How Can I Detect if a Running System is a Virtual Guest?

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Issue

  • What is the reliable way to detect  if a running RHEL system is a virtual guest and in which virtualization  platform it's running?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as a virtualization guest

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