Installing Oracle VM

Oracle VM is a virtualization environment platform that enables users to create and manage virtual machines (VMs). These VMs exist on the same physical server but behave like independent physical servers. Each virtual machine created with Oracle VM has its own virtual CPUs, operating system, network interfaces, and storage.

Oracle VM is comprised of the following components:

Oracle VM Server: A lightweight, secure virtualization environment based on Xen hypervisor, and used to run virtual machines and the Oracle VM agent.
Oracle VM Agent: Installed on Oracle VM Server, it communicates with Oracle VM Manager and includes a Web Services API for managing the Oracle VM Server, server pools, and resources. This is included in the Oracle VM Manager installation.
Oracle VM Manager: A web application which acts as the user interface for creating and managing your virtual machines. This includes virtual machine creation (including templates), life cycle management (deploying, migrating and deleting), and resource management (ISO files, templates and shared storage resources).

The following table provides an outline of the Oracle VM installation:

Step	Description	Link
1	Review up-to-date information about the server hardware and software, including supported versions of operating systems.	Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Product Notes
2	Check system requirements.	System Requirements
3	Review installation method options.	Installation Options
4	Obtain the installation images and burn them to a DVD or copy them onto the corresponding servers.	How to Obtain Oracle VM Software
5	Install Oracle VM Server and OVM Agent.	How to Install Oracle VM Server and Oracle VM Agent
6	Install Oracle VM Manager.	How to Install Oracle VM Manager
7	Create shared storage, a server pool, and virtual machines.	Creating and Managing VM Resources

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	Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Installation Guide for Oracle VM