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Understanding Virtual Machine Managers

The document discusses virtualization and virtual machine managers (VMMs or hypervisors). It describes how VMMs allow multiple operating systems to run on one machine, saving resources. There are two types of hypervisors: type 1 runs directly on hardware while type 2 runs within a conventional OS. VMMs provide benefits like resource sharing and isolation. Popular VMMs include Xen, Hyper-V, and VMware. VMMs have applications in server virtualization, software testing, and development projects. While virtualization improves security, the virtual environment is also vulnerable to traditional attacks, so new protection programs focus on hypervisor security.

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Understanding Virtual Machine Managers

The document discusses virtualization and virtual machine managers (VMMs or hypervisors). It describes how VMMs allow multiple operating systems to run on one machine, saving resources. There are two types of hypervisors: type 1 runs directly on hardware while type 2 runs within a conventional OS. VMMs provide benefits like resource sharing and isolation. Popular VMMs include Xen, Hyper-V, and VMware. VMMs have applications in server virtualization, software testing, and development projects. While virtualization improves security, the virtual environment is also vulnerable to traditional attacks, so new protection programs focus on hypervisor security.

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By : Shitanshu Sinha TCOA 11171 Guided by : Mrs.D.

Jawale

Overview.
Virtualization Machine Manager
Origins Types Of VMMs Applications

Different Approach
Security of Hypervisor

Scope in Industry

What is Virtualization ?
Virtualization is both an opportunity and a threat

- says Patrick Lin, Senior director of Product Management for VMware.


Primary Benefits been Resource Sharing Isolation

Virtual Machine Manager


Also known as Hypervisor.

Allows run multiple operating systems on one or more

machines.

Origins
First developed for Servers and Mainframes by IBM in

1967.

Since then Virtualization has been featured in all

successor systems.

In 1985 IBM introduced the PR/SM hypervisor to

manage logical partitions (LPAR).

Types of Hypervisor
TYPE1 (or Native) Hypervisor runs directly on the
hardware.

Types of Hypervisor

conventional operating system environment.

TYPE 2 (or hosted) hypervisors run within a

Types of Hypervisor
Embedded Hypervisor which are integrated into a processor on a separate chip. CPU vendors have added hardware virtualization assistance to their products. Embedded Hypervisor are similar to TYPE 1.

Different Approaches by Hypervisor


Full Virtualization

Para-Virtualization
Resource Virtualization Hardware Support Virtualization

Different Hypervisor Available..


Xen - Open Source Hypervisor

Hyper V - Microsoft
VMware ESX /ESX(i) - VMware Inc. Wind River Hypervisor

Applications
Live Migrations

In Software Testing and Evaluation


In Development of Projects

Security of Hypervisor
The virtualized environment is vulnerable to all the

traditional attacks and exploits that are common to the normal environment.

New security protection programs are also emerging in

the market every now from different vendors, mainly focused on hypervisor.

Security stand point,each distribution has a key point of administration


Xen Hypervisor it is Domain 0.

sHype.

VMware ESX it is called the service console . Hyper-V it is known as the management operating system.

Scope in

Industry

Summary
With distributed systems becoming more prevalent

in modern computing Virtual Machine Manager are a boon to the industry.

Thank You.

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