How to check if linux is a virtual machine

View method: 1. Execute the "dmidecode -s system-product-name" command. If "VMware Virtual Platform" is output, it is a virtual machine; 2. Execute the "lscpu" command. If there is " VMware" is a virtual machine.

The operating environment of this tutorial: linux5.9.8 system, Dell G3 computer.

To check whether the Linux server is a virtual machine, you can use the following two methods

1. dmidecode -s system-product-name

Physical machine:

[root@swnode1]# dmidecode -s system-product-name
I840-GS

Virtual machine:

[root@gnntdb DbBackup]# dmidecode -s system-product-name
VMware Virtual Platform

2. lscpu

If you forget the host IP of the virtual machine, how to retrieve it? If there is a switch, locate it by viewing the interface information and arp list under the switch.

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