- Industry: Software
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VMware, Inc. provides virtualization infrastructure software solutions and related support and services for worldwide market.
A role in which the user can perform all the virtual machine management functions.
Industry:Software
A set of virtual machines that can be operated on collectively. Currently called a VM Group or VM Folder in vCenter Server.
Industry:Software
An infrastructure that provides communication between a virtual machine and the host operating system and between two or more virtual machines on the same host.
Industry:Software
The specification of which virtual devices, such as disks and memory, are present in a virtual machine and how they are mapped to host files and devices. In vCenter Converter, VMware virtual machines whose disks have been populated by restoring from a backup or by some other direct means of copying undergo configuration to enable them to boot in VMware products. See also virtual machine.
Industry:Software
A file containing a virtual machine configuration. This .vmx file is created when you create the virtual machine. It is used to identify and run a specific virtual machine.
Industry:Software
An optional grouping structure and a subset of a farm. vCenter Server supports multiple virtual machine groups. Virtual machine groups contain virtual machines and other virtual machine groups.
Industry:Software
A point-and-click control panel used to view and modify the settings of a virtual machine setting.
Industry:Software
An extension of a system’s physical memory, enabled by the declaration of a page file. See also page file.
Industry:Software
A network connecting virtual machines that does not depend on physical hardware connections. For example, you can create a virtual network between a virtual machine and a host that has no external network connections. You can also create a LAN segment for communication between virtual machines on a team. See also LAN segment, team.
Industry:Software
A virtualized network switch used by ESX/ESXi to manage traffic between virtual machines, the service console (ESX only), and the physical network adapters on the ESX/ESXi host.
Industry:Software
