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Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Administration Guide Oracle VM Server for SPARC |
Part I Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Software
1. Overview of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software
2. Installing and Enabling Software
3. Oracle VM Server for SPARC Security
4. Setting Up Services and the Control Domain
How to Export a Virtual Disk Back End Multiple Times
How to Change Virtual Disk Options
How to Change the Timeout Option
Virtual Disk Identifier and Device Name
How to Export a Physical Disk as a Virtual Disk
How to Export a Physical Disk Slice as a Virtual Disk
File or Volume Exported as a Full Disk
How to Export a File as a Full Disk
How to Export a ZFS Volume as a Full Disk
File or Volume Exported as a Single-Slice Disk
How to Export a ZFS Volume as a Single-Slice Disk
Exporting Volumes and Backward Compatibility
Summary of How Different Types of Back Ends Are Exported
Guidelines for Exporting Files and Disk Slices as Virtual Disks
Configuring Virtual Disk Multipathing
Virtual Disk Multipathing and Virtual Disk Timeout
How to Configure Virtual Disk Multipathing
How to Export a CD or DVD From the Service Domain to the Guest Domain
How to Export an ISO Image From the primary Domain to Install a Guest Domain
Virtual Disk and the format Command
Configuring a ZFS Pool in a Service Domain
Examples of Storing Disk Images With ZFS
How to Create a Disk Image Using a ZFS Volume
How to Create a Disk Image Using a ZFS File
How to Assign the ZFS Volume or File to a Guest Domain
Creating a Snapshot of a Disk Image
How to Create a Snapshot of a Disk Image
Using Clone to Provision a New Domain
Using Volume Managers in a Logical Domains Environment
Using Virtual Disks on Top of Volume Managers
Using Virtual Disks on Top of Solaris Volume Manager
Using Virtual Disks When VxVM Is Installed
Using Volume Managers on Top of Virtual Disks
Using ZFS on Top of Virtual Disks
Using Solaris Volume Manager on Top of Virtual Disks
Using VxVM on Top of Virtual Disks
11. Managing Domain Configurations
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 (Oracle Solaris 10)
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
If a physical SCSI disk or LUN is exported as a full disk, the corresponding virtual disk supports the user SCSI command interface, uscsi and multihost disk control operations mhd. Other virtual disks, such as virtual disks having a file or a volume as a back end, do not support these interfaces.
As a consequence, applications or product features using SCSI commands (such as Solaris Volume Manager metaset, or Oracle Solaris Cluster shared devices) can be used in guest domains only with virtual disks having a physical SCSI disk as a back end.
Note - SCSI operations are effectively executed by the service domain, which manages the physical SCSI disk or LUN used as a virtual disk back end. In particular, SCSI reservations are done by the service domain. Therefore, applications running in the service domain and in guest domains should not issue SCSI commands to the same physical SCSI disks; otherwise, this can lead to an unexpected disk state.