\nIt provides improved reliability and performance across mixed workloads by leveraging hardware virtualization assists, high availability for both planned and unplanned downtime and improved support for backup and disaster recovery.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
We\u2019ll have two betas of Virtual Server 2005 R2 Sp1.\u00a0<\/span> Beta 2 is scheduled for Q4 this year. Here’s how the features shape up for each beta.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Beta 1 of <\/span>Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 <\/b>includes:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\nIntel Virtualization Technology compatibility <\/span><\/li>\n\nHost Clustering <\/span>technical white paper and the VB script<\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Beta 2 includes the features of Beta 1 plus:<\/span><\/div>\n\nAMD Virtualization compatibility<\/span><\/li>\nActive Directory integration and management features<\/span><\/li>\nVolume Shadow Service (VSS)<\/span><\/li>\nExpanded guest and host OS support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou might ask, “why doesn’t Beta 1 support AMD-V?”<\/span><\/div>\n\n
<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\nWell, AMD Virtualization is tied to the release of the AMD Opteron socket 1207, which\u00a0is said to be available\u00a0<\/b><\/span>in Q3 2006.\u00a0 So availability of beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 R2 Sp1 is dependent on the availability of socket 1207<\/span>, and time for our <\/span>internal testing.\u00a0\u00a0It’s one of those ‘if we can get it out faster, we will.’<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n
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Another question we get on this topic is, “<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Are\u00a0VMs running in Virtual Server 2005 R2 Sp1 compatible between Intel VT\/AMD-V hardware?”\u00a0 <\/strong>The answer is\u00a0yes. However, you must shutdown a\u00a0VM before moving it. Saved states are not compatible.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\nFor those not familiar with VSS, here’s a quick description:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span>provides users with improved support for backup and disaster recovery. Instead of backing up each virtual machine individually, users will be able to backup just physical machines that will in turn backup all the virtual machines on that physical host.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nPatrick<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beta 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 is available to download. General availability is expected in calendar Q1 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":685,"featured_media":20660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"msxcm_post_with_no_image":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"post_tag":[14],"product":[],"content-type":[],"solution":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-virtualization"],"yoast_head":"\n
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