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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
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Conventions
1
Get Started With Virtualization
1.1
Introduction to Virtualization
1.2
Concepts for Virtualization
1.2.1
Connection Modes
1.2.2
Agent Controllers and VC Agent Controllers
1.2.3
User Permissions and Roles for Virtualization
1.2.4
Groups
1.2.5
Server Pools
1.3
Preparing for Virtualization
1.3.1
Storage for Zones and Logical Domains
1.3.2
Networks for Zones and Logical Domains
1.4
Virtualization Agent Controllers
1.5
Agent Management Options
1.5.1
Change the Type of Agent Controller
1.6
Introduction to Virtualization Management
1.6.1
Roles for Oracle VM Server for SPARC Domains
1.6.2
Deploy and Manage Virtual Assets
1.7
Introduction to Cloud Management
1.7.1
Deploy and Manage a Virtual Data Center
1.8
Related Resources for Getting Started with Virtualization
2
Storage Libraries for Virtualization
2.1
Introduction to Storage Libraries for Virtualization
2.2
Discovering Storage Servers
2.3
Storage Types
2.4
Using the Storage Libraries
2.5
Storage Library Setup
2.6
Roles for Storage Libraries for Virtualization
2.7
Actions for Storage Libraries for Virtualization
2.8
Location of Storage Information in the User Interface
2.9
Storage Libraries for Oracle Solaris Zones
2.9.1
Unmanaged Storage
2.9.2
Migration Capability
2.10
Storage Libraries for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
2.10.1
Virtual Disk Multipathing
2.10.2
Opaque Storage
2.10.3
Moving Metadata
2.10.4
Associating Storage Libraries
2.10.5
Moving Guest Storage
2.10.6
Adding Storage to Logical Domains
2.11
Storage Libraries for Oracle VM Server for x86
2.12
Storage Libraries for Virtual Datacenters
2.13
Related Resources for Storage Libraries
3
Networks for Virtualization
3.1
Introduction to Networks for Virtualization
3.2
Roles for Networks for Virtualization
3.3
Actions for Networks for Virtualization
3.4
Location of Network Information in the User Interface
3.5
Manage Networks
3.6
Physical Fabrics Management
3.7
Networks and Network Domains
3.7.1
Create and Define Public Networks
3.7.2
Create Network Domains
3.7.3
Create Private Networks
3.7.4
Dynamic Private Network Creation
3.8
Properties of a Network
3.9
VLAN and VLAN Tags
3.10
IP Multipathing Groups
3.11
Link Aggregation
3.12
Networking for Virtualization and Virtual Datacenter
3.12.1
Networking for Server Pools
3.12.2
Networking for Zones
3.12.2.1
Zones Server Pool
3.12.3
Networking for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
3.12.3.1
SR-IOV Enabled Networks
3.12.3.2
Attach Networks to Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
3.12.3.3
Connect Networks to Logical Domains
3.12.4
Networking for Oracle VM Server for x86
3.12.5
Networking for Virtual Datacenters
3.13
Related Resources for Networks
4
Oracle Solaris Zones
4.1
Introduction to Oracle Solaris Zones
4.1.1
Global and Non-global Zones
4.1.2
Types of Non-Global Zones
4.1.3
Zones and Virtual Machines
4.2
Roles for Oracle Solaris Zones
4.3
Actions Available for Oracle Solaris Zones
4.4
Location of Oracle Solaris Zones Information in the User Interface
4.5
Preparing Your Global Zone
4.5.1
Associating a Storage Library with a Global Zone
4.5.1.1
To Associate a Library With the Global Zone
4.5.1.2
To Disassociate Libraries From the Global Zone
4.5.2
Managing Global Zone Networks
4.5.2.1
IPMP Groups
4.5.2.2
Link Aggregation
4.5.2.3
To Attach a Network to a Global Zone
4.5.3
Creating IPMP Groups
4.5.4
Creating Link Aggregation
4.5.5
Modifying and Detaching a Network from the Global Zone
4.5.5.1
To Modify Physical Connectivity
4.5.5.2
Unbind Network Connection
4.6
Discovering and Managing Existing Zones
4.6.1
Deleting or Unmanaging a Global Zone
4.6.2
Unmanaged Zone Storage Information
4.7
Outline of Zone Creation
4.8
Determining Zone Requirements
4.8.1
Requirements for Zones on Oracle Solaris 10 OS
4.8.1.1
Requirements for a Whole Root Zone
4.8.1.2
Requirements for a Sparse Root Zone
4.8.1.3
Requirements for a Branded Zone
4.8.2
Requirements for Zones on Oracle Solaris 11 OS
4.8.2.1
Requirements for Installing Zones Using the Repository
4.8.2.2
Requirements for Oracle Solaris 10 Branded Zone
4.9
Zone Configuration Parameters
4.10
Creating a Zone Profile
4.11
Creating a Kernel Zone Profile
4.12
Creating and Deploying Zone Plans
4.12.1
To Create a Zone Deployment Plan
4.12.2
To Apply a Zone Deployment Plan
4.12.3
Zpool and File System of Zones
4.12.3.1
To View the File System and Storage Added to a Zone
4.12.3.2
To Change the Default Reservation and Quota
4.12.3.3
To View the File System Usage for a Zone
4.12.4
Modify Zone Configuration
4.13
Creating and Deploying Zones on a Logical Domain
4.14
Creating and Deploying Zones on a Kernel Zone
4.15
Managing Zones
4.15.1
Replicating Zones
4.15.2
Adding Storage to Zones
4.15.3
Moving Zone Storage
4.15.4
Managing Kernel Zone Storage
4.15.5
Moving Kernel Zone Metadata to Another Library
4.15.5.1
To Move Kernel Zone Metadata to Another Library
4.15.6
Adding File Systems to Zones
4.15.7
Connect and Disconnect Networks
4.15.8
Enabling Automatic Recovery for Zones
4.15.9
Connect to Zone Console
4.15.10
View the Console Logs
4.16
Migrating Zones
4.16.1
Disabling the Automatic Router Assignment
4.16.2
Migrating a Physical Oracle Solaris System into a Zone
4.16.3
Migrating Zones to a Different Machine
4.16.3.1
Compatible Global Zones for Migration
4.16.3.2
To Migrate a Zone
4.16.3.3
To Migrate Multiple Zones
4.16.4
Script to Migrate a Zone With Dependencies
4.16.5
Script Requirements
4.17
Recovering Zones
4.17.1
Before You Begin Recovering Zones
4.17.2
To Recover Zones
4.18
Zones Server Pool
4.19
Updating Zones
4.19.1
Install Packages and Patches on Zones
4.19.2
Configure patchadd and pkgadd Commands
4.19.3
Updating a Global Zone
4.19.4
Updating a Non-Global Zone
4.19.5
Zone Parallel Patching
4.20
Related Zone Operations
4.21
Related Resources for Oracle Solaris Zones
5
Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.1
Introduction to Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.2
Domain Types and Representation on the UI
5.3
Roles for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.4
Actions for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.5
Location of Oracle VM Server for SPARC Information in the User Interface
5.6
Discovering Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC Environments
5.6.1
Supported Logical Domain Configurations
5.6.2
Limitations of Discovering an Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC System with Logical Domains
5.6.2.1
Disabled Migration Action
5.6.2.2
Monitoring Information
5.6.2.3
Agentless Management
5.6.3
Discover and Manage Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC Servers
5.6.3.1
To Agent Manage an Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC System
5.6.3.2
To Agentlessly Manage an Existing Oracle VM Server for SPARC System
5.7
Provisioning Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.1
Prerequisites for Provisioning Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.1.1
Operating System
5.7.1.2
Hardware and Firmware
5.7.2
Recommended Minimum Configuration
5.7.2.1
CPU Resource Allocation
5.7.2.2
Crypto Units
5.7.2.3
RAM
5.7.2.4
NVRAMRC Value
5.7.3
Profiles for Provisioning and Configuring Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.4
Creating an OS Provisioning Profile for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.5
Creating an OS Configuration Profile for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.6
Creating a Link Aggregation in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.7
Creating IPMP Group in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.8
Deployment Plans for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.8.1
Applying a Deployment Plan for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.7.9
Overview of Oracle VM Server for SPARC Installation
5.7.9.1
Selection of Oracle VM Server Version
5.7.9.2
Important Notes for Installation
5.7.9.3
Manual Net Boot Initiation
5.7.9.4
Additional Configurations
5.8
Manage Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.8.1
Virtual Services in Control Domain
5.8.1.1
Editing Virtual Switch Attributes
5.8.2
View I/O Resources
5.8.2.1
Buses and End Point Devices
5.8.2.2
SR-IOV Services
5.8.3
Modify Configuration and Tags
5.8.3.1
Delayed Reconfiguration Mode
5.8.4
Reboot Oracle VM Server
5.8.5
Performance Management
5.9
Managing Storage Resources in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.9.1
Associating Storage Library with the Domains
5.9.2
Disassociating Storage Libraries
5.10
Managing Network Resources in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.10.1
Virtual Switches
5.10.2
Service Domains
5.10.3
Tagged and Untagged Mode
5.10.4
IPMP and Link Aggregation
5.10.5
Network Tagging Mode Conditions
5.10.6
Attaching Networks to Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.10.7
Attaching SR-IOV Enabled Networks to Oracle VM Server
5.10.8
Network Options
5.10.9
Unbinding Networks from Oracle VM Server for SPARC
5.10.10
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) Size
5.11
About Logical Domains
5.11.1
Selection of Domains Types
5.12
Create Logical Domains
5.12.1
Plan Your Domain Configuration
5.12.2
About Root Domains
5.12.3
Creating a Root Domain Profile
5.12.4
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating a Root Domain
5.12.5
Creating a Physical I/O Domain Profile
5.12.6
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating an I/O Domain
5.12.7
Creating a Guest Domain Profile
5.12.8
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating a Guest Domain
5.12.9
Creating HA Guest Domain Profile
5.12.10
Applying Deployment Plan for Creating a HA Guest Domain
5.12.11
Selection of CPU Architecture
5.12.12
Creating a Deployment Plan for Installing Logical Domain
5.13
Logical Domains Created Using CLI
5.14
Provisioning OS on Logical Domains
5.14.1
Plan Your Network and Storage Resources
5.14.2
Profiles and Deployment Plans for OS Provisioning
5.14.3
Creating an OS Provisioning Profile
5.14.4
Creating an OS Configuration Profile
5.14.5
Creating Link Aggregation in Logical Domains
5.14.6
Creating IPMP Groups in Logical Domains
5.14.7
Apply the OS Deployment Plan for Logical Domains
5.14.7.1
Root Domains and I/O Domains
5.14.7.2
Creation of Virtual Functions
5.15
Manage Logical Domains
5.15.1
View I/O Resources
5.15.2
View Virtual Resources
5.15.3
View Virtual Services
5.15.4
Edit Logical Domain Configuration
5.15.5
Shut Down a Logical Domain
5.15.6
Starting a Logical Domain
5.15.7
Add Storage to Logical Domain
5.15.7.1
Virtual Disk Multipathing
5.15.8
Moving Metadata to Another Library
5.15.8.1
To Move Metadata to Another Library From the Control Domain View
5.15.8.2
To Move Metadata to Another Library From the Logical Domain View
5.15.9
Enabling Shared Access for Opaque Storage Disks
5.15.10
Connect to Logical Domain Console
5.15.11
View the Console Logs
5.15.12
Delete a Logical Domain
5.15.13
Cancel Delayed Reconfiguration
5.16
Managing Logical Domain Networks
5.16.1
VLAN Tagging Support
5.16.2
Alternate MAC Addresses
5.16.3
Connecting to Network
5.16.4
Port Connectivity
5.17
Migrate Logical Domains
5.17.1
Setting User Accounts for Migration
5.17.2
Migration Requirements
5.17.3
Migrating a Logical Domain
5.17.4
Migrating Multiple Logical Domains
5.18
Automatic Recovery of Logical Domains
5.18.1
Virtual Disk Multipathing and Automatic Recovery Process
5.18.2
Recovering Logical Domains
5.18.3
Re-introducing the Failed Server
5.19
Layered Virtualization
5.20
Server Pools
5.21
Related Resources for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
6
Oracle VM Server for x86
6.1
Introduction to Oracle VM Server for x86
6.2
Roles for Oracle VM Server for x86
6.3
Integration of Oracle VM Server for x86 with Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
6.4
Location of Oracle VM Server for x86 Information in the User Interface
6.5
Installing Oracle VM Manager
6.6
Discovering Oracle VM Manager
6.7
Discover Oracle VM Servers
6.7.1
Discovery Profile for Oracle VM Server
6.7.2
Discovering Oracle VM Servers Using SSH
6.8
Installing Oracle VM Servers
6.8.1
Hardware and Software Requirements
6.8.2
Oracle VM Agent Installation
6.8.3
Oracle VM Server Password Management
6.8.4
Creating OS Provisioning Profile for Oracle VM Server
6.8.5
Applying Deployment Plan for Oracle VM Server
6.9
Administration of Oracle VM Manager
6.9.1
Manage Ownership of Oracle VM Servers
6.9.2
Discover Storage Resources
6.9.3
Manage Storage Resources
6.9.4
Manage Networks
6.9.5
Attaching Networks
6.10
Manage Oracle VM Servers
6.10.1
Edit Oracle VM Server Information
6.10.2
Editing IPMI Configuration
6.10.3
Placing Oracle VM Server in Maintenance Mode
6.10.4
Updating Oracle VM Server
6.10.4.1
Configure YUM Repository
6.10.4.2
To Update Oracle VM Server
6.11
Create Server Pool
6.11.1
Cluster File System
6.11.2
Server Pool Master
6.11.3
Server Pool Policies
6.11.4
Creating Oracle VM Server for x86 Server Pools
6.12
Create Virtual Machines
6.12.1
Virtualization Types
6.12.2
Creating Virtual Machine Profile
6.12.3
Deploying Virtual Machine Plan
6.12.4
Provisioning OS on Virtual Machines
6.13
Manage Virtual Machines
6.13.1
Starting a Virtual Machine
6.13.2
Suspending a Virtual Machine
6.13.3
Rebooting a Virtual Machine
6.13.4
Shutting Down a Virtual Machine
6.13.5
Deleting a Virtual Machine
6.13.6
Edit Boot Order
6.13.7
Automatic Recovery
6.14
Related Resources for Oracle VM Server for x86
7
Server Pools
7.1
Introduction to Server Pools
7.2
Roles for Server Pools
7.3
Actions for Server Pools
7.4
Location of Server Pool Information in the User Interface
7.5
Server Pool Capabilities
7.5.1
Mixing Virtualization Technology in a Server Pool
7.5.2
Performing Maintenance When Using a Server Pool
7.6
Server Pool Policies
7.6.1
Placement Policy
7.6.2
Minimize Power Consumption Policy
7.6.3
Automatic Load Balancing Policy
7.7
Automatic Recovery
7.8
Managing Guest Affinity and Disaffinity
7.9
Server Pool Libraries
7.10
Server Pool Networks
7.11
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
7.11.1
Enhancements in Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
7.11.2
Server Pool Policies
7.11.3
Automatic Recovery
7.11.4
Network Tagging Mode Conditions
7.11.5
Mixed Network Tagging Mode Configurations in Server Pool
7.11.6
Creating an Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
7.12
Oracle Solaris Zones Server Pool
7.12.1
IP Stack in Server Pool
7.12.2
Network Tagging Mode Conditions
7.12.3
Mixed Network Tagging Mode Configuration
7.12.4
Server Pool Policies
7.12.5
Changing the Post-Recovery Zone Deletion Property
7.12.6
Creating a Zones Server Pool
7.13
Oracle VM Server for x86 Server Pool
7.13.1
Cluster File System
7.13.2
Server Pool Master
7.13.3
Server Pool Policies
7.13.4
Creating an Oracle VM Server for x86 Server Pool
7.14
Manage Server Pools
7.14.1
Editing Server Pool Parameters
7.14.2
Adding Virtualization Hosts
7.14.2.1
Oracle Solaris Zones
7.14.2.2
To Add Global Zones to the Server Pool
7.14.2.3
Oracle VM Server for SPARC
7.14.2.4
To Add Oracle VM Servers to the Server Pool
7.14.2.5
Oracle VM Server for x86
7.14.2.6
To Add Virtualization Hosts to the Server Pool
7.14.2.7
Removing Virtualization Hosts from Server Pool
7.14.3
Associating Network Domains
7.14.4
Attaching Networks
7.14.4.1
Detaching Networks from Server Pool
7.14.5
Associating Libraries
7.14.5.1
To Disassociate Storage Libraries from Oracle VM Server for SPARC Server Pool
7.14.6
Creating Guests
7.14.7
Migrating Multiple Guests
7.14.8
Migrating Zones
7.14.9
Migrating Logical Domains
7.14.10
Migrating Virtual Machines
7.14.11
Balancing Resources
7.14.12
Monitoring Server Pool Resources
7.14.13
Monitoring Server Pool Incidents
7.14.14
Deleting Server Pool
7.14.14.1
Oracle VM Server for SPARC
7.14.14.2
Oracle Solaris Zones
7.14.14.3
Oracle VM Server for x86
7.15
Related Resources for Server Pools
8
Virtual Datacenters
8.1
Introduction to Cloud Management
8.2
Oracle Engineered Systems
8.3
Roles for Managing Virtual Datacenter
8.4
Actions Available in vDC Management
8.5
Location of Virtual Datacenter Information in the User Interface
8.6
Overview of Virtual Datacenter
8.7
Creating Virtual Datacenters
8.7.1
Setting Up the Server Pool
8.7.2
Setting Up Storage Resources
8.7.3
Setting Up Network Resources
8.7.3.1
Understanding Network Domain Implementation
8.7.3.2
Dynamic Private Networks
8.7.3.3
Plan Your Network Domains
8.7.4
CPU Oversubscription
8.7.5
Creating a Virtual Datacenter
8.8
Managing a Virtual Datacenter
8.8.1
Updating the Configuration
8.8.2
Managing Resources
8.8.3
Deleting a Virtual Datacenter
8.9
Creating and Managing Cloud Users
8.9.1
Adding and Removing Cloud Users to an Account
8.9.1.1
Adding a Cloud User
8.9.1.2
Removing a Cloud User
8.9.2
Managing Roles for Cloud User
8.10
Creating Accounts
8.11
Managing Accounts
8.11.1
Updating Accounts
8.11.2
Managing Account Resources
8.11.3
Maintaining OS Images
8.11.4
Deleting an Account
8.12
Creating and Managing vServer Types
8.12.1
Creating a vServer Type
8.12.2
Updating vServer Types
8.12.3
Deleting vServer Type
8.13
Overview of Cloud Users
8.14
Roles for Cloud User Tasks
8.15
Actions Available for a Cloud User
8.15.1
Account
8.15.2
vServers
8.15.3
Networks
8.15.4
Volumes and Snapshots
8.15.5
Server Templates
8.15.6
Distribution Groups
8.16
Location of Account Quotas and Virtual Resources in the User Interface
8.17
Creating vServers
8.17.1
Before You Begin
8.17.2
Creating a vServer
8.18
Managing vServers
8.19
Creating Server Templates
8.19.1
Uploading Server Templates
8.19.2
Creating a Server Template
8.20
Managing Server Templates
8.21
Creating vNets
8.22
Managing vNets
8.23
Creating Volumes
8.23.1
Before You Begin
8.23.2
Creating an Empty Volume
8.23.3
Creating a Volume from a Snapshot
8.23.4
Importing a Volume
8.24
Managing Volumes
8.25
Creating Snapshots
8.25.1
Before You Begin
8.25.2
To Create a Snapshot from Volume
8.26
Managing Snapshots
8.27
Creating Distribution Groups
8.27.1
Creating a Distribution Group
8.28
Managing Distribution Groups
8.29
Related Resources for Virtual Datacenters
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