running multiple operating systems "virtual

machines" simultaneously on one physical Virtualization

computer
Software that creates and manages virtual
machines on a server or on a local computer. Also Hypervisor
called virtual machine manager (VMM).
The apparent machine that the operating system
presents to the user. The VM appears to be a
Virtual Machine
self-contained and autonomous system, but is
running on a host computer.
A file within the host of a VM that includes all the
files and folders that would be found on a hard Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)
disk partition.
The virtual machine completely simulates a real
Full Virtualization
physical host.
In partial virtualization, only some of the
components of the virtual machine are
virtualized. The guest operating system use some
Partial Virtualization
virtual components and some real physical
hardware components in the actual device where
the hypervisor is running.
OS virtualization in which the hypervisor runs
directly on the host computer's hardware and
Bare-Metal Virtualization
controls and monitors guest OSs. Also called a
"type 1 hypervisor."
Software to manage virtual machines that is
Type 2 hypervisor
installed as an application in an operating system.
a view of data at a particular moment in time Snapshot
use of web services to perform functions that
were traditionally performed with software on an Cloud Computing
individual computer; i.e. Flickr, Google Docs, etc.
A method that provides network resources such
as for storage and allow the client can deploy
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
software and add network components such as
firewalls.
A form of cloud computing where a firm
subscribes to a third-party software and receives SaaS (Software as a Service)
a service that is delivered online.
Cloud-based virtual server(s). These virtualized
platforms give programmers tools needed to
PaaS (Platform as a Service)
deploy, administer, and maintain a Web
application.
serves only one customer or organization and can
be located on the customer's premises or off the Private Cloud
customer's premises
promotes massive, global, and industry wide
Public Cloud
applications offered to the general public

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 includes two or more private, public, or
community clouds, but each cloud remains
Hybrid Cloud
separate and is only linked by technology that
enables data and application portability
A cloud that is open only to specific organizations
community cloud
that have common concerns.
creates multiple virtual servers within a single
Server virtualization
physical server.
software or firmware components that can
Hypervisors
virtualize system resources.
an emulation of a computer system. Virtual Server / Virtual Machine (VM)
software that manages virtual machines Virtual Machine Manager
hypervisor runs directly on the physical
hardware, without out intermediate operating Type 1 hypervisor
system.
runs over the operating system Type 2 hypervisor
also called as hardware virtualization.
mainly focused on making multiple operating System Virtual machine
systems run in a single computer
also called as application virtual machine or MRE
(Managed Runtime Environment). It provides
Process virtual machine
provide a platform-independent programming
environment
communicates with the service processor to help
partition manager
you manage hardware partition configurations
a technology for network based installation of
Server Deployment
the operating system
a technology for network based installation of
Server Deployment
the operating system
a level of service provided by applications,
Server Availability
services and systems
systems with minimum downtime Highly available systems
a group of independent servers and working
together as a single system to provide high server cluster
availability of services for clients.
distributes network traffic among multiple
servers or virtual machines within a cluster to
Network Load Balancing (NLB)
avoid overloading any one host and improve
performance.
the memory use of the entire system over a given
Memory Workload:
period of time or at a specific instant in time
the number of instructions being executed by the
processor during a given period or at a particular CPU Workload
instant of time.
the number of inputs gathered by a system and
the number of outputs produced by a system I/O Workload
over a particular duration of time

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 the number of queries executed by the database
in a given period of time, or the average number
Database Workload
of queries being executed at a particular instant
of time.
5.26 minutes of downtime a year "five nines" availability
provides centralized administration and
management of processes in distributed Server Management Console
networks
CPU idle time cannot be used by other logical
Dedicated processor partition
partitions.
physical processors are divided into virtual
processors that are shared in a pool between one Shared processor partition
or more logical partitions.
creates multiple virtual servers within a single
Server virtualization
physical server.
Provide additional capabilities eg. vCenter
Update Manager, vCenter Converter, and vCenter
vCenter Server additional modules
Guided Consolidation Service and features to
vCenter Server.
Installs on a Windows machine and is the primary
method of interaction with VMware vSphere. The
vSphere Client acts as a console to operate virtual vSphere Client
machines and as an administration interface into
the vCenter Server systems and ESX hosts.
A browser-based interface for system
administrators who need to access virtual VMware vSphere Web Access
machines remotely or without a vSphere Client.
Organize all the configuration data for the
Databases
VMware vSphere environment.
allows you to quickly move an entire running
virtual machine from one host to another without
any downtime or interruption to the virtual VMotion
machine This is also known as a “hot” or “live”
migration.
Provides a virtualization layer that abstracts the
processor, memory, storage, and networking
VMware ESX
resources of the physical host into multiple
virtual machines.
A service that acts as a central administration
point for ESX/ESXi hosts connected on a network.
This service directs actions on the virtual vCenter Server
machines and the hosts. The vCenter Server is
the working core of vCenter.

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 Short questions:

1. What is hypervisor and what is its purpose?

2. Identify and describe the 2 types of hypervisors with examples. Type 1 and Type 2
3. Why virtualize the desktop environment? Pain points and solution
4. Identify and describe the 3 types of virtualizations with examples.
5. What is the role of Network Virtualization?
6. Describe what is Virtual Device Context (VDC).
7. Definition of consolidation and its advantages.

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