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Patches for ESX Server 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 are now available. The patches include both a Critical Patch and several General Patches.

• November 15 patches for ESX Server 3.0.2
• November 15 patches for ESX Server 3.0.1

VMware Server 2.0 Beta is now available. See the release notes and beta community for more information.

New features and enhancements in the VMware Server Beta 1 release:

• Web-based management interface: A new Web-based user interface provides a simple, flexible, intuitive and productive way for you to manage your virtual machines.
• Expanded operating system support: VMware Server now supports Windows Vista Business Edition and Ultimate Edition (guest only), Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn Server Beta 3), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Ubuntu 7.1, among others.
• Greater scalability: Take full advantage of high-end hardware with support for up to 8GB of RAM per virtual machine, up to two virtual SMP (vSMP) processors and up to 64 virtual machines per host.
• 64-bit guest operating system support: Run high-performance operating systems in virtual machines with support for Intel EM64T VT-enabled processors and AMD64 processors with segmentation support.
• Support for VIX API 1.2: This feature provides a programming interface for automating virtual machine and guest operations.
• Support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI): This feature enables transparent paravirtualization, in which a single binary version of the operating system can run either on native hardware or in paravirtualized mode.
• Support for USB 2.0 devices: Transfer data at faster data rates from USB 2.0 devices.

VMware VIX API 1.1.2 has been released for VMware Workstation 6.0.x and VMware Server 1.0.x. The VIX API allows users to write scripts and programs to automate virtual machine operations. For more information, see the VIX API Documentation and  Automation API Community.

VMware VIX API 1.2 for VMware Server 2.0 Beta is also available. See the VIX 1.2 release notes for more information.

VIX version compatibility is as follows:

Fusion 1.1 has been released. New in this release are over 25 new and improved features since VMware Fusion 1.0 including support for Mac OS X Leopard, Microsoft Vista in Boot Camp virtual machines, experimental support for DirectX 9.0 (without shaders) 3D graphics, localized French, German, and Japanese versions, and more. Download the free VMware Fusion 1.1 at http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/

VMware Importer beta imports Parallels Desktop for Mac 2.5 and 3.0 virtual machines running Windows 2000 or later. Just download VMware Importer, then drag your Parallels virtual machine onto VMware Importer and click Convert. For more information and to download, go to: http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/importer_tool.html

For more information, visit the Fusion page and the Fusion Community.

VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 is now available. From the release notes:

VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 release includes all the fixes from the VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 1 release and also includes fixes for certain globalization issues. These globalization fixes are primarily for the Japanese and German releases of VirtualCenter.

This release is intended for any customer who is installing the English version of VirtualCenter on a non-English operating system. Customers using the English version of VirtualCenter on an English operating system can upgrade to either VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 1 or VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2. Both of these Update releases cover the same set of resolved/known issues with the exception of the globalization fixes present in Update 2.

This maintenance release includes changes to VirtualCenter Management Server and VI Client software. If you upgrade a VirtualCenter Server host using this maintenance release, you must also upgrade all VI Client hosts. You can upgrade the Windows client hosts by downloading the software from an upgraded VirtualCenter Server host, or by selecting VI Client from the VirtualCenter installation startup page.

VMware ESX Server 2.5.5 Upgrade Patch 1 and VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 12 are now available.

VMware Consolidated Backup 1.0.3 Update 1 and VMware Consolidated Backup 1.0.2 Update 1 are now available. Update releases enable new hardware platforms and devices without requiring a new maintenance release.  For more information, see the VMware ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1 FAQ.

Note: VCB 1.0.3 is compatible with VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and ESX Server 3.0.2 (or newer) only. Uninstall existing VCB version before installation. Refer to the release notes for more information.