VMware has just released a patch for VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 which addresses the following problems:
- The problem documented in knowledge base article 2075, "vmxnet Not Working under SuSE 9.3 in ESX Server" has been fixed.
- This patch eliminates a VMKernel system heap memory leak that would lead to an unrecoverable error in certain instances.
- This patch fixes a problem in which copying a first-level redo file on a virtual machine in append mode did not result in the redo file being completely flushed to disk. This meant that powering on the virtual machine would produce an error message stating the REDO log was corrupt and needed to be discarded. The fix ensures that a consistency check is triggered, correcting the redo file header.
- This patch enhances failover for raw device mapping in Physical Compatibility mode.
- This patch speeds up the recovery for ESX Server and virtual machines when an ISL cable is pulled from the fabric.
- This patch adds active/passive support for the HDS 95xx storage arrays.
This patch adds support for the following additional Guest Operating Systems:
- Novell NetWare 6.5 SP4a
- Novell NetWare 6.5 SP5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 7
Read the release notes here and download the patch here.