Virtualization Flashcards
1
Q
What is VMM?
A
Virtual Machine Manager
2
Q
What are Virtual machine images?
What are their benefits?
A
Templates for creating new VM instances. Can be a plain OS with pre-installed software.
Benefits:
- are created with the proper patches.
- ensures any software is installed & configured right.
3
Q
What are the VM architectures?
A
Full virtualization.
Host-based.
Hypervisor.
4
Q
What is the purpose and benefits of VM?
A
Using VMs is to consolidate multiple functionalities on the same server to increase resource utilization rates and application flexibility.
5
Q
What is a Virtual Appliance?
A
Applications that run on the same OS bundled together. May also include libraries.
Can be ported to any hardware platform.
