A Virtual Laboratory Environment for Tertiary Educational Institutions

Computer laboratories at tertiary educational institutions need to be flexible and easy to manage, as they typically cater for a wide range of needs. This article describes how a particular virtual laboratory environment can be extended to include server-based virtualization. It explores some of the...

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Published inInternational journal of business data communications and networking Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 18 - 40
Main Authors Correia, Eduardo, Watson, Ricky, Quintana, Adriana, Perera, Madhu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.04.2012
Subjects
Business
Computation laboratories
Computer programs
Computer science
Education
File servers
Management
Methods
Scripts
Software
Students
Study and teaching
Technology application
Virtual environments
Virtualization
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Summary:Computer laboratories at tertiary educational institutions need to be flexible and easy to manage, as they typically cater for a wide range of needs. This article describes how a particular virtual laboratory environment can be extended to include server-based virtualization. It explores some of the major technical challenges of implementing one particular hypervisor and associated management software, specifically to deploy a set of virtual machines that form part of a particular course, as this is one of the envisaged uses for this technology. It goes on to suggest a number of solutions and includes two scripts that can serve as templates for automating the creation and removal of sets of student virtual machines.
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ISSN:1548-0631
1548-064X
DOI:10.4018/jbdcn.2012040102