CS505P Labs

Practical Labs for the Course of CS505P

Title: Installing a Type 2 Hypervisor (VirtualBox)

This lab is related to the installation of a Type 2 Hypervisor, specifically Oracle VirtualBox, on a host machine running either the Windows or Linux operating system. The primary objective is to download and successfully install VirtualBox on the system, allowing for the creation and management of virtual machines.

1. Downloading Oracle VirtualBox: The first step involves obtaining the necessary installation files for Oracle VirtualBox. This requires accessing the internet and locating a reliable source for downloading VirtualBox that is compatible with the host machine's operating system.
2. Verifying System Requirements: Before proceeding with the installation, it is crucial to ensure that the host machine meets the minimum system requirements specified by VirtualBox. This includes checking the hardware specifications, such as processor, memory, and available storage, as well as verifying the compatibility with the host operating system.
3. Initiating the Installation Process: Once the VirtualBox installation files are

may vary slightly depending on the operating system being used. In the case of Windows, the user will typically run the executable file (.exe) downloaded earlier. For Linux, the installation process might involve executing specific commands or using package managers.

4. Following the Installation Wizard: Follow the instructions carefully in the wizard

location, and selecting the desired components to install.

5. Verify that VirtualBox has successfully installed on your system.

Title: a. Creating of Virtual Machine in Type 2 Hypervisor (VirtualBox)

b. Renaming and Deleting a Virtual Machine

This lab is related to the creation of Virtual Machine in VirtualBox Manager Interface. The primary objective of this lab is to create a single or multiple Virtual Machines through hypervisors and allocate resources to each machine from the underlying hardware.

1. Opening Interface: The first step involves the opening of Oracle VirtualBox on your host system. Using the interface of VirtualBox Manager, look for option to create a Virtual Machine.

2. Following the Creation Wizard:

Click the New option for creating Virtual Machine and follow the instructions carefully in the wizard which may involve the VM name, path, ISO image for VM OS, resources allocation like RAM, processor, hard disk to VM etc.

3. Verifying Virtual Machine Creation:

verify its name and the system resources allocated to VM by go through a system summary.

4. Verifying Virtual Machine Function:

Machine works successfully or not, start the Virtual Machine properly and check its function.

5. After successful creation and testing of Virtual Machine, Rename it and finally delete it

Title: Installing a Guest Operating System in Virtual Machine

This lab is related to the Installation of a guest operating system in a virtual machine created by you in previous lab. It is similar to installing an operating system on a physical computer. You can install a guest operating system from an installer disc or ISO image file. It is recommended to have an ISO image file on your local disk.

1. Type of Guest OS:

Verify that if your host OS is windows, then your Guest OS image should be Linux or other OS but if your host OS is Linux, then your Guest image should be the Windows or other OS.

2. After confirmation of guest OS image, it is required to open the interface of Oracle VirtualBox on your host system and find a Virtual Machine which you have already created.
3. Locate the Virtual Machine and look for its Settings to install the Guest OS.
4. In the Storage option, specify the path for the Guest Image.
5. Start the Virtual Machine. The process of installation will start.
6. Follow the instructions carefully in the wizards and provide the proper information till Installation Complete wizard.

Title: Installing a Type 2 Hypervisor (VMware Workstation Player) and Creating a Virtual Machine

This lab is related to the installation of a Type 2 Hypervisor, specifically MMware Workstation Player, on a host machine running either the Windows or Linux operating system. The primary objective is to download and successfully install VMware Workstation Player on the system, allowing for the creation and management of virtual machines.

6. Downloading Oracle VMware Workstation Player:

The first step involves obtaining the necessary installation files for VMware Workstation Player. You can download the Workstation player version for Windows or Linux from Internet using the Search box of any Search engine.