4.2 Bug Fixes in Oracle VM 3.4.4

Oracle VM Release 3.4.4 includes the notable bugs that have been fixed in previous 3.4.x errata releases. Additionally, Oracle VM Release 3.4.4 includes a number of enhancements, as described in Section 3.2, “What's New in Oracle VM Release 3.4.4?”.

Notable bugs fixed in Oracle VM Release 3.4.4 are as follows:

  • Fixes an issue where the Oracle VM Manager pre-upgrade script fails with the following error message: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'javainstance' objects. (25896467)

  • Fixes an issue where Microsoft Windows guest virtual machines fail to migrate. (25801187)

  • Fixes an issue where VNICs are displayed in the incorrect order when using the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface to edit a virtual machine with multiple VNICs. (25249076)

  • Fixes an issue where it is not possible to delete storage repositories when error messages indicate that the storage device is busy and Oracle VM Server cannot unmount the file system for the repository. (26427886)

  • Fixes an issue so that dom0 can reclaim space on the file system when a user domain makes space available. (25342487)

  • Reduces the amount of time it takes to start virtual machines with large amounts of memory. (25860374)

  • Fixes an issue where additional memory is incorrectly allocated to virtual machines when they are restarted. (26396728)

  • Fixes an issue where removing block devices results in unresponsive behavior. (25498155)

  • Fixes an issue where virtual machine migration hangs indefinitely. (25638583)

  • Fixes an issue where it is not possible to add VNICs to running virtual machines after they are migrated. (25692157)

  • Fixes an issue where virtual machines do not restart after stopping unexpectedly. (25729452)

  • Fixes an issue where the operation to add or remove a VLAN exits with error messages instead of indicating if the VLAN already exists. (25796887)

  • Fixes an issue in cases where Xen kernel panics occur when the Kdump service restarts. (25861742)

  • Fixes an issue to persist the disabling of multicast snooping on a bridge. (25870875)

  • Fixes an issue where it is not possible to create repository exports on Oracle VM Server. (26244801)

  • Fixes an issue where the default maximum number of grant frames and PIRQs numbers for dom0 and user space domains must be increased. (26338166)