Overheard in the tech blogosphere » virtual machine http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:36:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard: A virtual appliance isn’t something you buy on Second Life http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-a-virtual-appliance-isnt-something-you-buy-on-second-life/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-a-virtual-appliance-isnt-something-you-buy-on-second-life/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:33:20 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-a-virtual-appliance-isnt-something-you-buy-on-second-life/ josh_suereth.jpg So what is a virtual appliance? A virtual appliance is a virtual machine that can be distributed (like any file) and deployed onto some hypervisor (a server that runs virtual machines). Because a virtual appliance is an entire virtual machine, the appliance developer has control of the entire aspect of the machine, from operating system to window themes to startup procedures.

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