vizioncore just released the newest version of its flagship disaster recovery product esxRanger Professional and resources monitoring solution esxCharter. esxRanger Professional 3.0 sports following features:

• Block-level differential backups Reduce both the time and space requirements of backups
• File level restore from full or differential backup Allow users to restore a single file without the need to restore an entire virtual machine
• Integration with VMware Infrastructure 3 Enable administrators to upgrade to VMware Infrastructure 3 from VMware ESX Server without change of functionality
• VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware VMotion awareness Allows seamless backup during virtual machine migration
• Archive retention policy Simplify management of archived data while reducing disk storage requirements
• Enterprise restore interface Restore a file, image or multiple images, all within the same GUI
• Script-free usage via intuitive GUI Allow simple management of all backup and restore tasks within the one interface

esxRanger Professional 3.0 is available immediately with pricing starting at $500 per CPU socket. The price includes one year of support. Enterprise licensing is also available. esxCharter 2.0 offers following features:

• Bill-back capability
• Trend reports with flexible query options
• I/O performance metrics for more intelligent views
• SQL Server database for enhanced access & integration
• Intelligent alerting and automated e-mailing of reports

esxCharter 2.0 pricing starts at $299/CPU socket. The price includes one year of support. Enterprise licensing is also available. Download them here. The virtualization.info Virtualization Industry Roadmap has been updated accordingly.