Vmware Virtual Server Environment

Vmware Virtual Server Environment
VMware® Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers with enterprise-class support. It enables companies to partition a physical server into multiple virtual machines and to start experiencing the benefits of virtualization.

VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use product for users new to server virtualization technology and is based on VMware’s proven technology, which has been used by thousands of customers. A virtual machine is like a server, but instead of electronics, it is software. A virtual machine runs operating systems and applications just like a physical server. However, virtual machines offer users many advantages over physical servers.

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1How Can I Use VMware Server?

With VMware Server you can:

  • Streamline software development and testing by allowing developers to create multiple environments with different operating systems on the same server.
  • Simplify IT testing of patches, new applications and operating systems by allowing systems administrators to test in a secure virtual machine environment and be able to roll back to a clean state by using the snapshot feature.
  • Simplify server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times.
  • Evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration.
  • Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system.
  • Leverage pre-built, ready-to-run virtual appliances that include virtual hardware, operating system and application environments.
2How Does VMware Server Work?

VMware server installs and runs as an application on top of a host Windows or Linux operating system. A thin virtualization layer partitions the physical server so that multiple virtual machines can be run simultaneously on a single server.

Computing resources of the physical server are treated as a uniform pool of resources that can be allocated to virtual machines in a controlled manner.

VMware Server isolates each virtual machine from its host and other virtual machines, leaving it unaffected if another virtual machine crashes. Data does not leak across virtual machines and applications can only communicate over configured network connections. VMware Server encapsulates a virtual machine environment as a set of files, which are easy to back-up, move and copy

3Benifits
  • Provision additional servers in minutes without investing in new hardware.
  • Run Windows, Linux, Solaris and Netware operating systems and applications on the same physical server.
  • Increase the CPU utilization of a physical server.
  • Move virtual machines from one physical server to another without re-configuration.
  • Capture the entire state of a virtual machine and roll back to that configuration with the click of a button
  • Gain centralized management to efficiently provision, monitor and manage IT infrastructure when combined with VMware VirtualCenter
  • Choose to access enterprise-class product support
  • Easily migrate virtual machines to VMware Infrastructure