3.1. Logging into the User Interface

To open the Login page of Oracle VM Manager, enter the following address in a Web browser:

http[s]://hostname:port/ovm/console

Where, hostname refers to the host name or IP address of the Oracle VM Manager host, and port refers to the port number on which Oracle VM Manager is listening.

To connect to Oracle VM Manager using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) on a host named example.com, use:

https://example.com:7002/ovm/console

To connect to Oracle VM Manager on a host named example.com, use:

http://example.com:7001/ovm/console

Enter your Oracle VM Manager administration username in the Username field. This is the administration username you create during the Oracle VM Manager install. Enter the password for the Oracle VM Manager administration username in the Password field.

To manage the local instance of Oracle VM Manager (installed on localhost), leave the Management Server URI field as the default, tcp://localhost. If you want to manage a remote instance of Oracle VM Manager, enter the hostname or IP address for that machine, for example:

tcp://example.com

Now you are logged in, you can create storage repositories, server pools, add Oracle VM Servers, and create virtual machines, import resources, and so on.

The user interface displays context sensitive information, relevant to the selection in the navigator and content panes.