Sorry, missed this one last week. Lab Manager 4.0.1 was released on 12/10 and can be downloaded here. Here’s the what’s new section from the release notes:
Support for VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1
Lab Manager 4.0.1 supports ESX Server 4.0 Update 1 and vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1.
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Guest Operating Systems
Lab Manager 4.0 provided experimental support for Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) guest operating systems. Lab Manager 4.0.1 provides full support for these operating systems. In addition, Lab Manager 4.0.1 supports guest customization for Windows 7 (64-bit) using Microsoft Sysprep.
Requirements:
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 or later, and
ESX Server 4.0 Update 1 or later or ESX Server 3.5 Update 5 or later
Thin Provisioning Virtual Machine and Virtual Machine Template Virtual Disks
When you create a virtual machine template or add a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine or virtual machine template, you can choose to use thin provisioning. In Lab Manager 4.0, all virtual hard disks used the thick format.
Thin provisioned format Use this format to save storage space. A thin virtual disk starts small and, at first, uses just as much storage space as it needs for its initial operations. When the virtual disk requires more space, it can grow to its maximum capacity and occupy the entire datastore space originally provisioned to it.
Thick format This is the default virtual disk format. A thick virtual disk does not change its size and from the very beginning occupies the entire datastore space provisioned to it.
NOTE: You cannot specify the disk format if the disk resides on an NFS datastore. The NFS server determines the allocation policy for the disk.
Refer to the known issues related to thin disks.
Improved Version of SSMove
The version of SSMove included with Lab Manager 4.0.1 allows you to move all the trees on a datastore at once. Previously, you had to move each tree on a datastore separately.
Export to vCenter Enhancements
When you export a virtual machine template or configuration from Lab Manager to vCenter, you can select a destination resource pool and inventory location.
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