VIRTUALIZATION
Working of Oracle VM Virtual Box
-Mahesh Bitla
Guest
operating
system 1
Guest
operating
system 2
Host operating
system
Guest
operating
system 3
Guest
operating
system 4
APP
layer1
APP
layer3
OS 1
OS2
APP
layer3
User interface layer
Application layer
OS3
Virtual Box
Operating system layer
Operating system layer
Physical layer
Physical layer
Common operating system layers
Virtual operating system layers
VM 1
VM2
VM3
Virtual
drivers
Virtual
drivers
Virtual
drivers
VM4
Virtual
drivers
Virtual Box
Host physical layer
CPU
RAM
IO
DEVICES
Virtual OS
Virtual
disc
Virtual
processor
Host CPU
Host
processor
Router
IP 192.168.1.0
Networking
Host 192.168.1.1
Vm1
192.168.1.2
vm2
192.168.1.3
Virtual box
Vm3
192.168.1.3
Acts as
server
Vm4
192.168.1.4
router
router
host
host
host
vm1
vm2
adapter
vm1
vm2
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BRIDGED
NAT
vm1
vm2
HOST ONLY