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vCenter Server centralizes ESXi host, virtual-machine and cluster management in a VMware vSphere environment.
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VDOM
A function that cuts a FortiGate in several independent virtualwallets.
View definitionVector Database
A vector database stores numerical embeddings and supports similarity searches for semantic retrieval and AI applications.
View definitionVector Database AI
A vector database indexes numerical embeddings to retrieve content by semantic similarity.
View definitionVector Embedding
An embedding is a numerical vector representation of features from text, images, or other data.
View definitionVHDX
Modern Microsoft Virtual Disk Format Hyper-V.
View definitionVIP FortiGate
A translation object that allows the publication of an internal service to an external address or port
View definitionVirtual CPU (vCPU)
A virtual CPU is a processor execution resource presented to a VM and scheduled on physical CPU resources.
View definitionVirtual Machine
A virtual machine (VM) is an isolated software-defined computer that runs its own guest operating system on physical host resources through a hypervis...
View definitionVirtual NUMA (vNUMA)
Virtual NUMA exposes a virtualized memory locality topology to a guest for more efficient scheduling on large VMs.
View definitionVirtual Wire Pair
A mode to insert a FortiGate between two segments without a conventional routing.
View definitionVLAN
A virtual local area network that logically segments devices sharing the same physical switching infrastructure.
View definitionVLAN trunk
A trunk transports several VLAN on the same affair.
View definitionVM Compatibility Level
A virtual machine compatibility level determines the virtual hardware features available to a guest.
View definitionVM Escape
A VM escape is a security vulnerability that lets code in a guest cross the isolation boundary into the host or hypervisor.
View definitionVM Generation ID
VM Generation ID helps supported guest systems detect that a VM has been restored or cloned, avoiding unsafe state reuse.
View definitionVM Hardware Version
A VM hardware version specifies virtual device capabilities and the minimum compatible hypervisor generation.
View definitionVM Template
A VM template is a prepared reference for deploying consistent virtual machines, with separate customization for each new instance.
View definitionVMDK
The virtual disk format commonly used by VMware.
View definitionVMFS
VMFS, Virtual Machine File System, organizes VM files on VMware datastores backed by block storage.
View definitionVMkernel
VMkernel is the core of VMware ESXi responsible for scheduling, memory, storage, and host resource management.
View definitionVMkernel Adapter
A VMkernel adapter provides an IP interface on an ESXi host for management, vMotion, or storage services.
View definitionVMkernel Port
A VMkernel port connects ESXi host services to a virtual switch and assigned network configuration.
View definitionvMotion
VMware vMotion moves a running virtual machine between compatible ESXi hosts with a typically brief service interruption.
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