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UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
AWANG HAD SALLEH GRADUATE SCHOOL (AHSGS)
Assignment 1
Virtualization : VMware
STIJ5014 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
LECTURER:DR SHAHRUDIN AWANG NOR
STUDENTS:
ZULKEFLI ABU BAKAR (813768)
SYED MAHAMAD ZUHDI AMIN (813712)
MOHD LUTFI AHMAD (814180)
MOHAMMAD ALI MOFLEH AL-QUDAH (812230)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
It is useful to define the term “virtualization” in the abstract sense. Wikipedia uses the following definition: “In computing, virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. Virtualization hides the physical characteristics of computing resources from their users, be they applications, or end users. This includes making a single physical resource (such as a server, an operating system, an application, or storage device) appear to function as multiple virtual resources; it can also include making multiple physical resources (such as storage devices or servers) appear as a single virtual resource...”
Virtualization as a concept is not new. Computational environment virtualization has been around since the first mainframe systems. But recently, the term “virtualization” has become ubiquitous, representing any type of process obfuscation where a process is somehow removed from its physical operating environment. Because of this ambiguity, virtualization can almost be applied to any and all parts of an IT infrastructure. For example, mobile device emulators are a form of virtualization because the hardware platform normally required to run the mobile operating system has been emulated, removing the OS binding from the hardware it was written for.
The virtualization concept is expanding into many aspects of information technology. Servers, switches, storage, networking and clients are all on a virtualization road map. But the virtualization movement is rooted in servers and server virtualization will have the most impact on datacenter networks. Server
AWANG HAD SALLEH GRADUATE SCHOOL (AHSGS)
Assignment 1
Virtualization : VMware
STIJ5014 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
LECTURER:DR SHAHRUDIN AWANG NOR
STUDENTS:
ZULKEFLI ABU BAKAR (813768)
SYED MAHAMAD ZUHDI AMIN (813712)
MOHD LUTFI AHMAD (814180)
MOHAMMAD ALI MOFLEH AL-QUDAH (812230)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
It is useful to define the term “virtualization” in the abstract sense. Wikipedia uses the following definition: “In computing, virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. Virtualization hides the physical characteristics of computing resources from their users, be they applications, or end users. This includes making a single physical resource (such as a server, an operating system, an application, or storage device) appear to function as multiple virtual resources; it can also include making multiple physical resources (such as storage devices or servers) appear as a single virtual resource...”
Virtualization as a concept is not new. Computational environment virtualization has been around since the first mainframe systems. But recently, the term “virtualization” has become ubiquitous, representing any type of process obfuscation where a process is somehow removed from its physical operating environment. Because of this ambiguity, virtualization can almost be applied to any and all parts of an IT infrastructure. For example, mobile device emulators are a form of virtualization because the hardware platform normally required to run the mobile operating system has been emulated, removing the OS binding from the hardware it was written for.
The virtualization concept is expanding into many aspects of information technology. Servers, switches, storage, networking and clients are all on a virtualization road map. But the virtualization movement is rooted in servers and server virtualization will have the most impact on datacenter networks. Server
References: 1. Brian Ward,2002, “The Book of VMware: The Complete Guide to VMware Workstation”. 2. Daniel Mitchell,Tom Keegan,2011, "VMware vSphere For Dummies". 3. Bernard Golden,2007,"Virtualization For Dummies". 4. Matthew Portnoy,2012,"Virtualization Essentials". 5. VMware Inc,2009,”VMware VMotion”.