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The entity that controls virtualization is referred to as ''hypervisor''. The virtual machines are known as "guests" or "guest operating systems".
The entity that controls virtualization is referred to as ''hypervisor''. The virtual machines are known as "guests" or "guest operating systems".
Hypervisors: KVM, Xen, VMware ESX.


=Host Operating System=
=Host Operating System=

Revision as of 15:26, 9 May 2017

Internal

Virtualization Platforms

  • Red Hat Virtualization
  • VMware vSphere
  • Microsof Hyper-V

Hypervisor

The entity that controls virtualization is referred to as hypervisor. The virtual machines are known as "guests" or "guest operating systems".

Hypervisors: KVM, Xen, VMware ESX.

Host Operating System

The host operating system (or the host OS) is the operating system of the physical computer on which the hypervisor is installed.

Guest Operating System

The guest operating system (or the guest OS) is the operating system that is running inside the virtual machine.

Virtual Machine