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Solaris xVM

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xVM is an open-source virtualization solution from Sun based on Xen hypervisor.

xVM is publicly available since September 2007 as part of the OpenSolaris build 75.

Solaris xVM features

- Solaris can be the host system (dom0) and a guest (virtualized) system (domU)
- support for full (hardware) and paravirtualized VMs
- savecore capability
- guest Solaris systems can be installed via JumpStart

Solaris xVM limitations

- x86/x64 is the only supported architecture (consider Solaris LDOMs or Solaris Zones for SPARC)
- Windows can only be run in full virtualization (requires hardware support: Intel VT and AMD-V)

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