Virtualization (Software) - 25B Better
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What is a cluster? - Any grouping of two or more physical hosts
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Data Protection - a backup of an entire virtual machine and allows for easier restore
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functions
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ESX Server - the virtual layer that runs on physical servers and provides resources to
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virtual machines
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Virtual Appliance - an application used to preconfigure software solutions, compromising
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of one or more virtual machines, offering compatibility and scalability
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VMware Virtual Symmetric Multi Processing (VSMP) - enables a single virtual machine to
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use multiple physical processors
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High Availability (HA) - a utility that eliminates the need for dedicated standby hardware
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and software in a virtualized environment and protects against server failure by restarting
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the VMs on other hosts within the cluster, in the event of a host failure
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ii Virtual Center (VC) - the central point for managing the IT environment
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Datastore - a term for storage container item such as VM files, log files, virtual disks, and
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ISO images
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What does the VMware distributed resource scheduler do? - dynamically balances
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resources across physical servers
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What do Snapshots do? - preserve the current state of a virtual machine, copying the
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VM's disk file and is primarily used for back purposes
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ii VMware High Availability (HA) - allows high availability for virtual systems
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Virtual Machine File System - A high-performance cluster file system that allows VM
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creation, storage, and management.
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ii What is using a file as if it were a physical disk called? - Virtual CD/DVD (.iso)
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A service or resource being accessible to users when and where it is needed is known as?
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- "Available"
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