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VMware, Inc. provides virtualization infrastructure software solutions and related support and services for worldwide market.
A local procedure that implements the client side of a remote procedure call. The client calls the stub to perform a task. The stub packages the parameters, sends them over the network to the server, and returns the results to the client.
Industry:Software
A virtual disk partition that VMware Tools can prepare for shrinking, such as one of the drives that make up the virtual hard disk. See also shrink.
Industry:Software
(n) A state in which settings are preserved and actions are no longer performed. (v) To turn off a virtual machine while preserving the current state of a running virtual machine. See also resume.
Industry:Software
When you power on a virtual machine, a process in which a corresponding swap file is created and placed in the same location as the virtual machine configuration file (.vmx file). The virtual machine can power on only when the page (swap) file is available. ESX/ESXi hosts use swapping to forcibly reclaim memory from a virtual machine when no vmmemctl driver is available.
Industry:Software
A group of virtual machines configured to operate as one object. You can power on, power off, and suspend a team with one command. You can configure a team to communicate independently of any other virtual or real network by setting up a LAN segment. See also LAN segment, NIC teaming, virtual network.
Industry:Software
A master image of a virtual machine. The template typically includes a specified operating system and a configuration that provides virtual counterparts to hardware components. Optionally, a template can include an installed guest operating system and a set of applications. Templates are used by vCenter Server to create new virtual machines. See also linked clone, parent, snapshot.
Industry:Software
A list of virtual machines that provides a means to import and store virtual machines as templates. You can deploy the templates at a later time to create new virtual machines.
Industry:Software
In VirtualCenter server 1.x, a directory that stores copies of the original virtual machine's virtual disks. Copies of the original virtual machine’s virtual disks are placed in the directory you specify as the template upload directory. This directory is used when you create templates from virtual machines that are stored locally on the Virtual center Server 1.x rather than on an ESX Server or GSX Server system.
Industry:Software
Amount of provisioned storage minus used storage. Uncommitted storage is a general term that can refer to unused physical capacity and unused logical capacity. Uncommitted storage includes unused logical capacity.
Industry:Software
