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Chapter 7. Virtualization<br />

You can include virtualization for several reasons such as the following examples:<br />

► Consolidation<br />

► Resource utilization<br />

► Flexibility<br />

This chapter provides a short introduction to virtualization and shows the different<br />

virtualization technologies used in the <strong>IBM</strong> zEnterprise System. For the SAP supported<br />

virtualization technology and guest operating system (OS) in a production environment, see<br />

SAP Note 1492000 - General Support Statement for Virtual Environments at:<br />

https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1492000<br />

This chapter includes the following sections:<br />

► Classifications of virtualization<br />

► Resources to the virtual machine<br />

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SAP Notes: This chapter refers to SAP Notes for more information. To access SAP Notes<br />

the first time, registration with a customer or installation number is required. For more<br />

information about how to access these notes, see the guidance in the note box in “SAP<br />

Notes” on page 198.

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