowerEdge 2970 (with BIOS version 1.0.0) and for the HP P800 SAS Controller.You can download the update to VMware ESX Server or read the release notes, here. At the same time, VMware also announced an update to its VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) – now at version 1.0.3. The new release offers the following improvements: Support for iSCSI Storage – VMware Consolidated Backup now supports iSCSI storage in addition to Fibre Channel storage. Virtual machines residing on any iSCSI arrays listed in the Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.x may now be backed up through the VMware Consolidated Backup framework. Enhancements in Snapshot Functionality – This release includes a feature in the integration modules for VCB to remove old snapshots remaining from previous backup jobs if the previous backup job failed to remove the old snapshots. New Method to Identify Virtual Machines – Before backing up a virtual machine using vcbMounter in the service console, you need to specify the virtual machine you want to back up. Prior to this release, virtual machines were identified using their DNS name or IP address only. This release supports identifying virtual machines by their display name when performing queries. Use this option if you have multiple virtual machines with the same IP address, but with different names. Better Flexibility in Fibre Channel Configuration – Previously, VCB would not function correctly if LUNs were presented with different LUN IDs to the ESX Server(s) and the proxy. This resolved issue allows VCB to work with arrays that do not guarantee consistent LUN numbering. This only applies to virtual disks backed by VMFS disks, not by RDMs. New Backup Software Support – Support has been added for Legato Networker version 7.3.2 Jumbo Update 1, Veritas NetBackup version 6.0, Symantec Backup Exec version 11d, Tivoli TSM Storage Agent version 5.3.3 VCB Proxy Operating System Support – Support for the following operating systems has been added to be used as a VCB proxy server: Windows 2003 SP2 and Windows 2003 R2 SP2 You can download VCB 1.0.3 or read the release notes, here. Software Development