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Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or, more generally, software to be run in virtual machines.. The standard describes an "open, secure, portable, efficient and extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual machines".
VMware provides a semi-automated tool called VMware vCenter Converter for moving physical servers running Windows or Linux into virtual environments while they are powered on. VMware vCenter Converter replaces two older utilities: Importer (bundled with VMware Workstation ) and P2V Assistant.
VMware vSphere (formerly VMware Infrastructure 4) is VMware's cloud computing virtualization platform. [ 2 ] It includes vCenter Configuration Manager, as well as vCenter Application Discovery Manager, and the ability of vMotion to move more than one virtual machine at a time from one host server to another.
Virtual appliances are provided to the user or customer as files, via either electronic downloads or physical distribution. The file format most commonly used is the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). It may also be distributed as Open Virtual Appliance (OVA), the .ova file format is interchangeable with .ovf.
vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) is the centralized management utility for VMware, and is used to manage virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent components from a single centralized location. VMware vMotion and svMotion require the use of vCenter and ESXi hosts.
VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers.As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS); instead, it includes and integrates vital OS components, such as a kernel.
vSphere 7.0 Support: Connect to vSphere 7.0. Upload a local virtual machine to vSphere 7.0. Download a remote virtual machine running on vSphere 7.0 to the local desktop. Performance Improvements: Improved file transfer speeds (Drag and Drop, Copy and Paste) Improved virtual machine shutdown time; Improved virtual NVMe storage performance.
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 5.5) [45] 16 NUMA Nodes / 320 logical CPUs 4 TB Depending on filesystem 512 64 1 TB 4 IDE; 60 SCSI; 120 SATA 62 TB VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 6.7) [46] 16 NUMA Nodes / 768 logical CPUs 16 TB Depending on filesystem 1024 256 6128 GB 4 IDE; 256 SCSI; 120 SATA; 60 NVMe 62 TB VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.0 ...