RHEL: Identify if you are on a virtual machine (vm)

So you need to tell if you are working on a server that is a virtual machine or on physical hardware? This is for RedHat (RHEL), but may work on other *nix flavors...


cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name

or

/usr/sbin/virt-what

or

If you suspect that it may be a vmware vm, you can search for vmware tools.  Make sure path is set correctly, and:

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