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Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 Administration Guide Oracle VM Server for SPARC |
Part I Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 Software
1. Overview of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software
2. Installing and Enabling Software
4. Setting Up Services and the Control Domain
Introduction to Domain Migration
Overview of a Migration Operation
Performing Non-Interactive Migrations
Migration Requirements for CPUs
Migration Requirements for Memory
Migration Requirements for Physical I/O Devices
Migration Requirements for Virtual I/O Devices
Migration Requirements for NIU Hybrid I/O
Migration Requirements Cryptographic Units
Delayed Reconfiguration in an Active Domain
Migrating While an Active Domain Is in Elastic Mode
Migrating a Domain That is Running in OpenBoot or in the Kernel Debugger
Migrating Bound or Inactive Domains
Migration Requirements for CPUs
Migration Requirements for Virtual I/O Devices
Migration Requirements for PCIe Endpoint Devices
Monitoring a Migration in Progress
Canceling a Migration in Progress
Recovering From a Failed Migration
12. Performing Other Administration Tasks
Part II Optional Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software
13. Oracle VM Server for SPARC Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Tool
14. Oracle VM Server for SPARC Configuration Assistant
15. Using the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Management Information Base Software
16. Logical Domains Manager Discovery
17. Using the XML Interface With the Logical Domains Manager
Oracle VM Server for SPARC provides the following security features for migration operations:
Authentication. Because the migration operation executes on two machines, a user must be authenticated on both the source and target machines. In particular, a user other than superuser must have the solaris.ldoms.read and solaris.ldoms.write authorizations.
The ldm migrate-domain command permits you to optionally specify an alternate user name for authentication on the target machine. If this alternate user name is not specified, the user name of the user who is executing the migration command is used. See Example 9-2. In either case, the user is prompted for a password for the target machine, unless the -p option is used to initiate a non-interactive migration. See Performing Non-Interactive Migrations.
Encryption. Oracle VM Server for SPARC uses SSL to encrypt migration traffic to protect sensitive data from exploitation and to eliminate the requirement for additional hardware and dedicated networks.
The speed of the migration operation increases when the primary domain on the source and target machines has cryptographic units assigned. This increase in speed occurs because the SSL operations can be off-loaded to the cryptographic units.