"They keep the dead from drifting. Now go install them."
This VM wasn't just any VM. It controlled the legacy freight manifest system, a clunky but vital database application that predated half the company’s employees. The physical server it once ran on had died three years ago, and Linda had performed an emergency P2V (physical-to-virtual) conversion, breathing new life into the aging OS. The VM ran on an ESX 3.5 host, hidden in a corner of the data center, untouched, unloved, and absolutely critical.
She thought of the chaos. She thought of the warehouse manager. She clicked "Yes."