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nimic
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hi,

what is the difference between vmkernel and hypervisor?

vmkernel is the core of hyperisor?

is this the reason why vmkernel control the vmotion,iscsi,nfs and management acces?

tnx

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vijayrana968
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vCenter is different entity which isn't a hyper-visor, so it doesn't have vmkernel, vmkernel is the heart of ESXI hypervisor which handles all important network, storage and compute functions on ESXI. For deep understanding, please refers to vSphere Documentation Center

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nimic
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hi,

tnx.so when i connect from vspere client to vcenter this connection use vmkernel?

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vijayrana968
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vCenter is different entity which isn't a hyper-visor, so it doesn't have vmkernel, vmkernel is the heart of ESXI hypervisor which handles all important network, storage and compute functions on ESXI. For deep understanding, please refers to vSphere Documentation Center

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nimic
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hi,

last thing.

vmkernel manage host management.

host management consist of what?

tnx.

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vijayrana968
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Whatever the tasks ESXI host is doing to run and manage the virtual machines running on it is called host managemen. when you install esxi hypervisor you configure storage, network, compute settings etc.. so that your virtual mahine can fulfill are their requirement. That’s what host management....

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