Virtual machines, hypervisors and Proxmox concepts
How hypervisors share hardware, what overcommitment means, and the core Proxmox VE concepts a technician meets.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 40 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Explain type 1 and type 2 hypervisors
- Describe CPU and memory overcommitment and its risks
- Name Proxmox VE's VM and container types, storage options and backup tool
- Explain cluster quorum and why three nodes are recommended
Course outline
- 1.Hypervisors, VMs and clustersVideo · 2 min
- 2.Hypervisors and Proxmox VELesson · 18 min
- 3.Sizing and placing VMsLesson · 15 min
- 4.Templates, snapshots and live migrationLesson · 15 min
- 5.Virtual machines, hypervisors and Proxmox concepts: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 17 questions
- 6.Virtual machines, hypervisors and Proxmox concepts: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.Everything on HV-02 is slowScenario
- 8.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Proxmox VE Administration Guide (pve.proxmox.com)
- Proxmox Backup Server documentation
- Hypervisor concepts: type 1 vs type 2, overcommitment
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