In bare-metal or native virtualization, the hypervisor runs directly on the hardware without the need for a host operating system. Each virtual machine (VM) runs its own guest operating system.
Bare metal/native virtualization occurs when the hypervisor runs directly on the underlying hardware, without a host OS.
Reference: CRM 5.10 VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS
A bare metal environment is a type of virtualization environment in which the virtualization hypervisor is directly installed and executed from the hardware. It eliminates the need for a host operating system by directly interfacing with the underlying hardware to accomplish virtual machine specific processes. (https://www.techopedia.com/definition/16810/bare-metal-environment)
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D. a host operating system.
In a bare metal or native virtualization, the hypervisor runs directly on the hardware of the host machine without the need for a host operating system. This type of hypervisor interacts directly with the physical server's resources and manages the guest operating systems. Examples of bare metal hypervisors include VMware's ESXi and Microsoft's Hyper-V.
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