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Managing Oracle VM Server Repositories 7-1
7Managing Oracle VM Server Repositories
Oracle VM uses the concept of repositories to define where Oracle VM resources may
reside. Resources include guest virtual machines, virtual machines templates (guest
seed images), ISO images, shared virtual disks, and so on.
A repository is used for live migration of guests and for local storage.
This Chapter contains information on managing Oracle VM Server repositories. It
contains:
■ Repository Directory Structure
■ Oracle VM Server Repositories
■ Repository Configuration File
■ Repository Mount Options
■ Adding a Repository
■ Removing a Repository
7.1 Repository Directory Structure
The /OVS directory is the location of the default repository created when you install
Oracle VM Server. When you register a Utility Server in a server pool using Oracle VM
Manager, a number of standard resource-related sub-directories are created under the
/OVS repository directory:
7.2 Oracle VM Server Repositories
A list of the Oracle VM Server repositories is in the file:
/etc/ovs/repositories
A configuration file for mounting repositories is in the file:
Table 7–1 /OVS Directory Contents
Directory Name Description
iso_pool Contains ISO files imported using Oracle VM Manager.
publish_pool Contains guest virtual machines deployed as public.
seed_pool Contains guest virtual machine templates.
sharedDisk Contains shared virtual disks.
running_pool Contains virtual machine images and configuration files.
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