Oracle VM User Manual

Oracle VM
Introduction to Virtualization 1-3
– Perform live migration of virtual machines
– Import and manage ISOs
■ Oracle VM Server: A self-contained virtualization environment designed to
provide a lightweight, secure, server-based platform for running virtual machines.
Oracle VM Server is based upon an updated version of the underlying Xen
hypervisor technology, and includes Oracle VM Agent.
■ Oracle VM Agent: Installed with Oracle VM Server. Oracle VM Manager
communicates with Oracle VM Agent to manage the Oracle VM Servers and
virtual machines running on it.
Figure 1–1, "Oracle VM Architecture" shows the components of Oracle VM.
Figure 1–1 Oracle VM Architecture
This book discusses Oracle VM Server, and the Oracle VM Agent. See the Oracle VM
Manager Installation Guide and the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on
installing, and using Oracle VM Manager, and managing Oracle VM Servers.

Oracle VM Specifications

General

Live Migration	Yes
Developer	Oracle Corporation
Storage Support	NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, Local Storage
Category	Server
Host OS Support	Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
Guest OS Support	Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Windows, Solaris
Management	Oracle VM Manager
High Availability	Yes
Network Support	VLAN