Cosas Interesantes 30/03/2007

Hoy en cosas interesantes: Buenas practicas en el Mirroring, Softgrid 4.1 SP1 y 4.2, VM Workstation 6 RC, Virtual Machine Additions for Linux 1.2.

Buenas practicas en el Mirroring.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/technologies/dbm_best_pract.mspx

Softgrid 4.1 SP1 y 4.2.

Mejoras en el rendimiento y finalmente soporte para Vista con UAC activado.

SoftGrid 4.1 Service Pack 1

SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 is mostly a hotfix and critical updates release, improving overall system stability and compatibility. A noteworthy improvement is the ability to sequence applications using Side by Side assemblies (aka WinSxS), including Visual Studio Express and Office 2007, among many other applications from both third party ISV’s and Microsoft. Expected availability is in the second quarter of this year and the release will be made available for download as soon as test is completed. We will release the Sequencer, Desktop Client, Terminal Server Client and Server at the same time. 

SoftGrid 4.2

SoftGrid 4.2 builds on the 4.1 improvements by adding Windows Vista compatibility, both on the sequencer and client.  There is not going to be a 4.2 version of the Server or the Terminal Server client as the moniker 4.2 is reserved for the components adding Windows Vista compatibility. We expect a final release some time around Q3 of this year. We expect 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 to maintain parity over time, the only exception being Windows Vista compatibility in the 4.2 components.

– The SoftGrid Team

VM Workstation 6 RC.

Como siempre un paso por delante en features.

VMware announced that that VMware Workstation 6.0 release candidate is now available. The release candidate contains feature enhancements and will run without debug logging.

Workstation 6.0 provides exciting new features, including the following:

• Support for Windows Vista – Use Windows Vista as host operating system
  
• Multiple monitor display –You can configure a VM to span multiple monitors, or multiple VMs to each display on separate monitors.
  
• Support for USB 2.0 devices – You can now use peripherals that require high-speed performance in your VMs, such as MP3 Players and fast storage devices
  
• VM Record/Replay – Use this feature to record VM activities and be guaranteed to reproduce the exact VM state 100% of the time.
  
• Integrated Virtual Debugger – Workstation integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse so you can deploy, run, and debug programs in a VM directly from your preferred IDE
  
• Automation APIs (VIX API 1.1) – You can write scripts and programs to automate VM testing.

You can find detailed information on new features, answers to frequently asked questions, links to download the product, release notes, etc. at:
http://www.vmware.com/wsbeta

Virtual Machine Additions for Linux 1.2.

Enterprise distributions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (update 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (update 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Standard distributions
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 9.0
SuSE Linux 9.2
SuSE Linux 9.3
SuSE Linux 10.0

Support
The Virtual Machine Additions for Linux are supported through the product support channels for Virtual Server 2005 R2

https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/Downloads.aspx?SiteID=154