This procedure provides instructions for configuring a preinstalled Oracle VM Server software.
These instructions describe only how to configure preinstalled Oracle VM Server on your server. Oracle VM also has other components, such as Oracle VM Manager, which must be installed and running to support the virtual machine environment.
start /System
When prompted, type y to confirm:
Are you sure you want to start /System (y/n)? y
Starting /System
The server begins the boot process.
start /HOST/console
When prompted, type y to confirm:
Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)? y Serial console started.
After the server boots, the GRUB menu appears (the menu for your preinstalled version might look different than the example below):
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (612K lower / 2082932K upper memory) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Oracle VM Server-ovs (xen-4.1.3 2.6.39-300.32.6.el5uek) Oracle VM Server-ovs serial console (xen-4.1.3 2.6.39-300.32.6.el5uek) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, 'a' to modify the kernel arguments before booting, or 'c' for a command-line. The highlighted entry will be booted automatically in 5 seconds.
For example:
Starting OVM console server: [ OK ] Starting OVM ovmwatch services: [ OK ] Starting ovs-agent: [ OK ] Starting ovs-agent services: [ OK ] Configuring Oracle VM... [ OK ] Enter new root password: Confirm password: Enter new Oracle VM Agent password: Confirm password: Configuring network.
This tool is used to select the NIC used by the OVM Manager. You can exit at any time by pressing CTRL-C. Here's the list of current available network interfaces. eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 Please select interface(s) to be used for OVM management. These interfaces will be configured for redundancy. eth1
When all settings have been entered and saved, the system loads an Oracle VM Server Console session. For example:
|Oracle VM Server 3.2.X Console [Alt-F2 for login console] | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Local hostname : lynxp-ovm.us.oracle.com | |Manager UUID : 0004fb0000010000a060c639d1075957 | |Hostname : None | |Server IP : None | |Server Pool : None | |Clustered : No | |Server Pool Virtual IP : None | |Cluster state : Offline | |Master Server : No | |Cluster type : None | |Cluster storage : None | | | | | |OVS Agent : Running | |VMs running : 0 | |System memory : 4087 | |Free memory : 2439 | |Uptime : 0 days, 4 hours, 33 minutes |
This completes the configuration of preinstalled Oracle VM Server.
See Also
For information about using Oracle VM, including updating and registration, see Oracle VM Documentation.