VIRTUALIZATION Flashcards
What is virtualization and its purpose?
Virtualization creates virtual versions of IT resources like servers, storage, and networks to improve efficiency, flexibility, and resource utilization.
Which virtualization tool is used in your environment?
VMware vSphere is the virtualization tool used in our environment.
What are the benefits of virtualization?
resource optimization, cost savings, improved disaster recovery, and enhanced scalability.
What are the differences between snapshots and backups?
Snapshots capture the state of a virtual machine at a specific point, while backups store data externally for disaster recovery.
What is a storage pool called in VMware vSphere?
In VMware vSphere, a storage pool is called a datastore.
What is the difference between Bare Metal Hypervisor and Hosted Hypervisor?
Bare Metal Hypervisor installs directly on hardware, while Hosted Hypervisor installs on an existing operating system.
What is a Hypervisor?
A Hypervisor is a software layer that enables multiple operating systems to share a single hardware host.
Name three server virtualization software.
Three server virtualization software are VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer.
What is a datastore in VMware?
A datastore in VMware is a storage location for virtual machine files.
How do you manage resources in VMware?
Resources in VMware are managed through features like resource pools, which allocate CPU and memory resources to virtual machines.
