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B BIOS(basicinput/outputsystem)
FirmwarethatcontrolsmachinestartupandmanagescommunicationbetweentheCPUandother
devices,suchasthekeyboard,monitor,printers,anddiskdrives.
bridgednetworking
Inhostedproducts,atypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenavirtualmachineandthehost’sphysical
network.Withbridgednetworking,avirtualmachine
appearstobeanadditionalcomputeronthesame
physicalEthernetnetworkasthehost.Seealsohostonlynetworking,NAT(networkaddresstranslation).
C child
Amanagedentitygroupedbyafolderobjectoranothermanagedentity.
clone
(n.)Aduplicateofavirtualmachine.(v.)Tomakeacopyofavirtualmachine.Whenacloneiscreated,
VirtualCenterprovidesanoptionforcustomizingtheguestoperatingsystemofthatvirtualmachine.
Hostedproductsdistinguish
betweenfullclonesandlinkedclones.Seealsofullclone,linkedclone.
coldcloning
InVMwareConverter,makingacopyofalocalphysicalmachinewhileitisrunninginWinPEfromthe
VMwareConverterBootCD,notfromitsownoperatingsystem.Seealsohotcloning.
concurrentmigrations
InVMware
Converter,theTaskManagersabilitytodirecttheconversionandmigrationofmultiple
virtualmachinesatthesametime.
configuration
Seevirtualmachineconfiguration.
currentvirtualmachine
(1)Avirtualmachineofthelatestversionsupportedbytheproductinuse.
(2)Inhostedproducts,thevirtualmachinethathasfocusin
theserviceconsole.
customization
Theprocessofapplyingnewcharacteristicvaluestoavirtualmachineasitisbeingdeployedfroma
templateorclonedfromanotherexistingvirtualmachine.
D datastore
Virtualrepresentationsofcombinationsofunderlyingphysicalstorageresourcesinthedatacenter.A
datastoreisthestoragelocation(forexample,aphysicaldisk,aRAID,oraSAN)forvirtualmachinefiles.
destination
InVMwareConverter,themachinetowhichoneimportsavirtualmachine,whethermigratedor
convertedfroma
physicalmachine.
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