Virtualization terms starting with V

33 terms

  1. V2P (Virtual to Physical) migration migrating an operating system its applications from a virtual machine or partition to a physical computer without modification.
  2. V2V (Virtual to Virtual) migration migrating an operating system and its applications from a virtual machine or partition hosted in one virtual infrastructure to a virtual machine or…
  3. Vanderpool A code name for Intel's version of virtualization assist, included in some 64-bit Intel processors. See Virtualization Technology.
  4. virtual appliance A virtual appliance is a minimalistic virtual machine image designed to run under Parallels, VMWare, Xen, Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual Iron or other…
  5. Virtual CPU A system running Red Hat Virtualization has a number of virtual cpus, or vcpus.
  6. Virtual Disk A file or set of files that appears as a physical disk drive to a guest operating system.
  7. virtual floppy disk A file-based version of a physical floppy disk. A virtual floppy disk is stored as a file with a .vfd file name extension.
  8. virtual hard disk The storage medium for a virtual machine. It can reside on any storage topology that the host operating system can access, including external devices…
  9. virtual infrastructure creating a layer of abstraction between computing, storage, and networking hardware, and the operating systems running on it, resulting in a pool of…
  10. Virtual Infrastructure Client (VI Client) A user interface that runs locally in a Windows machine and provides access to the virtual machine's display.
  11. virtual machine See Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
  12. virtual machine configuration The configuration of the resources assigned to a virtual machine. Examples include devices such as disks and network adapters, as well as memory and…
  13. Virtual Machine Management Service The Hyper-V service that provides management access to virtual machines.
  14. virtual machine snapshot A file-based snapshot of the state, disk data, and configuration of a virtual machine at a specific point in time.
  15. virtual machines A virtual machine is a software implementation of a physical machine or programming language (for example the Java Runtime Environment or LISP).
  16. virtual network A network that provides virtual circuits and that is established by using the facilities of a real network.
  17. Virtual Network Manager A Hyper-V component used to create and manage virtual networks.
  18. Virtual SMP A VMware proprietary technology that supports multiple virtual CPUs in a single virtual machine.
  19. Virtualization A feature that allows standard users to run applications that normally write to per-computer files and registry keys.
  20. Virtualization Assist A general term for technology included in some 64-bit processors from AMD and Intel that can allow 64-bit operating systems to be run in virtual machines…
  21. virtualization hardware assist moving aspects of virtualization from a software hypervisor to CPU-level hardware to increase speed and efficiency.
  22. Virtualization Hardware Support Industry standard servers will provide improved hardware support for virtualization.
  23. Virtualization Overhead The cost difference between running an application within a virtual machine and running the same application natively.
  24. VLAN (virtual local area network) partitioning available network resources into independent groups to insulate related traffic and reduce management complexity.
  25. VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor) A layer of software or firmware/microcode that sits between one or more operating systems and a server.
  26. VMNIC (Virtual Machine Network Interface Card) VMNIC is a virtual network interface card, connecting a Virtual Machine to a VSwitch or to a Physical Team.
  27. VMware VMware is a company that provides virtualization software for x86 compatible computers. VMware Inc.
  28. VMware Tools A suite of utilities and drivers that enhances the performance and functionality of your guest operating system.
  29. VMware Virtual Machine Console An interface that provides access to one or more virtual machines running on the host.
  30. VSMP (Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing) providing two or more virtual processors to a single virtual machine or partition.
  31. VSwitch (Virtual Switch) See virtual network.
  32. VT (Virtualization Technology) Intel's version of virtualization assist, included in some 64-bit Intel processors. See also Virtualization Assist.
  33. VT, Intel See virtualization hardware assist.