how to identify??

[prakash9339]

   Hi

How to identify whether machine is physical or virtual ..if i allocated one VM to user .. user is accessing by RDP how can he know whether system is physical or virtual           

[admin]

If its a windows machine;

try this at a powershell console

gwmi -q "select * from win32_computersystem"

you would probably get this output

----------------------------------------------------

Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

Model: Virtual Machine

----------------------------------------------------

alternatively look at the hardware screens you could see a bunch of VMware related device and drivers there.

~dGeorgey

[admin]

If you have internet connectivity, the best way:

get the MAC ID, search for the provider in google..

~dGeorgey

[prakash9339]

what about linux ...

[ScreamingSilenc]

For Windows

cmd > systeminfo

If this is a VMware virtual machine, result should be:

System Manufacturer: VMware, Inc.
System Model: VMware Virtual Platform

For Linux

$ dmesg |grep VMware

lspci | grep -i vmware
grep -i vmware /proc/scsi/scsi /proc/ide/*/model

[abhilashhb · Accepted solution]

Its cmd>systeminfo

@Mustafa I'm sure it is a typo. Just corrected it.

[ScreamingSilenc]

Thanks Abhilas corrected now.