vCenter
VMware platform for the centralized management of several ESXi hosts.
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VHDX
Modern Microsoft Virtual Disk Format Hyper-V.
View →Virtual CPU (vCPU)
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →Virtual Machine
An isolated software computer that uses the resources of a physical server.
View →Virtual NUMA (vNUMA)
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VM Compatibility Level
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VM Escape
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VM Generation ID
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VM Hardware Version
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VM Template
A reference image used to quickly create new virtual machines.
View →VMDK
The virtual disk format commonly used by VMware.
View →VMFS
The VMware file system used on many data store blocks.
View →VMkernel
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VMkernel Adapter
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VMkernel Port
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →vMotion
A VMware function that moves one VM running from one host to another.
View →vMotion Network
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VMware ESXi
A type 1 hypervisor used to run virtual machines on a physical server.
View →VMware HA
A function that automatically restarts VMs on another host after ESXi failure.
View →VMware Tools
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
View →VMX
The main configuration file of a VMware virtual machine.
View →vSAN Storage Policy
A virtualization mechanism used to present or manage virtual-machine or cluster resources.
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