Learning VMware Workstation for Windows: Implementing and Managing VMware’s Desktop Hypervisor Solution

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P. von OvenLearning VMware Workstation for Windowshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9969-2_1

1. Introduction to Hypervisors

Peter von Oven¹  

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Gloucestershire, UK

 

In this first chapter, although this book focuses on VMware Workstation, we are going to set the scene and first introduce you to hypervisors.

Before we start to get into the details of any VMware Workstation product specifics, we are first going to take a step back and describe what a hypervisor is and what role it plays. This will help define and explain what VMware Workstation is about and the fundamentals as to how it works given that VMware Workstation is described as a desktop hypervisor ...