How to find out whether the server is virtual (or) standard alone

[bullz]

Hello,

I have a Linux server, (RHEL 4.6)
How can I find out whether the server is virtual (or) standard alone

I tried to fetch the details from command “dmidcode” but not that clear.
Please someone help

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[Jean-Yves Picard · Accepted solution]

Hello,

have a look at the first manufacturer field in dmidecode

some scripting will be require depending on how many kind of virtual host you have (xen, vmware ...)

Jean-Yves Picard

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

A vmware type system is going to have some guest procesess.

SEP

[Benoy Daniel]

see the dmidecode output and search for System Information details. it will have similar to below output.

System Information
Manufacturer: VMware, Inc.
Product Name: VMware Virtual Platform

[Srimalik]

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009458

Describes a couple of methods to detect VMware.

[bullz]

dmidecode | grep manu