Types of Visors

A virtual machine can be configured at the Hyper-V manager. Steps to configure a Virtual Machine. 1) Open Hyper-V Manager -> Start -> Administrative Tools -> Hyper-V Manager. 2) Select the virtual machine under the Virtual Machines in the resultant pane. 3) Click ‘Settings’ under the virtual machine name in the ‘Action pane’.

Where physical (nonvirtualized) servers might only host one operating system and application, a hypervisor virtualizes the server, allowing the system to host multiple VM instances -- each running an independent operating system and application -- on the same physical system using far more of the system's available compute resources.

Networks are also being virtualized with hypervisors, allowing networks and network devices to be created, changed, managed and destroyed entirely through software without ever touching physical network devices. As with storage, network virtualization is appearing in broader software-defined network or software-defined data center platforms.

A hypervisor is a natural target for hackers because its designed control all the resources of the hardware while managing all the virtual machines residing on it. The bad news is that a hypervisor is vulnerable to a lot of malicious code, especially those coming from a rogue virtual machine.

Network virtualization (NV) is defined by the ability to create logical, virtual networks that are decoupled from the underlying network hardware to ensure the network can better integrate with and support increasingly virtual environments.

A hypervisor is a natural target for hackers because its designed control all the resources of the hardware while managing all the virtual machines residing on it. The bad news is that a hypervisor is vulnerable to a lot of malicious code, especially those coming from a rogue virtual machine.

A storage hypervisor is software that allows storage to be controlled centrally in a storage pool regardless of what hardware the storage is located on. The term storage hypervisor was first used by vendors that offer a wide array of storage virtualization technology. Although the tasks of the ...