Release History

VMX 3.7.017

• New support for ESXi 5.0 515841
• New support for ESX & ESXi 4.1 538358
• Fixed incremental restore for ESXi 5.0
• Fixed Send a report by E-mail
• Fixed backup to FreeBSD
• Fixed backup for Win2008R2 when virtual disks are located on different datastore
• Minor bugfixes

VMX 3.7.011

• New Scheduled tasks view for vCenter
• Fixed number of replications to keep in case of archive option
• Fixed replication issue when virtual disks are located on different datastore
• Removed possibility to perform compressed replication
• Minor bugfixes

VMX 3.7.010

• Replication task: Now you can replicate your VM to another ESX
• File Level Restore: Restore a single file from one of your Backups (NTFS, FAT and EXT are supported)
• Start Custom Script: Now you can add a custom script to execute while running a backup job
• We added a new Wizard to help you to restore any backup
• New possibility to disable a single task element
• Configure your default e-mail settings which can be reused for every task
• Configure your default local directory for backups
• Minor bug fixes

VMX 3.6.035

• New: support for ESXi 5.0 504890
• New: support for ESX & ESXi 4.1 502767
• New: support for ESX & ESXi 4.0 480973
• Fixed incremental backup option: "If the event is missed or full backup fails, do a full backup at the next scheduled time"
• Fixed Incremental backup for ESXi 5.0
• Enhanced server connectivity test
• Enhanced debug report

VMX 3.6.022

• New: support for ESXi 5.0 474610
• Fixed problematic "Same Host as VM" in case of a vCenter

VMX 3.6.020

• New: support for ESXi 5.0 469512
• New: destination server to Backup Explorer
• Updated VD library to 5.0
• Enhanced backup speed for vCenter
• Enhanced debug report
• Fixed host name resolution

VMX 3.6.009

• New: support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.433742
• Fixed create folder on iSCSI drive
• Fixed "Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion"
• Minor bugfixes

VMX 3.6.001

• New: option to backup multiple VMs in the same task
• New: warning message on VM Explorer startup if last scheduled tasks terminate with warning or error message
• New: warning message when orphaned backup snapshots are found
• New: possibility to “Delete existing Backup in target directory before backup starts”
• New: possibility to retrieve ESX log file
• New: log for VD library
• Enhanced delete old backup
• Fixed mouse scroll on datacenter view
• Fixed "Shutdown Guest" functionnality
• Fixed server freeBSD 8.x 32 and 64 bit
• Fixed Clone functionality on ESXi 4.1
• Fixed number of backups to keep in case of archive option
• Fixed independent-disk issue for incremental backup
• Fixed file lock using VD library
• Fixed check backup integrity on linux server
• Fixed create folder on network folder
• Fixed Current Task Report text on E-Mail report and on Task history

VMX 3.5.018

• Added Backup Explorer
• Added VM Explorer service
• Added task detail in Task History (right mouse button)
• Added html report in Task History (right mouse button)
• Added E-Mail Report "Current Task Report"
• Added Port and ssl option in "Daily Reports"
• Added single task detail in "Daily Reports"
• Added "Go to" function in "Manage Snapshots"
• Added "Enable/Disable Task" button in Scheduler tab
• Added "On error execute next task" function for Scheduler task element
• Added incremental backup option: "If the event is missed or full backup fails, do a full backup at the next scheduled time"
• Added support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.381591
• Updated VD library to 1.2.1
• Enhanced Restore task
• Enhanced Scheduled Tasks list: disabled task are now grayed out
• Enhanced e-mail report is now in html format
• Enhanced incremental backup option: "Make one full backup every"
• Enhanced datastore active/inactive status
• Fixed small issues

VMX 3.0.036

• Added support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.381591
• Fixed incremental restore (write error)
• Fixed not enough space on the disk issue when compression is used
• Fixed inconsistency check for empty folder

VMX 3.0.028

• Added support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.348481
• Fixed delete backup folder in case of backup failure

VMX 3.0.018

• Added support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.320137

VMX 3.0.016

• Added incremental backup
• Added support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.320092
• Enhanced detecting if host is online
• Fixed issues when using a proxy
• Fixed problems deleting old backups when using vCenter
• Many minor bugfixes

VMX 2.0.051

• "Include memory dump of the virtual machine" in Backup Dialog is now default checked
• Fixed problem deleting old backups for vCenter

VMX 2.0.050

• Fixed issue related to "Checking the target directory"
• Fixed compression policy in backup dialog
• Other minor bugfixes

VMX 2.0.049

• Added better support for ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1
• Added better support for ESX 3.0.1 and ESX 3.0.2
• Fixed perfromance issues when backup is made from ESX/ESXi 4.1

VMX 2.0.048

• Added VM Explorer shows now if a host is disconnected
• Fixed Clone Task could fail in certain circumstances
• Fixed problem deleting old backups
• Fixed timeout issues when deleting files
• Fixed connection problems with ESX 3.0
• Other minor bugfixes

VMX 2.0.047

• Added VM Explorer shows now if a host is disconnected
• Fixed Clone Task could fail in certain circumstances
• Fixed Backup for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.260247 could fail in certain circumstances

VMX 2.0.046

• Added support for ESX & ESXi 4.1.0.260247
• Added support for vCenter 4.1
• Enhanced vCenter 4 Support
• Fixed overwrite existing files in the target directory
• Fixed restore task when source file are local and read-only
• Fixed "different thread" error on refresh server
• Fixed problem related to ESXi 3.5 (Build 67921)

VMX 2.0.034

• Added diskspace check before backup/clone/restore process
• Enhanced: Number of backups to keep
• Fixed datastore information when server is refreshed
• Fixed Backup abort error while clicking on GUI.
• Various minor bugfixes and enhancements

VMX 2.0.028

• Added feature: number of backups to keep
• Fixed error could not find VM
• Fixed error in GZIP stream (-5)!
• Fixed Snapshot Error logging for vCenter
• Various minor bugfixes and enhancements

VMX 2.0.023

• Added recursive delete in ssh mode
• Added instant help on enabling SSH on ESX
• Fixed clone on ssh mode
• Fixed Snapshot Error logging for ESX 3.0

VMX 2.0.021

• vCenter Support added.
• Quiesce option will now be saved correctly
• VM Explorer will clean up tmp-Files if task failes
• Option to always force VM snapshot (even if powered down) added
• Added option to launch vSphere client from DataCenter view
• Fixed issue when task is modified while running
• Fixed issue when copying from ESXi to ESX using agent
• Fixes for backing up from vSphere when Firewall is not configured

VMX 1.6.018

• Enhancements for uploading files.
• Keep alive bugfix for ESXi & VM Explorer Agent

VMX 1.6.016

• Minor fixes for command line /runtask
• Keep alive added to ssh (more stable connections)
• Config save behavior changed, to save changes directly to config

VMX 1.6.012

• Backup: Remove old Memory Snapshots from target dir
• Create backup of config when closing VM Explorer
• Local Backup for ESX 4 enhanced
• Scheduler stops starting tasks issue solved

VMX 1.6.008

• ESXi Agent support added (see server expert settings)
• Support for VMs with IDE drives added

VMX 1.5.140

• Minor bugfixes in backup dialog

VMX 1.5.140

• Minor bugfixes in backup dialog

VMX 1.5.136

• ESXi Backup jobs improved
• Email-Report fixed when run in same task as backup job
• Various minor fixes

VMX 1.5.132

• Added Support für ESX 4i and vSphere

VMX 1.5.122

• Added Support für ESX 3i U4
• Various minor fixes

VMX 1.5.118

• Enhancements for ESX 3i file transfer. Fix for scheduler (run once).
• Fix for backup of empty files via scp on ESX 3i.
• Allow backup of VM's with '%' in filenames.

VMX 1.5.114

• Fixes for backup/restore (disks in different directories and duplicate disk names attached to the same VM (caused by P2V)).
• Added more retries to the ESX 3i code.
• Improved ESX 3i SSH access.
• Allow non standard ports for SSH console access (hostname:port).

VMX 1.5.110

• Includes improved backup engine with more fine grained disk selection.
• Added SMTP authentication for the daily report mail.
• Many other small fixes.

VMX 1.5.108

• Added retry to ESX 3i delete operations.
• Added SCP support for ESX 3i (see "Expert Settings" in "Edit Server").
• Improved ESX SDK service handling.
• Fixed ESX 3i file listing.

VMX 1.5.104

• Initial release of VMX 1.5.
• Includes beta support for ESX 3i.
• Daily e-mail report (available as a task element in the scheduler).
• Includes automatic update info.
• Many small bugfixes for the 1.0 version.
• Release date: 2008-11-03.

VMX 1.0.435

• Official release of VM Explorer 1.0.
• Release date: 2008-09-30.

VMX 1.0.420

• Initial Release for the beta program.
• Release date: 2008-09-01.