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Working with Virtual
Machines
A virtual machine is a simulated computer environment running a guest operating
system and associated application software. Virtual technology allows a "host" server
to run multiple virtual machines concurrently and isolate each virtual machine in a
self‐contained environment.
Lab Manager enables you to create virtual machines from machine templates and to
create configurations composed of multiple virtual machines. For details on templates
and configurations, see Chapter 4 and Chapter
This chapter covers these topics:
"Accessing Virtual Machines" on page 28
"Reviewing the Virtual Machine Console Page" on page 30
"Reviewing Virtual Machine Operations" on page 31
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