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Virtual Iron supports Windows Server 2003 64bit with new version 4.1.4.7

Virtual Iron released version 4.1.4.7 of its virtualization solution. The most important new feature by far is the support for Windows Server 2003 64bit. This allows for much larger installations and is the prerequisite for Microsoft Exchange 2007 installations.

 

Complete release notes:

• Release 4.1 adds support for Windows 2003 64-bit operating systems.
• This release includes an MSI file for Windows VSTools. This simplifies VSTools installations, especially for automated deployments.
• Logical disks are now preferred over virtual disks as they perform much better. Although virtual disks are still supported, it is highly recommended that you use the Virtualization Manager clone operation to convert virtual disks to logical disks. Refer to the Virtualization Manager Administrator Guide, Cloning Disks.
• The priority settings for virtual servers has changed to afford greater granularity. Previously, the settings ranged from 1 to 10, with a default of 5. The new range is from 1 to 100, with a default of 50. Note that if you are upgrading to 4.1, the priority settings of your virtual servers will be automatically converted to new equivalent values. For example, a priority of 5 will be converted to 50. For more information, see Creating a Virtual Server.