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Learning VMware vSphere
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Learning VMware vSphere

by Rebecca Fitzhugh, Abhilash G B
October 2016
Beginner
606 pages
11h 7m
English
Packt Publishing
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Summary

A vSphere administrator needs to understand virtual machine concepts before creating virtual machines. A virtual machine is a set of virtual hardware presented to a guest operating system whose characteristics are determined by a set of files. There are multiple VMware file types that are associated with and make up a virtual machine and are located in the VM's directory on a datastore. These files include the .vmx, .nvram, .vswp, .vmdk, -flat.vmdk, and .log files. Each virtual machine is equipped with virtual hardware and devices, such as one or more virtual CPUs, memory, video cards, IDE devices, SCSI devices, DVD/CD-ROM, parallel and serial ports, and network adapters that provide the same functionality as physical hardware.

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ISBN: 9781782174158