# Hypervisor
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Represents the hypervisor's permissions to which the gateway will connect.

A hypervisor is hardware, software, or firmware that creates and manages virtual machines, and allocates resources to them.

## Contents
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 ** Host **   <a name="Backup-Type-BGW_Hypervisor-Host"></a>
The server host of the hypervisor. This can be either an IP address or a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN).  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `.+`   
Required: No

 ** HypervisorArn **   <a name="Backup-Type-BGW_Hypervisor-HypervisorArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the hypervisor.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.  
Pattern: `arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov):backup-gateway(:[a-zA-Z-0-9]+){3}\/[a-zA-Z-0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** KmsKeyArn **   <a name="Backup-Type-BGW_Hypervisor-KmsKeyArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Key Management Service used to encrypt the hypervisor.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 50. Maximum length of 500.  
Pattern: `(^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov):kms:([a-zA-Z0-9-]+):([0-9]+):(key|alias)/(\S+)$)|(^alias/(\S+)$)`   
Required: No

 ** Name **   <a name="Backup-Type-BGW_Hypervisor-Name"></a>
The name of the hypervisor.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9-]*`   
Required: No

 ** State **   <a name="Backup-Type-BGW_Hypervisor-State"></a>
The state of the hypervisor.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `PENDING | ONLINE | OFFLINE | ERROR`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/backup-gateway-2021-01-01/Hypervisor) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/backup-gateway-2021-01-01/Hypervisor) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/backup-gateway-2021-01-01/Hypervisor)