Virtualization definitions beginning with M

The Media Access Control Address is the hardware address for a Network Interface Controller. In the context of virtualization MAC addresses must be generated for virtual network interfaces with each MAC on your local domain being unique.
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Browse Related Terms: Domain, domain 0, domain ID, domains, domu, exokernel, Host, microkernel, Xen

a software package located external to one or more related packages for the purpose of monitoring and administering those packages from a single location.
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Browse Related Terms: cluster, cluster complete resource, server consolidation, server containment, server rationalization, server sprawl, Virtual Infrastructure Client (VI Client)

A small base of code running at the highest hardware privilege level. A microkernel is responsible for sharing CPU and memory (and sometimes other devices) between less privileged tasks running on the system. This is similar to a VMM, particularly a <##paravirtualization>paravirtualising VMM but typically addressing a different problem space and providing different kind of interface.
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Browse Related Terms: Domain, domain 0, domain ID, domains, domu, exokernel, Host, MAC Addresses, Xen

Migration refers to the movement of a software entity between two nodes in a NUMA system. For instance, page migration is the process by which pages of physical memory can be moved from one node to another.
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See also Relocation Migration refers to the process of moving a para-virtualized guest images from one Red Hat Virtualization server to another. This other server could be on the same server or a different server, including servers in other locations.
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Browse Related Terms: live backup, live migration, P2V (Physical to Virtual) migration, relocation, scalability, shadow pagetables, V2P (Virtual to Physical) migration, V2V (Virtual to Virtual) migration