Anti-Affinity Support: Define which virtual machines cannot reside on the same Oracle VM Servers. Use this feature to achieve better availability by ensuring that critical resources do not reside on a shared single point of failure. See Anti-Affinity Groups in the Oracle VM User's Guide for information on anti-affinity.

Change Oracle VM Agent Password: The Oracle VM Agent password for all Oracle VM Servers in a server pool can be changed from Oracle VM Manager. See Changing Oracle VM Agent Passwords on Oracle VM Servers in the Oracle VM User's Guide for information on how to change the Oracle VM Agent password.

Maintain Oracle VM Manager Identity After Reinstall: Use the runInstaller.sh --uuid option during installation. See Oracle VM Manager Installation Script (runInstaller) for information on the runInstaller script options, and also see Installing Oracle VM Manager for more general information on installation procedures in the Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide.

User Interface: Improved wizards to allow smooth operation and closely match operational needs.

Virtual Machines: Explicitly set maximum memory when creating virtual machines. Flexibility to update virtual disk attributes. Choose thick or thin provision. CDROM dynamic update. Virtual machine console does not require username/password. See Managing Virtual Machines in the Oracle VM User's Guide for information these new virtual machine features.

Live Migration Assistant: During live migration, only allowed target Oracle VM Servers can be selected in the Live Migration dialog box. An additional section entitled Why don't I see other servers to migrate to? shows why migrating to a given server is not possible. Anti-affinity and hardware factors such as CPU family are taken into account.