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Novell Modifies Suse Linux for VMware Virtualization

Companies Collaborate to Incorporate Support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) into the Suse Linux Enterprise Kernel
By Virtualization News
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June 19, 2008 11:45 AM EDT
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Enterprise infrastructure software company Novell has collaborated with virtualization firm VMware by incorporating support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) into the Suse Linux Enterprise kernel.

The company has modified the Suse Linux Enterprise kernel to support VMI, a communication mechanism between the guest operating system and hypervisor that simplifies the task of virtualization.

Last week, the company joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program to develop Suse Linux Enterprise Server that can run on Windows Hyper-V, which is expected to be available later this summer.

Parag Patel, vice president of Alliances at VMware said: "Performance is an important attribute for customers when virtualizing their Linux systems. Working with Novell brings the benefits of virtualization such as reduced costs, improved operational efficiencies and faster performance, to customers running Suse Linux Enterprise 10 SP2."

The kernel patch is available in Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 2, which can be downloaded from the company's web site.

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