4 1. VMware ESXi Architecture 1.2Examining the ESXi Components a There are a number of major components that make up vmware's ESXi hypervisor. Let's start with the most important component of any operating system(OS): the kernel; or in this case, the VMkernel. This process is the heart of the ESXi OS and controls the majority of the other components a The vmkernel is responsible for resource management and scheduling, running virtual machines(VMs), and starting the rocesses needed for host management 河南中医药大学/阮晓龙/13938213680/htp/cloudxg.hactcm.edu.cn/http:/www5ucwebcn