An implementation scheme for a virtual machine monitor to be realized on user - microprogrammable minicomputers

Abstract

A virtual machine monitor allows several different operating systems to run concurrently on the same machine.This paper presents the description of a virtual machine monitor and its support structure which can be implemented on a microprogrammable minicomputer or a distributed network of such machines.In our approach, all storage, transformational, input, and output resources of the system are accessed through a mapping mechanism.The design and implementation mehhodolgy for an actual realization of the vlttual machine monitor is discussed.