Virtual Machine HyperVisor VS Virtual Machine Instance

[Lhora Alvarez]

Hi all!

I was checking the OOTB tables for Virtual Machine.

What is the difference between Virtual Machine HyperVisor [cmdb_ci_vm] and Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]? and can you give me an example?

[Yashsvi]

Hi @Lhora Alvarez,

please check below link:

https://www.servicenow.com/community/itom-forum/hyper-v-vs-windows-server/m-p/1027811

Thank you, please make helpful if you accept the solution.

[Pratiksha · Accepted solution]

• A is a physical server running VMware ESXi, an entry in the Virtual Machine Hypervisor [cmdb_ci_vm] table.
• B and C are virtual machines running on the VMware ESXi hypervisor, entries in the Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance] table.

A hypervisor, also known as a virtual machine monitor (VMM), is software, firmware, or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines (VMs)

Hope it helps