Configured host by host, this virtual switch keeps both its data and management planes on the ESX host itself, unlike the centrally managed distributed switch.
Also called VSS.
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Terms in this definition
- SWITCH
Checks one expression against several candidate values, returning whichever result pairs with the match (or a fallback otherwise). Writing SWITCH ( TRUE (), ... ) avoids nested IF chains: whichever condition is first true wins.
- ESX
VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, installed on each host in a VCF fleet. Up to version 9.0 it was known as ESXi.
Related terms
- Hyper-V checkpoint
A snapshot of a Hyper-V VM's state at one moment. Production checkpoints use VSS in the guest; standard ones include what is in memory too.
- NTDS
On a domain controller, this covers ntds.dit (the AD DS database) with its logs, plus the NTDS folder, service and VSS writer.
- Previous Versions
Lists older copies of a file in Explorer, drawn from VSS shadow copies or, where an Azure file share is mounted, its share snapshots.
- Production checkpoint
Hyper-V's default kind, capturing data-consistent state through VSS, or a file system freeze for Linux guests, but no memory. Choosing ProductionOnly makes creation fail instead of quietly using a standard checkpoint.