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Solaris. The image is then copied to a temporary install directory, unpacked, and
then installed. The guest must be rebooted to ensure that the changes take hold.
Table 4.6 outlines the certification for Solaris as an x86 guest running on VMware
ESX 4.0 on a VMware-supported host. For earlier VMware versions, visit the fol-
lowing website:
For information about VMware support, select the Guest/Host OS tab at the fol-
lowing website:
Table 4.6
Support for Oracle Solaris as a Guest of VMWare ESX 4.0
ESX Version
Guest OS
Certified
Tested
4.0
Solaris 10 05/09
Yes
Yes
4.0
Solaris 10 05/08
Yes
Yes
4.0
Solaris 10 08/07
Yes
Yes
4.0
Solaris 10 11/06
No
Yes
4.0
Solaris 10 06/06
No
Yes
4.0
Solaris 10 03/05
No
Yes
Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a dedicated stand-alone product that contains only
the Windows hypervisor, Windows Server driver model, and virtualization com-
ponents. It offers the advantages of a small footprint and minimal overhead.
Microsoft Hyper-V Server is designed to easily integrate into a customer's existing
Microsoft management frameworks and tools.
Microsoft Hyper-V Server supports isolation through the use of a
partition
. A
partition is a logical unit of isolation in which a guest operating system executes.
A hypervisor instance must have at least one parent partition that is running
Windows Server 2008. The Hyper-V hypervisor is a 64-bit application that is
loaded after the parent partition has booted. The virtualization stack runs in the
parent partition and has direct access to the hardware devices. The parent parti-
tion creates the child partitions, which in turn host the guest operating systems.
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