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uptime

Software; Virtualization

The total elapsed time since the host or virtual machine was last restarted.

used storage

Software; Virtualization

Refers to used storage at the virtual machine or datastore level. (This term was formerly called committed storage.) At the virtual machine level, used storage refers to the space ...

valid cluster

Software; Virtualization

A cluster that is not overcommitted or otherwise invalid.

vintage server

Software; Virtualization

In Capacity Planner Dashboard, a server that does not meet minimum CPU speed requirements, as defined in the Dashboard consolidation scenarios by the Information Warehouse ...

virtual appliance

Software; Virtualization

A software solution that is composed of one or more virtual machines. A virtual appliance is packaged as a unit by an appliance vendor and is deployed, managed, and maintained as ...

virtual disk

Software; Virtualization

A file or set of files that appears as a physical disk drive to a guest operating system. These files can be on the host machine or on a remote file system. See also growable ...

virtual hardware

Software; Virtualization

The devices that make up a virtual machine. The virtual hardware includes the virtual disk, removable devices such as the DVD-ROM/CD-ROM and floppy drives, and the virtual ...