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ESX Finally Goes 64-Bit

VMware's high-end ESX Server supports 64-bit operating systems
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October 13, 2006 02:30 PM EDT
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VMware's high-end ESX Server finally supports 64-bit operating systems, specifically Windows, Red Hat, SUSE and Solaris. The update is designated ESX 3.0.1, which is also available in German and Japanese. ESX hasn't been able to support 64-bit operating systems even if it was running on 64-bit machines.

The ESX management kit VirtualCenter 2.0 supports 64-bits now too.

The company also rolled out what it called a beta next-generation physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual conversion tool, Converter 3 that combines the functionality of two existing VMware products, P2V Assistant and Virtual Machine Importer.

The first takes a snapshot of an existing physical system and makes it into a VMware VM, saving reinstall and reconfiguring. The second VMwarizes virtual machines from other source formats like Microsoft and Symantec.

Converter 3 will be free when it becomes generally available in six months.

Meanwhile, Russian ISV Veeam Software has released FastSCP for ESX, a free tool for transferring files between ESX Server and Windows. It also makes backup copies of existing virtual machines.

Veeam says the fastest transfer method would be ftp, but ESX 3 firewalls ftp by default and anyway it's insecure because ftp transfers passwords in clear text. FastSCP is supposedly six times faster that SCP without affecting security.

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Newsdesk E-Open Source 10/13/06 02:40:12 PM EDT

ESX Finally Goes 64-Bit VMware's high-end ESX Server finally supports 64-bit operating systems, specifically Windows, Red Hat, SUSE and Solaris. The update is designated ESX 3.0.1, which is also available in German and Japanese. ESX hasn't been able to support 64-bit operating systems even if it was running on 64-bit machines.