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What is a Type 2 hypervisor?
The correct answer is A. installed as an application on an already installed operating system. A Type 2 hypervisor, also known as a hosted hypervisor, is installed as a software application on top of an existing operating system.
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What is a Type 2 hypervisor?
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- Ainstalled as an application on an already installed operating system
- Bruns directly on a physical server and includes its own operating system
- Csupports over-allocation of physical resources
- Dalso referred to as a "bare metal hypervisor" because it sits directly on the physical server
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(46 responses)- A89% (41)
- B2% (1)
- C2% (1)
- D7% (3)
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A Type 2 hypervisor, also known as a hosted hypervisor, is installed as a software application on top of an existing operating system.
A Type 2 hypervisor runs as an application within a conventional operating system (the host OS), which then hosts guest virtual machines. Examples include VMware Workstation, Oracle VirtualBox, or Parallels Desktop.
This describes a Type 1 hypervisor (bare-metal), which runs directly on the hardware without a host operating system.
While hypervisors support over-allocation, this is a feature of virtualization in general, not a defining characteristic unique to Type 2 hypervisors.
This describes a Type 1 hypervisor, which runs directly on the hardware and is often referred to as 'bare metal'.
Concept tested: Definition of Type 2 hypervisor
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server
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