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What is required for a virtual machine to run?
The correct answer is B. a hypervisor and physical server hardware. A virtual machine requires both a hypervisor to manage its execution and underlying physical server hardware to provide the necessary computing resources.
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- Aa Type 1 hypervisor and a host operating system
- Ba hypervisor and physical server hardware
- Conly a Type 1 hypervisor
- Donly a Type 2 hypervisor
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A virtual machine requires both a hypervisor to manage its execution and underlying physical server hardware to provide the necessary computing resources.
While a Type 1 hypervisor runs directly on hardware, a host operating system is not required when using a Type 1 hypervisor; it manages VMs directly.
For a virtual machine to run, a hypervisor (either Type 1 or Type 2) is essential to create and manage the virtual environment, including allocating virtualized resources. This hypervisor, in turn, must execute on physical server hardware, which provides the actual CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources that the VM utilizes.
A Type 1 hypervisor alone is insufficient; it needs physical hardware to run on and provide resources for the VMs.
A Type 2 hypervisor also needs a host operating system and physical hardware to run; it cannot run in isolation.
Concept tested: Virtual machine core requirements
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server
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