Build a desktop virtual environment

Overview of virtual machines

Traditional operation mode

A computer can only run one operating system at the same time

Virtual machine running architecture

1. hosted architecture （ Experimental environment 、 Test environment ）

a） The virtual machine is installed on the operating system as application software .
b） Multiple operating systems can be installed on this application .
c） The system installed directly on the hardware is the host .

2. Native architecture （ Production environment ）

a） The virtual machine software is installed directly on the computer hardware .
b） The virtual machine itself is an operating system .
c） Multiple operating systems can run simultaneously in this virtual machine .

Virtual machine platform products

– VMware

• VMware Workstation（ hosted architecture ）
• VMware vSphere（ Native architecture ）

– Microsoft

• Hyper-v（ hosted architecture ）

VMware Workstation Installation and basic operation

install VMware Workstation
New virtual machine
Modify the hardware configuration of the virtual machine
Start and stop virtual machines
Switch between virtual machine and host