Virtualization of SAP Applications with VMware ESX Server on IBM System x3850/x3950 M2

This whitepaper looks at how Virtualization is the concept of decoupling the hardware from the operating systems and applications. This can be implemented a number of ways as we will discuss, but fundamentally it is achieved by inserting a layer between the server hardware and software components, to provide either the necessary interfaces, or a simulation of one component to the other