VMware ESC Server 2.5 版本于2005年初发布,在功能上与2.1版本基本一致,以下是从vmware网站上摘抄的关于2.5版新特征的介绍:
- Boot ESX Server hosts directly from Storage Area Networks (SANs)
- SAN Transparency lets virtual machines use native SAN storage with the same ease and flexibility as virtual disk files
- Use SAN-based utilities for virtual machine backup and replication
- Support for scripted and automated ESX Server host installations
- Common Information Model (CIM)-compliant API and Object Model for monitoring of ESX Server host and virtual machine storage resources from any CIM-aware client or management tool