Specifications

CHAPTER 1 Introduction and System Requirements

• Fix for Linux hosts where switching to the vmxnet networking driver caused

networking to fail in a virtual machine.

• Fix for Windows hosts where a virtual machines froze and the only workaround

was to kill the virtual machine process.

• Fixes for SCSI reservation issues including deadlocks, and panics that occurred

when powering on clustered virtual machines configured with LSI Logic SCSI

adapters.

• Fix for issue that caused the VMware Registration Service service to hang when

starting the host while virtual machines are configured to power on

automatically with the host.

• Fix for an application error that occurred in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a

(Japanese language version only) guest operating systems when using the

search function of Windows Explorer. The error occurred only when VMware

Tools is installed in the guest.

• Fix to allow the installation of VMware Tools in Windows NT 4.0 Support Pack 3

guest operating systems. For more information, see knowledge base article 1304

at www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1304.

• Fix for issue where a GSX Server 2.5.x virtual machine on a Windows host

configured with a static IP address lost its static IP after it was powered on under

GSX Server 3. For more information, see knowledge base article 1307 at

www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1307.

• You can now restrict which users can create virtual machines and virtual disks.

For more information, see knowledge base article 1042 at www.vmware.com/

support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1042.

• Virtual machines configured for NAT networking can now use Point-to-Point

Tunneling Protocol (PPTP).

Features in Version 3

Here are some highlights of key features to explore in VMware GSX Server 3:

GSX Server 3 Security Update: OpenSSL 0.9.7d Patches

Patches are available for GSX Server 3 that update the version of OpenSSL used in the

product. The newer version of OpenSSL corrects security vulnerabilities and is posted

on the GSX Server Security Updates Web page at www.vmware.com/download/

gsx_security.html.

GSX Server 3 users are strongly urged to download and install these patches.