Last week I reported a bug to VMware and yesterday I got their reply stating that this issue is solved in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 which they had just released. Damn those VMware guys are fast ;-)
Update 4 has build number 153875, requires a VMware Tools update and includes the following changes:
- Expanded Support for Enhanced vmxnet Adapter
- Enablement of Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series
- QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Update
- Emulex Fibre Channel Adapter Driver Update
- LSI megaraid_sas and mptscsi Storage Controller Driver Update
- Newly Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Newly Supported Management Agents
- Newly Supported I/O Devices
- SAS Controllers and SATA Controllers
- Network Cards
- Expanded Support for Intel E1000 network interface
- Onboard Management Processors
- Storage Arrays
More information can be found in the VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 release notes
Thanks VMware for this quick fix :-)