Oracle VM is a free, next-generation server virtualization and management solution from Oracle that makes enterprise applications easier to deploy, manage, and support. 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 is the ONLY Oracle certified server virtualization solution for x86/x86_64 platforms to allow for the highest product quality and best support. Oracle products such as Oracle Database, Oracle RAC, Enterprise Manager, Application Server, Hyperion, JD Edwards, Berkeley DB, TimesTen, Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle Retail, Oracle Financial Services Software Limited, Oracle Weblogic Platform and so on are officially supported when running in Oracle VM-based environments based on real-world testing. Customers who obtain paid support for Oracle VM receive access to patches, fixes, and updates via Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and 24x7 global support.

What's New

Also see Old News at the bottom of the page.

• Oct 27, 2009, Internet Seminar: Oracle's Virtualization Strategy presented by Adam Hawley
  
• Oct 23, 2009, Blog (Roddy Rodstein) The Underground Oracle VM Manual: Oracle VM 2.1.5 to 2.2 Upgrade
• Oct 22, 2009, Blog (Wim Coekaerts) Oracle VM 2.2 and the power of ocfs2
• Oct 21, 2009, Blog (Honglin Su) Deploying Oracle VM 2.2 and Upgrading Oracle VM from 2.1.5 to 2.2
• Oct 13, 2009, Oracle Announces Latest Release of Oracle VM Server Virtualization Software
• Oct 13, 2009, Oracle Announces Oracle VM Storage Connect Program
• Oct 11-14, 2009, Oracle OpenWorld 2009, See Oracle VM and Oracle Enterprise Linux related sessions.
  
• Oct 6, 2009, Zeus Announces Zeus Traffic Management Software Template for Oracle VM
• Oct 5, 2009, MercadoLibre Saves with Oracle VM and Unbreakable Linux
• Aug 14, 2009, The Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface: Introduction, Installation, Configuration and Command Examples
• Aug 12, 2009, Register: Oracle spells out VM tools plans
• Aug 12, 2009, Oracle Announces Oracle VM Template Builder Enabling Faster Application Deployment for ISVs and End-Users
• Aug 12, 2009, Oracle Introduces Oracle VM Template for Oracle’s Siebel CRM
• Aug 12, 2009, Oracle Extends Validated Configurations Program to Oracle VM Server Virtualization
• Jul 30, 2009, Fujitsu FlexFrame Now Integrates with Oracle VM
  
• Jul 27, 2009, Univa Announces UniCloud 2.0 using Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM
  
• Jul 24, 2009, Announcing Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Jul 21, 2009, Virtual Iron Welcome and Oracle Virtualization Strategy Briefing Webcast; See metalink note: 859714.1, Statement of Direction for Virtual Iron and Oracle VM; Listen to the webcast replay.
  
• Jul 20, 2009, New book: Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2 by Tarry Singh; and Oracle VM Management by the author.
  
• Jul 16, 2009, Blog: Migrating a VMWare Server 2 Windows 2003 guest to Oracle VM by Simon Thorpe
  
• Jul 14, 2009, Announcing Windows PV Drivers for Oracle VM
  
• Jul 09, 2009, Blog: Oracle VM with IBM System x Servers by Didier Wojciechowski
• Jul 08, 2009, Online Training offered by Oracle University: Oracle VM Essentials
  
• Jul 06, 2009, Oracle VM 2.1 kernel security fix update delivered to ULN
  
• Jul 02, 2009, Conversations with Oracle Innovators, Q&A with Daniel J. Magenheimer
  
• Jun 27, 2009, Xen Directions Europe 2009 is co-located at the LinuxTAG conference in Berlin, Germany. See agenda.
  
• Jun 18, 2009, Announcing Oracle VM 2.1.5
• Jun 16, 2009, visit Oracle VM booth at the Virtualization virtual conference hosted by CIO.com
  
• Jun 1, 2009, White Paper: Oracle VM Benefits for ISVs by John Margaglione
• May 30, 2009, Blog: Oracle VM and VMware ESX Shootout by Roddy Rodstein
  
• May 15, 2009, The Underground Oracle VM Manual by Roddy Rodstein
• May 13, 2009, Oracle buys Virtual Iron, Read the press release, Overview and FAQ (PDF) for customers and partners
• May 07, 2009, Attend the in-depth technical workshop on Oracle VM Enterprise Deployment by Logan McLeod of Dell at IOUG COLLABORATE 09
• May 2009, Oracle VM 2.1 bug fix update delivered to ULN
  
• Apr 22-24, 2009, Oracle OpenWorld 2009 Japan
  
• Apr 20, 2009, Oracle buys Sun Microsystems, Read the press release, Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) for customers and partners
• Apr 16 and 27, 2009, Oracle VM 2.1 security and bug fixes (kbr5 security, kernel security, unzip bug, security fix for libvolume_id and udev) update delivered to Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network
  
• Apr 15, 2009, 64-bit guest is now certified in Oracle RAC with Oracle VM, see white paper "Oracle RAC in Oracle VM Environments" and Oracle VM blog in details
  
• Apr 08, 2009, Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit 2009, Keynote: Linux in the Enterprise: The Journey, Milestones and What's Ahead (View Slides), (View Video), Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect, Oracle
• Apr 06, 2009, Join Oracle at 2009 High Performance Linux on Wall Street (New York), featuring keynote speaker Wim Coekaerts, (View Slides)
  
• Apr 01, 2009, Host Xen Project (KXen) Available for public preview
• Mar 19, 2009, Oracle Virtualization Blogs launched
  
• Mar 10-12, 2009, Oracle OpenWorld 2009 Latin America
• Mar 03, 2009, Press release, Oracle Enterprise Manager Extends Management to Oracle VM Server Virtualization
  
• Mar 03, 2009, Webcast, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5
• Feb 26, 2009, Interview with Wim Coekaerts: Q&A How and Why Oracle is Utilizing Virtualization and Open Source
• Feb 24-25, 2009, Xen Summit North America 2009, hosted by Oracle in Redwood Shores, CA
• Feb 20, 2009, Oracle Event in New York, NY: Architect Briefing: Realizing True Cost Savings with Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Oracle VM
• Feb 19, 2009, Oracle Event in Bridgewater, NJ: Architect Briefing: Realizing True Cost Savings with Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Oracle VM
• Feb 18, 2009, Oracle VM 2.1 security and bug fixes update delivered to Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network.
  
• Feb 13, 2009, Blog (Wim Coekaerts): vCenter Server Heartbeat and Oracle VM Manager with Oracle Clusterware
• Feb 09, 2009, Webcast: How the University of Massachusetts Cuts Costs and Saves with Oracle VM, View Archive
  
• Feb 3, 2009, IBM Roadshow, Oracle VM on IBM System x
• Jan 19, 2009, Gartner Case Study: Community Connect
• Jan 08, 2009, Announcing Transcendent Memory project, a new approach to managing physical memory in a virtualized system

Where to Start

• Oracle VM Documentation
• Oracle VM 2.2
• Oracle VM 2.1
  
• Oracle VM Technical Information
  
• Data Sheet Oracle VM
• Data Sheet What's New in Oracle VM 2.2
  
• Data Sheet Oracle VM Management Pack for Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
• Certified Software on Oracle VM, see Metalink Note 464754.1
• Oracle Validated Configurations
• Oracle VM Server hardware requirements and supported guest operating systems
• Certified hardware
• Oracle VM supports the following 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems:
• Both paravitualized- (“virtualization aware”) and hardware-virtualized:
• Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (from Oracle or Red Hat).
• Hardware-virtualized (Virtualization support in hardware required such as Intel VT and AMD-V):
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (32-bit PV drivers available)
  
• Windows Server 2008 SP1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit PV drivers available)
• Windows 2000
• Oracle VM Manager installation requirements
• How to uninstall Oracle VM
  

Key Features and Benefits

For details, you can visit the Oracle VM Features sub-page.

• Virtualization and Management: Zero license costs, zero license keys – Includes Oracle VM Manager for centralized, browser-based management of your resource pools;
• Oracle VM Manager Web Services API – Enable integration of third party products with Oracle VM Manager;

• Faster Software Deployment with Oracle VM Templates – Download and import pre-configured virtual machines containing pre-installed Oracle enterprise applications or other software to get up and running in hours not weeks;

• Leading Price/Performance – Low-overhead architecture provides scalable performance under increasing I/O workloads with no license costs, to meet the most aggressive price/performance requirements;

• Advanced VM High Availability (HA) – Minimizes or eliminates planned- and unplanned downtime through advanced functionality included at no extra charge;
• Guest VM HA Feature minimizes unplanned outages;
• Secure Live Migration eliminates outages from planned downtime;Most migration products don't encrypt your migration traffic, creating vulnerabilities. Oracle VM encrypts migration traffic using SSL to protect sensitive data from exploitation and eliminate the requirement for additional hardware and dedicated networks;
• Server Pool Load Balancing - Guest VMs are automatically placed on the server with the most resources available in the pool.
• Oracle VM Manager HA Feature - a distributed architecture and optional clustering of Oracle VM Manager maximizes management uptime.
• Virtual Machine I/O Resource Management Features - Set bandwidth cap for each virtual network interface and prioritize the virtual disk;

• Physical-to-Virtual / Virtual-to-Virtual Machine Conversion – Quickly convert existing Linux or Windows physical servers or VMware virtual machines to Oracle VM virtual machines to reduce license expenses;

• Linux and Windows Support – Linux and Windows guest operating systems; High-performing Linux PV guests; PV drivers also available to boost I/O throughput for Windows Guests

• Certification Based On Real-World Testing – Supported for use with the most sophisticated enterprise workloads under real-world conditions;

• Affordable, Full-Stack Enterprise-Class Support – Worldwide support from Oracle for the entire virtualization environment and workloads together.

Oracle VM Architecture

The components of Oracle VM are:

• Oracle VM Manager: Provides the web based user interface to manage Server Pools, Oracle VM Servers, virtual machines, and resources. Oracle VM Manager not only provides life cycle management of virtual machines such as creating and configuring guest VMs, but also performs advanced functionality to load balance across resource pools and automatically reduce or eliminate outages associated with server downtime.

• 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 on open source technology (Xen hypervisor for example) tailored by Oracle, and includes Oracle VM Agent to communicate with Oracle VM Manager for management of virtual machines.

Software Downloads

• Oracle VM Download
• Additional downloads at http://oss.oracle.com/oraclevm
  
• Oracle VM Manager console plugin for Mozilla/Firefox
• Additional downloads at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/virtualization/vm_templates_other.html
• Cut Costs Today - Order Your Free Linux and Virtualization Software Kit
• Oracle VM Templates
• We provide a pre-packaged, small foot-print Oracle Enterprise Linux image (Oracle Enterprise Linux JeOS) for x86 and x86-64, along with a script to customize the image. This minimal install of Oracle Enterprise Linux is also known as JeOS (Just Enough OS, see JeOS readme). It's the same Oracle Enterprise Linux that is freely re-distributable and backed by enterprise-class support, but has been secured and minimized to facilitate Oracle VM Templates creation.

• Oracle Public Yum Server
  
• The Oracle public yum server offers a free and convenient way to install packages from the Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM installation media via a yum client.

Software Demo

• Installing Oracle VM 2.1.2 Manager & Server on EL5U2 @ Oracle OpenWorld 2008 OTN Installfest

• Oracle VM demos (Viewlet)
• Converting VMware virtual machine images (vmdk) to Oracle VM virtual machines
• Creating a VM using Oracle VM Templates
  

Support and Training

Oracle performs real-world testing on its broad portfolio of products with Oracle VM to ensure bulletproof reliability and streamlined support. Consult Support Note 464754.1 on Oracle’s MetaLink support website for the latest information on exact product versions certified.

• Purchase support at Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Oracle VM Store
• My Oracle Support (Metalink)
• Online Training offered by Oracle University: Oracle VM Essentials
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations
  
• Maximize the performance and value of your Oracle VM deployment with Advanced Customer Services Solutions to Maximize Your Oracle VM Success
• Pricing for Oracle VM support is calculated on a per system basis: Consult Oracle’s pricing guide for further details.
  
• Enterprise Linux Training and Certification
• Support for Partners: Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM
• Oracle VM for Administrators, training offered by Performance Tuning Corporation.
  

Software License and Policy

• Oracle Global Pricing and Licensing
  
• Oracle software license and server/hardware partitioning
  • Hard partitioning with Oracle VM
• Licensing Oracle Software in the Cloud Computing Environment

• Oracle VM General Policy Description, see Metalink Note 466538.1
• Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMware Virtualized Environment, see Metalink Note 249212.1
• Oracle Database Support for server virtualization

Documentation, Best Practices and White Papers

• Oracle VM Documentation
• Oracle VM 2.2
• Oracle VM 2.1
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Documentation
• Oracle VM Management Pack
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux server version comparison chart
• Oracle InDepth Newsletter: Linux and Virtualization
• Best Practices for High Availability -- Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA)
• Oct 2009, Oracle VM Templates for PeopleSoft HCM
  
• Aug 2009, Architectural Strategies for Cloud Computing
  
• Jul 2009, Using Oracle Clusterware to Protect Oracle VM Manager (Updated with Oracle VM Manager 2.1.5)
  
• Jul 2009, Oracle VM with IBM System x Servers
• May 2009, The Underground Oracle VM Manual
  
• Apr 2009, Oracle VM Benefits for ISVs
• Apr 2009, Oracle VM High Availability--Hands-on Guide to Implementing Guest VM HA
• Apr 2009, Oracle Real Application Clusters in Oracle VM Environments
• Feb 2009, Oracle VM Manager Template
  
• Feb 2009, Creating and Using Oracle VM Templates: The Fastest Way to Deploy Any Enterprise Software
• Feb 2009, Oracle VM Templates Developer's Guide: Creating Pre-built VMs for Rapid Software Deployment
  
• Dec 2008, Converting Linux and Windows Physical and Virtual Machines to Oracle VM Virtual Machines
  
• Oct 2008, Build Your Own Oracle Extended RAC Cluster on Oracle VM and Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Sep 2008, Oracle VM and NetApp Storage— Best Practices Guide
• Sep 2008, Performance Evaluation of Oracle VM: Tolly Group Benchmark
• Sep 2008, Oracle VM – Creating & Maintaining a Highly Available Environment for Guest VMs
• Sep 2008, Oracle Gets Virtual: Gabriel Consulting Group White Paper (Sponsored by IBM)
• Sep 2008, Free VDI - Get Even More Out of Oracle VM at No Extra Cost! (by Ericom Software)
  
• Apr 2008, Oracle VM on Dell PowerEdge Servers
• Mar 2008, Enabling Virtualized Grids with Oracle VM and NetApp
• Dec 2007, Oracle VM with IBM System x
• Nov 2007, SAN Connectivity for Oracle VM
• Nov 2007, Oracle On Demand Infrastructure: Virtualization with Oracle VM
• Linux Technology Center—Technical White Paper Archive

Customers and Success Stories

• Customers Succeed with Oracle VM
  
• Desktop virtualization solution using Oracle VM provided by Ericom
• Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Customers Successes
• Oracle on Linux Customers
• Oct 5, 2009, MercadoLibre Saves with Oracle VM and Unbreakable Linux
• Aspicon GmbH
  
• Customer Success: Aspicon Cuts Data Center Energy Costs by 50% with Oracle VM

• Interactive One
• Gartner Case Study: Community Connect Inc.
• Customer Success: Interactive One Improves Performance and Ensures Greater Cost Savings
• Information Week: Popular Digital Media Site Saves with Oracle VM & Unbreakable Linux
• SearchServerVirtualization.com: VMware Cost, Red Hat Flaws Spur Customer Switch to Oracle VM
• Press Release: Interactive One Moves to Oracle VM and Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support
• Video, Interactive One's Community Connect Saves with Oracle VM
• University of Massachusetts
• Webcast Replay: University of Massachusetts Cuts Costs with Oracle VM
• Information Week: University of Massachusetts switching from VMware to Oracle VM server virtualization

• Oracle On Demand
• White Paper: Oracle On Demand Infrastructure: Virtualization with Oracle VM

• Oracle University
• White Paper: Enabling Virtualized Grids with Oracle and NetApp

Partners

• Support for Partners: Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM
• Oracle VM Storage Connect Partner Program
• Apr 2009, White Paper: Oracle VM Benefits for ISVs
• Oracle VM Partner Endorsements and News
  
• IBM's Oracle VM Partner Site
• Jul 09, 2009, White paper: Oracle VM with IBM System x Servers
• Jul 09, 2009, Data sheet: IBM System x and Oracle Virtualization for Oracle clients
• Feb 3, 2009, IBM Roadshow, Oracle VM on IBM System x
• NetApp
• Sep 30, 2009, Blog: Using Oracle VM on NetApp Storage
• Sep 2008, White paper: Oracle VM and NetApp Storage— Best Practices Guide
• Mar 2008, White Paper: Enabling Virtualized Grids with Oracle and NetApp
• Dell
  
• Oct 2009, White paper, Oracle Grid w/Oracle VM on Dell Blade Severs and EqualLogic iSCSI Storage
• Oct 2009, White paper, Best Practices of Running Oracle RAC 11g with EqualLogic on Oracle VM
  
• Reference Configuration White Paper: Oracle VM on Dell PowerEdge Servers
• HP
  
• Oracle Enterprise Linux Capabilities Matrix - HP ProLiant Servers
• Linux Certification and Support Matrix - HP Storage Array Systems
• Oct 2009, White paper, Lowering database storage complexity and management cost with HP XP Thin Provisioning and Oracle VM
  
• Consolidating Oracle on the HP DL785 server - real machines or virtual machines?
• JD Edwards Proof of Concept: Scaling an 8.12/8.97 Environment on an HP DL785 with Oracle VM
• Oct 6, 2009, Zeus Announces Zeus Traffic Management Software Template for Oracle VM
• Jul 30, 2009, Fujitsu FlexFrame Now Integrates with Oracle VM
• Emulex's Oracle VM Partner Site and Emulex interopList
  
• Visit Brocade's Oracle Partner Site
• Sep 25, 2008, Alternative Technology to Distribute and Offer Support for Oracle VM
• Sep 25, 2008, Chelsio Unified Wire now Integrated with Oracle VM Server Virtualization Software
• Sep 23, 2008, Brocade and Oracle Collaborate to Optimize Virtual Machine Performance Over Data Center Networks
• Sep 22, 2008, QLogic Converged Network Adapter and 8Gb Fibre Channel Products Certified With Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM
• Sep 22, 2008, Compellent Supports Oracle VM to Deliver Advanced, Virtual Storage and Server Infrastructure
• May 05, 2008, Ericom desktop virtualization now available on Oracle VM, see a demo, read the white paper, and learn more
• Apr 17, 2008, Thinsy Corporation Announces LiveSync support for Oracle VM Server 2.1.1
• Mar 18, 2008, InMage Systems announces support for Oracle VM server virtualization environments
• Nov 12, 2007, Emulex Supports LightPulse HBAs with Oracle's New Virtualization Software, Oracle VM
• Oracle Unbreakable Linux Program Partner Endorsements
• Oracle Unbreakable Linux Product Focus Area for Partners

Blogs

• Oracle Virtualization Blogs
  
• Wim Coekaerts
• Oct 22, 2009, Oracle VM 2.2 and the power of ocfs2
• Aug 12, 2009, Oracle VM template builder, validated configs and Siebel CRM 8.1 template
• Jul 24, 2009, Oracle VM CLI RPM is available
• Jul 13, 2009, paravirtualized drivers for Microsoft Windows (tm) on Oracle VM
• Jun 18, 2009, Oracle VM 2.1.5
  
• May 6, 2009, Oracle VM Manager CLI and Web Services API
• May 4, 2009, OCFS2 reflink
• Mar 3, 2009, The Real Story on Oracle Unbreakable Linux
• Feb 13, 2009, vCenter Server Heartbeat and Oracle VM Manager with Oracle Clusterware
• Sep 30, 2008, reminder : Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM are freely available for download and use
• Sep 25, 2008, Oracle VM 2.1.2
  
• Aug 05, 2008, Oracle VM Templates
• Adam Hawley
• Apr 17, 2009, 64-bit RAC is now certified
  
• Apr 10, 2009, Oracle OpenWorld Tokyo - We're Big in Japan
• Apr 10, 2009, Executing on the Promise of “Virtual Appliances”: Meet Oracle VM Templates.
• Apr 03, 2009, Part 3: Where Does Guest VM HA Fit-in Versus Other HA Software: HA Cluster Software and Guest VM HA
• Mar 26, 2009, Part 2: Where Does Guest VM HA Fit-in Versus Other HA Software: RAC and Guest VM HA
• Mar 26, 2009, Top-Down Application...and Virtualization...Management
• Mar 20, 2009, Where Does Guest VM HA Fit-in Versus Other HA Software? Part 1: About Guest VM HA
• Dec 17, 2008, Virtualization in the Enterprise: Trends in 2009
• Honglin Su
• Oct 21, 2009, Deploying Oracle VM 2.2 and Upgrading Oracle VM from 2.1.5 to 2.2
• Oct 13, 2009, Announcing Oracle VM Storage Connect Program and Oracle VM 2.2
• Oct 7, 2009, Oracle VM Templates for 3rd Party Software
• Jul 24, 2009, Announcing Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Jul 14, 2009, Announcing Windows PV Drivers for Oracle VM
• Jul 11, 2009, Xen Virtualization with Oracle: Commitment, Integration, Mission-critical Virtualization
• Jun 18, 2009, Announcing Oracle VM 2.1.5
• May 29, 2009, Upgrading Oracle VM Template for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control from 10g R4 to 10g R5
• May 8, 2009, Oracle VM Basics
  
• May 5, 2009, More Oracle VM Templates are available for download
• Apr 28, 2009, Converting Linux and Windows Physical and Virtual Machines to Oracle VM Virtual Machines
• Apr 21, 2009, Oracle VM High Availability - Hands-on Guide to Implementing Guest VM HA
• Rene Kundersma
• Mar 24, 2009, "Virtual Metal" Provisioning with Oracle VM and PXE
• Mar 11, 2009, Provisioning your GRID with Oracle VM Templates
• Alessandro Perilli
• Mar 5, 2009, Oracle blends VM Management capabilities with Enterprise Manager 10g R5
• William Vambenepe
• Mar 4, 2009, Managing the stack from top to bottom, including virtualization
  
• Bridget Botelho
• Mar 4, 2009, Oracle beefs up virtualization offering with management capabilities
• Roddy Rodstein
• Oct 23, 2009, Oracle VM 2.1.5 to 2.2 Upgrade
• Aug 14, 2009, The Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface
• Jun 16, 2009, Oracle releases Oracle VM 2.1.5
• May 30, 2009, Oracle VM SAN Configuration
• May 30, 2009, Oracle VM and VMware ESX Shootout, Oracle VM is over a 100% faster than VMware ESX to create aOracle 10g database
• May 2009, The Underground Oracle VM Manual
• Nov 21, 2008, Blog: Oracle VM Enterprise Manager Grid Control Template Quick Start Guide for Production Grid Deployments
• Oct 27, 2008, Blog: Oracle VM: How to update an Oracle VM Manager
  
• Oct 06, 2008, Blog: Oracle VM: How to update an Oracle VM Server
• Alison Holloway
• May 29, 2008, Connecting to the Oracle VM Server Guest Virtual Machine
  
• Apr 24, 2008, Creating a Guest Virtual Machine with Oracle VM Server
• Apr 11, 2008, Installing Oracle VM
  
• Sergio Leunissen
• Jun 16, 2009, New Oracle VM 2.1.5 Web Services API
• Apr 13, 2009, OpenWorld Tokyo Oracle VM Sessions
• Sep 8, 2008, Where to Download Oracle VM Templates
• Simon Thorpe
• Jul 28, 2009, Running OpenFiler 2.3 on Oracle VM (Would work in any Xen server)
• Jul 16, 2009, Migrating a VMWare Server 2 Windows 2003 guest to Oracle VM
• Jul 16, 2009, Upgrading Oracle VM from 2.1.2 to 2.1.5
• Elena Zannoni
• Mike Radomski

Video and Podcast

• Youtube
• System Technology i Implements Oracle VM
• Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect for Oracle VM
• Oracle VM Installation
• Fenton Travers' VM Tutorials
  
• Oracle Video
• May 2009, OTN TechCast Linux Engineering Update with Wim Coekaerts: Part 2 - Virtualizing the Oracle Stack
  
• May 2009, OTN TechCast Linux Engineering Update with Wim Coekaerts, Part 1 - Linux Kernel Development at Oracle
• Dec 2008, Interactive One's Community Connect Saves with Oracle VM
  
• Aug 2008, LinuxWorld Keynote Excerpt (29 minutes): Watch Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven Discuss Linux & Virtualization
• Aug 2008, LinuxWorld Keynote (61 minutes): Watch Oracle CIO Mark Sunday Discuss the Next Generation Data Center
• Jul 2008, Oracle VM, A Complete Introduction (22 minutes), featuring Wim Coekaerts and Monica Kumar
• Nov 2007, Watch Oracle President Charles Philips Announce Oracle VM at Oracle OpenWorld (3 minutes)
  
• Nov 2007, Watch Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Highlight Oracle VM at Oracle OpenWorld (5 minutes)
• Podcast with Kurt Hackel (recorded at Oracle OpenWorld 2007)

Discussion Forums and Email Alias

• OTN: Oracle VM
  
• OTN: Virtual Iron Support
• OTN: Virtualization
• OTN: Linux
• oraclevm-errata@oss.oracle.com: you can sign up here to receive notification on software update delivered to ULN for Oracle VM, or you can browse the email archive.
  

Resources and Links

• Oracle VM Product Page
• Oracle VM OTN Product Page
• Oracle Virtualization Technology Center
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g: Oracle VM Management Pack
  
• Oracle Cloud Computing Center
• Oracle VM at wikipedia.org
• Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network
• Enterprise Linux @ Oracle
• Oracle Unbreakable Linux Wiki
• Free and Open Source Software from Oracle
• Oracle Management Pack for Linux
• Xen Summit
• Xen Roadmap
  

Performance and Sizing Information

• Oracle on Linux Benchmarks
• Sep. 2008, Performance Evaluation of Oracle VM: Tolly Group Benchmark

FAQs

• Oracle VM FAQ at oracle.com
• Oracle VM Technical FAQ, see Metalink Note 467664.1
  

Comparison

• Comparison of virtual machines @ Wikipedia
• virtualization.info: Buyer's Guide
• Face-off: Xen vs. KVM

Old News

• Dec 18, 2008, Oracle joins the Xen Advisory Board
  
• Dec 17, 2008, Blog (Adam Hawley): Virtualization in the Enterprise: Trends in 2009
• Dec 16, 2008, Oracle VM makes the top 10 2008 on OTN: Best of 2008: The Most Popular Tech Articles and How-Tos Published by OTN This Year
• Dec 11, 2008, Webcast: Go Green, Save Green with Oracle VM, View Archive
• Dec 09, 2008, Webcast: Realize True Cost Savings with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, View Archive
• Dec 2-5, 2008, Join Oracle at the Gartner Data Center Conference
• Nov 21, 2008, Blog (Roddy Rodstein): Oracle VM Enterprise Manager Grid Control Template Quick Start Guide for Production Grid Deployments
  
• Nov 17, 2008, Xen Summit North America, scheduled for February 24 – 25, 2009, is to be held at Oracle HQ
  
• Nov 17, 2008, Press release, Oracle Enteprise Linux 5.1 Certified at EAL4+
• Nov 14, 2008, Oracle VM 2.1 Update delivered to Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network
  
• Oct 30, 2008, Popular Digital Media Site Has Oracle Working Behind Scenes
• Oct 28, 2008, VMware cost and Red Hat flaws spur shop to try Oracle VM
• Oct 28, 2008, Build Your Own Oracle Extended RAC Cluster on Oracle VM and Oracle Enterprise Linux by Jakub Wartak
• Oct 27, 2008, Blog (Roddy Rodstein): Oracle VM: How to update an Oracle VM Manager
• Oct 06, 2008, Blog (Roddy Rodstein): Oracle VM: How to update an Oracle VM Server
  
• Sep 25, 2008, Alternative Technology to Distribute and Offer Support for Oracle VM
• Sep 25, 2008, Chelsio Unified Wire now Integrated with Oracle VM Server Virtualization Software
• Sep 25, 2008, Blog (Wim Coekaerts): Oracle VM 2.1.2
• Sep 23, 2008, Information Week: University of Massachusetts switching from VMware to Oracle VM server virtualization
• Sep 23, 2008, Brocade and Oracle Collaborate to Optimize Virtual Machine Performance Over Data Center Networks
• Sep 22, 2008, Oracle VM Earns Performance Certification from The Tolly Group
• Sep 22, 2008, Oracle Delivers Latest Release of Oracle VM and Adds Oracle Real Application Clusters Certification
• Sep 22, 2008, QLogic Converged Network Adapter and 8Gb Fibre Channel Products Certified With Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM
• Sep 22, 2008, Compellent Supports Oracle VM to Deliver Advanced, Virtual Storage and Server Infrastructure
• Sep 21-25, 2008, Oracle OpenWorld 2008
• Aug 07, 2008, InternetNews.com: New IT Strategies Rock at Oracle
• Aug 06, 2008, Oracle Introduces Oracle VM Templates
• Aug 05, 2008, Blog (Wim Coekaerts): Oracle VM Templates
• July 2008, Oracle Magazine by Rich Schwerin: High Availability on Linux
• May 13, 2008, The Xen of Virtualization on Linux presented by Dan Magenheimer at CLUE.
• May 05, 2008, Ericom desktop virtualization now available on Oracle VM, see a demo, and learn more
  
• Spring, 2008, Business Management Magazine by Monica Kumar: Virtualizing Your Enterprise
• Apr 17, 2008, Thinsy Corporation Announces LiveSync support for Oracle VM Server 2.1.1
• Mar 18, 2008, InMage Systems announces support for Oracle VM server virtualization environments
• Nov 12, 2007, Emulex Supports LightPulse HBAs with Oracle's New Virtualization Software, Oracle VM
• Nov 12, 2007, Oracle Unveils Oracle VM

Hints and HowTos

• Oracle VM Server and Guest PXE Boot Howto, posted by Zhigang Wang
  
• How to use the VNC plugin for Firefox on Ubuntu, OTN forum post.
  (The VNC plugin is used to show the Oracle VM console in Oracle VM manager)
• Oracle VM Server use case: multiple networks, multipathed SAN storage: for situations where multiple non-virtualized machines are being consolidated to a set of Oracle VM server systems using highly available centralized storage.
• TO make an ISO from your CD/DVD on Linux (aka your VM Master), insert the media into the CD/DVD drive and use the command: dd if=/dev/hdc of=dvd.iso. This creates an iso image from your corporate Windows or Linux image that you can load into /OVS/iso_image for a bootable image.

Other Resources

• Creating snapshots in Xen with Linux commands