Parallels® Virtual Automation 4.5 Update 1
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November, 2009
Changes and improvements since Parallels Virtual Automation 4.5 Release.

•	Parallels Virtual Automation 4.5 now supports Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal Xserve edition.
•	Parallels Virtual Automation 4.5 allows creating Master server backups and restoring from any of them.
•	PMC can connect to local PVA node without user credentials
•	An ability to configure alerts thresholds by means of the vzagroup file has been implemented.
•	The physical-to-virtual (p2v) migration procedure has been implemented for Windows 2008 x64 physical servers.
•	The speed of the Container backup creation procedure via network has been improved.
•	An ability to assign a hostname to a virtual machine has been added.
•	The upgrade procedure from 4.0 to 4.5 version has been extended: data from 4.0 Master server to 4.5 Master server can be imported multiple times.
•	An ability to create and work with Linux tar-based backups by means of vzagroup file has been implemented.
•	The usability of the virtual machine Summary screen has been improved: the VM live screenshot becomes available for the running, paused, and suspended states.
•	The Parallels Virtual Automation release version is now available on summary page for Slave nodes and on Support screen for Management Server.
•	By the virtual machine creation procedure, the vNIC adapter is added to the hardware settings by default.
•	By unregistering slave physical server from Master server, vzagroup CLI does not require credentials.
•	Resource Library supports DMG images

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