Updated Xen Hypervisor: Xen is updated to Release 4.1.2.

New Dom0 Kernel in Oracle VM Server for x86: The Dom0 kernel is now the same Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 2 (UEK2) as used in Oracle Linux, for complete binary compatibility with drivers supported in Oracle Linux. Due to the specialized nature of the Oracle VM Dom0 environment (as opposed to the more general purpose Oracle Linux environment) some Linux drivers may not be appropriate to support in the context of Oracle VM, even if the driver is fully compatible with the UEK2 kernel in Oracle Linux. Do not install any additional drivers unless directed to do so by Oracle Support Services.

Jumbo Frames Support: Fully supports different MTU sizes. See Create Bond Port in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on setting the network MTU size.

LUN Resizing: A LUN (either used as a storage repository or a server pool file system) also resizes the OCFS2 file system.

Backup/Restore Access to OCFS2 Storage Repositories: Present OCFS2 storage repositories as NFS shares to enable access to external tools in order to back up and copy storage repository contents. See Repository Exports Perspective in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for more information on enabling back ups of storage repositories.

Move OCFS2 Repositories Between Server Pools: Remove an OCFS2 storage repository from one server pool and add it to another. The process of moving a storage repository from one server pool to another has been streamlined to facilitate easier disaster recovery and more storage agility.

Multipath Boot from SAN: Oracle VM Server can be installed to perform boot from multipath SAN without requiring any type of local storage.

Create Virtual Machine Templates: Virtual machines can be cloned as templates, templates can be used to create other templates, and a template can be created in a similar way as creating a virtual machine using a wizard. See Clone a Virtual Machine or Template in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on creating virtual machine templates.

Clone Virtual Machines and Templates: Cloning a virtual machine or template (including the configuration information, disk resources, storage and networking). See Clone a Virtual Machine or Template in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for more information on moving and cloning virtual machines and templates.

Hot Add vCPUs: Add virtual CPUs on the fly to a running virtual machine. See Edit Virtual Machine in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on editing a virtual machine and adding vCPUs to a running virtual machine.

Discover Multiple Oracle VM Servers Using Hostnames and IPs: Discover Oracle VM Servers by entering or pasting in multiple hostname or IP addresses in a text field, instead of entering each IP address individually. See Discover Servers in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on discovering Oracle VM Servers.

Virtual Machine Keyboard Mapping: Support for keyboard mapping for different languages for each individual virtual machine, not just for the server pool. See Create Virtual Machine in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on the keyboard mapping when creating a virtual machine.

Virtual Machine Console: If the a virtual machine console is in use by another user, you can take over control of the virtual machine console. See Launch Console in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on the virtual machine console.

User Interface Enhancements: Significant user interface enhancements improve ease of use, make work flows more intuitive, and reduce the amount of clicks required to perform tasks. See Using Oracle VM Manager in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on the Oracle VM Manager user interface.

Drag and Drop: Objects can be dragged and dropped in the user interface. See Drag and Drop in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information using the drag and drop feature.