Hypervisor

• An application that can create a virtual machine
• Types of hypervisors
  • Type 1 Hypervisor
  • Type 2 Hypervisor

Type 2 Hypervisor

• VMWare Player
• Virtual Machines do not have direct access to the computer hardware
• Relies on the host machine operating system to interact with hardware
• How it works
  • Virtual machine → Host OS → Computer Hardware

Type 1 Hypervisor

• Allows virtual machine to access underlying hardware
• Example: VCenter / ESXi
• Type 1 is faster due to direct access
• Better for performance and resource sharing