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Start Achieving the Benefits of Virtualization.

VMware Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers with enterprise-class support. It enables companies to partition a physical server into multiple virtual machines and to start experiencing the benefits of virtualization. VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use product for users new to server virtualization technology and is based on VMware's proven technology.

The free VMware Server is based upon VMware’s proven virtualization technology. With this robust yet easy to use software you can:

Accelerate server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times.
Easily evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration.
Simplify IT testing of patches, new applications and operating systems by allowing systems administrators to test in a secure virtual machine environment and be able to roll back to a clean state by using the snapshot feature.
Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2003 in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system.
Leverage pre-built, ready-to-run virtual appliances that include virtual hardware, operating system and application environments from the Virtual Appliance Marketplace.

Features :

Provision additional servers in minutes without investing in new hardware.
Run Windows, Linux, Solaris and Netware operating systems and applications on the same physical server.
Increase the CPU utilization of a physical server.
Move virtual machines from one physical server to another without re-configuration.
Capture the entire state of a virtual machine and roll back to that configuration with the click of a button.
Gain centralized management to efficiently provision, monitor and manage IT infrastructure when combined with VMware VirtualCenter.
Choose to access enterprise-class product support.
Easily migrate virtual machines to VMware Infrastructure.

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# Security Fixes

* New: Exception handling privilege escalation on Guest Operating System This release addresses a security vulnerability in exception handling. Improper setting of the exception code on page faults might allow for local privilege escalation on the guest. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-2267 to this issue.
* New: Directory Traversal Vulnerability on Linux-based hosts This release addresses a directory traversal vulnerability that is present on host systems and that may allow for remote retrieval of any file from the host system. In order to send a malicious request, the attacker will need to have access to the network on which the host resides. The issue is present on Linux-based hosts only, not on Windows-based hosts. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-3733 to this issue.

# Miscellaneous

* Disk Stress Test fails with data corruption error
WLK DiskStress test fails with data corruption error on LSI Logic virtual device.
* Server 2.0.1 does not allow vmnet-bridge service to be run in the foreground
The vmnet-bridge service has a parameter -d for putting it in daemon mode. Without using the -d parameter, the vmnet-bridge service should be able to run in the foreground. This was not working. This issue is resolved in this release.