Download of the day: Oracle VM

Virtualization is the process of abstracting computing resources such that multiple operating system and application images can share a single physical server, bringing significant cost-of-ownership and manageability benefits. Through its Oracle VM product, Oracle offers scalable, low-cost server virtualization for heterogeneous applications.

Oracle VM is free server virtualization software that fully supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications, and is three times more efficient than other server virtualization products.

Consisting of Xen's open source server software and an integrated Web browser-based management console, Oracle VM provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for creating and managing virtual server pools, running on x86 and x86-64-based systems, across an enterprise.

(Fig-01: Oracle Installation)

Users can create and manage Virtual Machines (VMs) that exist on the same physical server but behave like independent physical servers. Each virtual machine created with Oracle VM has its own virtual CPUs, network interfaces, storage and operating system. With Oracle VM, users have an easy-to-use browser-based tool for creating, cloning, sharing, configuring, booting and migrating VMs.

Oracle VM Manager

Oracle VM Manager (a web based tool) manages the servers using a server pool. Oracle VM Manager provides the following main features:

Virtual Machine life cycle management. This includes creating virtual machine from installation media or from templates, starting, logging in, shutting down, and deleting virtual machines.
Cloning virtual machines
Live migration of virtual machines
Managing servers
Creating and configuring server pools
Managing resources, including ISO files, virtual machine templates, virtual machine images, and shared virtual disks
Managing Oracle VM Manager users, and groups etc

(Fig-02: Oracle VM Manager in action, image credit - official oracle documentation )

Download Oracle VM

=> Visit official Oracle website to download software and related documentation.

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1 BOK December 7, 2007 at 9:59 am

Remember: you’ll need at least two powerful server-PC’s to use Oracle VM. One for OVM-server and another one for the manager.
Upon installing the server, it will wipe the complete drive and installs a basic Xen-Linux platform.
The manager consists of software to be installed on a RHEL- / Oracle OEL-platform.

2 vivek December 7, 2007 at 11:26 am

BOK,

Thanks for sharing hardware information.

3 Planet Malaysia December 9, 2007 at 2:12 am

Why not you try install Oracle VM in VMware Workstation 1st?

4 ROSHAN January 8, 2008 at 8:20 pm

i just want to ask one question i have downloaded VIRTUAL MACHINE SOFTWARE IN WHICH I HAVE INSTALLED LINUX I WANT TO INSTALL ORACLE 10 G ON THAT WHAT SHOULD I DO?

5 Girish Chilkewar February 24, 2009 at 3:41 am

i want oracle vm

6 Mahesh June 17, 2011 at 11:20 am: if u want to create standalone machine then u can use given link where u can download Oracle Virtual Box & u can use. http://www.virtualbox.org/

7 sreenivasa June 21, 2011 at 2:59 pm

I have brand new dell powerdege server T100 and nothing on it and would like install 2 node oracle 11g rac on oracle linux . what are the best ways to do.
oracle VM server(does it need 2 servers ?)
or
Virtual box