VMware is the name of a company that develops a range of hypervisors, including the enterprise-class ESXi. The selection of a hypervisor often comes down to a choice between VMware and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). However, the variety of hypervisors currently available can make this decision process challenging. The ability to share resources is one of the most significant reasons for a business to implement hypervisors. A hypervisor provides the guests with a virtual operating platform that manages their operating systems (OSs), allowing multiple OSs to share virtualized resources on the same host. The computer that runs a hypervisor is known as its host, while each VM on the host is known as a guest.
A hypervisor is a combination of software, hardware or firmware that creates, executes and manages virtual machines (VMs).
