Virtualization

Virtualization is a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from the way in which other systems, applications, or end users interact with those resources. This includes making a single physical resource (such as a server, an operating system, an application, or storage device) appear to function as multiple logical resources; or it can include making multiple physical resources (such as storage devices or servers) appear as a single logical resource.

This makes is possible for any x86 machine (PC) to run more than one OS at the time. E.g. you could run a virtual machine with Windows 2003 and a Virtual Machine with Linux RedHat at the same time at the same piece of hardware.

Examples of products that make this possible:
- VMware ESX
- VMware GSX, VMware Server
- VMware Workstation
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
- XenSource 3.0
- etc.

http://www.vmware.com/
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/default.mspx
http://www.trango-systems.com/
http://www.xensource.com/
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/
http://sanbarrow.com/
http://petruska.stardock.net/software/VMware/

Submenu

• How to install VMware LifeCycle Manager
• Remove old hardware after P2V action under Windows
• Setting up hardware for use with VMware ESX
• Installation of VMware Consolidated Backup
• HOW TO Create your own bootable ESX 3i usb stick
• vmbk.pl backup virtual machines
• Instellen time server in VMware ESX
• Using Windows-based NFS in VI3
• Change iso from console
• Virtual Serial ports
• The Virtual Machine Order HOTLINE
• vmware-cmd uit build 22874 werkt met 64-bit Perl
• Huh... Virtualisatie???
• Timekeeping in VMware Virtual Machines
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
• Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit
• Fysiek naar Virtueel middels images en P2V Assistant
• VMware Server beta (build 20925)