The following table specifies the Virtual Machine products supported by SysInfo™'s Virtual Machine Host (vmhost) data class. This class provides data from the OS's perspective on whether SysInfo™ is being run inside a VM and if so, what VM software is hosting the OS.
Table 2.6. Supported Virtual Machine Products
| Vendor | Software | Platforms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP | Integrity Virtual Machine | All HP-UX IA64 platforms supported by SysInfo™ and by Integrity VM | |
| Hercules | Hercules S390 | All Linux distributions supported by SysInfo™ on s390. | |
| IBM | AIX LPAR | All AIX platforms supported by SysInfo™ and by LPAR | |
| IBM | z/VM for S390 | All Linux distributions supported by SysInfo™ on s390. | |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 | All guest platforms supported by SysInfo™ and by Hyper-V | |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Virtual Server | All Windows platforms supported by SysInfo™ and by Virtual Server | |
| Oracle | Solaris Containers (Zones) | All Solaris platforms supported by SysInfo™ and by Solaris Containers | |
| Oracle | VirtualBox | All VirtualBox platforms supported by SysInfo™ and by VirtualBox | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Virtual Machines | All Red Hat platforms supported by SysInfo™ | |
| VMware | VMware Workstation | Linux, Solaris, and Windows. | |
| VMware | VMware ESX, VMware ESXi, VMware Server | Linux, Solaris, and Windows. |