Download VMware Fusion 2.0.5 build 173382

VMware released version 2.0.5 build 173382 of its Fusion virtualization program a few days ago. This application allows various operating systems to run on the host computer via virtual machines. This makes it possible, for example, to run Windows programs within Mac OS X that behave like normal programs via the Unity function. In addition, other x86 operating systems are of course also supported, such as various Linux distributions and Solaris. The list of changes for version 2.0.5 build 173382 looks like this:

What’s New

VMware Fusion 2.0.5 is a maintenance release of VMware Fusion 2. It is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1 and VMware Fusion 2 customers, and provides the following enhancements:

• Supports Mac OS X Server guest operating systems on Macs with Intel Xeon 5500 and 3500 Series processors (based on Nehalem micro-architecture)
• Provides experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server as a guest operating system (32-bit only)
• Provides experimental support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as a host operating system (32-bit only)
• Supports Ubuntu 9.04 as a guest operating system, including features such as VMware Tools pre-built modules and Easy Install
• Reduces CPU usage when a virtual machine is idle under VMware Fusion
• Contains fixes for more than 80 bugs

Note: 3D acceleration is disabled on systems with ATI chipsets. For more information, see the Known Issues section below.

Resolved Issues

Host Guest File System (HGFS)

• avast! causes shared folder operations to slow down
  Running Avast! antivirus software in a Windows virtual machine might cause a delay in accessing files on a shared folder or mirrored folder.
• Shared folder operations fail while using subversion (SVN) software
  While using SVN software (for example, TortoiseSVN) to access SVN repositories stored on a shared folder, certain operations might fail.
• Windows XP virtual machine fails while accessing a shared folder
  A Windows XP (64-bit) guest operating system might fail with a blue screen while performing intensive file I/O on a shared folder.
• Windows XP virtual machine fails while accessing Personal STore (PST) file on a shared folder
  In a Windows virtual machine, accessing a PST file located in a shared folder using Microsoft Outlook might cause the virtual machine to fail with a blue screen.

Networking

• Network connection fails in NAT mode
  Network connection on a virtual machine that uses network address translation (NAT) mode might fail after the virtual machine runs for some time.
• Suspend/resume operation affects network connectivity in a Ubuntu 9.04 virtual machine
  In a Ubuntu 9.04 virtual machine, the network stays active after the virtual machine is suspended. When this happens, the network does not come up when the virtual machine is resumed.

graphics

• Mac OS X WindowServer stops responding on a Mac with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 or GT 130 graphics cards
  On a Mac OS X with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 or GT 130 graphics card, running certain 3D applications in a Windows virtual machine might cause the Mac WindowServer to stop responding.

Drag and Drop

• CPU usage spikes during Unity drag and drop operation
  In a Windows XP Professional virtual machine, the VMwareUser.exe process (part of VMware Tools) might use 100% of the CPU and cause the virtual machine to stop responding.

USB

• Windows XP virtual machine does not detect eToken encryption device in pre-boot environment
  After you install Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) software with an eToken encryption device from Aladdin Systems in a Windows XP virtual machine, the eToken device might not be detected in the virtual machine pre-boot environment. This might cause the whole-disk-encryption feature in the PGP software to stop working.

Boat Camp

• Setting up a Boot Camp virtual machine on a hard drive larger than 1.5TB fails
  In releases prior to VMware Fusion 2.0.5, a Boot Camp partition that is on a hard drive larger than 1.5TB cannot be set up to run as a virtual machine. With VMware Fusion 2.0.5, you can set up a Boot Camp virtual machine on a hard drive up to 2TB in size.
• Standby mode causes a Boot Camp virtual machine to go into a nonresponsive state
  After your Boot Camp virtual machine enters standby state either triggered by Windows power management settings or by selecting Stand by from the Start > Shut down menu, it might become non-responsive.