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VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers.As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS); instead, it includes and integrates vital OS components, such as a kernel.
There are six (plus one for vSAN) versions of VMFS, corresponding with ESX/ESXi Server product releases. VMFS0 can be reported by ESX Server v6.5 as a VMFS version when a datastore is unmounted from a cluster/host. VMFS1 was used by ESX Server v1.x. It did not feature the cluster filesystem properties and was used only by a single server at a time.
VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform. [ 2 ] It includes vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another.
Hellwig's core claim is that ESXi is a derivative work of the GPLv2-licensed Linux kernel 2.4, and therefore VMware is not in compliance with GPLv2 because it does not publish the source code to ESXi. [130] VMware publicly stated that ESXi is not a derivative of the Linux kernel, [131] denying Hellwig's core claim. VMware said it offered a way ...
The VMware ESXi 5.0 hypervisor officially supports UEFI. Version 6.5 adds support for Secure Boot. [150] [151] VirtualBox has implemented UEFI since 3.1, [152] but is limited to Unix/Linux operating systems and Windows 8 and later (does not work with Windows Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64). [153] [154]
Added VSS support, VMware ESXi support, and enhanced VCB (VMware Consolidated Backup) performance. [36] 3.0: 2009: Added the support for ESXi free edition, Linux file-level recovery, VSS support for Windows 2008 guests and VM templates backup. [37] 4.0: 2009: The product was renamed to Veeam Backup & Replication.
The 1000v is a virtual switch for use in virtual environments including both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V [2] It is as such not a physical box but a software application that interacts with the hypervisor so you can virtualize the networking environment and be able to configure your system as if all virtual servers have connections to a physical switch and include the capabilities that ...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercial open-source [6] [7] [8] Linux distribution [9] [10] developed by Red Hat for the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86-64, Power ISA, ARM64, and IBM Z and a desktop version for x86-64.