Oracle VM is a platform that provides a fully equipped environment for effectively leveraging the benefits of virtualization technology. Enterprise Manager enables you to deploy operating systems and application software on Oracle VM virtualization environments.
The following sections in this chapter describe the licensed features and links for this pack.
Licensed Links for Monitoring and Administration
Licensed Links for Provisioning and Patching
Licensed Links for Configuration Management
Licensed Reports
Licensed Repository Views
Licensed Command Line Interface (CLI) Verbs
The Oracle VM Management Pack offers scalable, low-cost server virtualization that supports both Oracle and non-Oracle workloads. Consisting of open source server virtualization software and an integrated Web browser-based management console, Oracle provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for creating and managing virtual server pools, guest virtual machines and application workloads running on them.
Users can create and manage Virtual Machines (VMs) that exist on the same physical server but behave like independent physical servers. Each virtual machine created with Oracle VM has its own virtual CPUs, network interfaces, storage, and operating system. With Oracle VM, users have an easy-to-use browser-based tool for creating, cloning, sharing, configuring, booting, and migrating VMs.
Note:
Oracle VM Management Pack license is required to use the features described below in the Enterprise Manager graphical user interface, command-line interface, and published repository views.The Oracle VM Management Pack includes the features shown in Table 11–1.
Table 11-1 Feature Highlights of Oracle VM Management Pack
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
|
Oracle VM and Guest VM provisioning |
Deploy Oracle VM to bare metal servers and create Guest VMs. |
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Guest VM patching |
Provide automated host patching and integration with an Unbreakable Linux network (ULN). |
|
Configuration management |
Provide hardware and software configuration data collection, search, comparison, and analytical reporting. |
|
Policy management |
Ensure consistency of deployments and adherence to operation standards. Includes policy violation notifications. |
|
Performance monitoring |
Provide real-time and historical performance monitoring. |
|
Advanced alert management |
Provide notification methods, rules, and schedules, metric history and associated drill-downs, ability to set blackouts, associate corrective actions with an alert, user-defined metrics, metric snapshots, and monitoring templates. |
|
Administration |
Provide remote administration capabilities for hosts. |
From the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Console Home page, click the Targets tab, then click the Virtual Servers sub-tab. The Virtualization Central property page of the Virtual Servers home page appears.
The Software Components property page tab is licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack.
The Bare-Metal Provisioning link in the Related Links section is licensed as part of this pack.
The Customize Table Columns link in the Related Links section is licensed as part of this pack.
All links in the Name column of Type Virtual Server and Virtual Server Pool are licensed as part of this pack.
All links in the Server Pool column are licensed as part of this pack.
All links in the Virtual Server column are licensed as part of this pack.
All links in the CPU Util (%) column are licensed as part of this pack.
All links in the Memory Util (%) column that have an Oracle VM Server operating system are licensed as part of this pack.
From the Virtualization Central property page, click the The Software Components property page tab. The Software Components property page appears.
All links, buttons, and other features on the Software Components property page are licensed as part of this pack.
From the Oracle Enterprise Manager Hosts page:
When you click the link in the Status column for a host that is a Guest VM, Enterprise Manager displays the Availability (Status History) page, which is part of this licensed pack.
When you select the value in the CPU Util % column for a host that is a Guest VM, the metric history page for CPU Utilization (%) appears, which is part of this licensed pack.
When you select the value in the Memory Util % column for a host that is a Guest VM, the metric history page for Memory Utilization (%) appears, which is part of the licensed pack.
When you select the value in the Total IO/sec column for a host that is a Guest VM, the metric history page for Total Disk I/O Per Second appears, which is part of the licensed pack.
From the Oracle Enterprise Manager Host Home page for a host that is a Guest VM:
When you click the link in the Status field or the Availability field, the Availability (Status History) page appears, which is part of this licensed pack.
When you click the Blackout button, the Create Blackout wizard initiates, which is part of this licensed pack.
When you click the Metric Name in the Alerts Table, the metric history page that is displayed is part of the licensed pack.
From the Related Links section of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Host Home page, the following links are licensed under the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Alert history
Blackouts
Storage details
User-defined metrics
From the All Metrics link and the resultant All Metrics page, drilling down to Metric History pages is licensed.
From the Metrics and Policy Settings link, selecting Metric Snapshots from the Metric Thresholds Links section is a licensed feature.
All links, charts, and information on the Performance sub-tab of the Host Home page for a host that is a Guest VM are licensed under the Oracle Management Pack.
All links and information on the Administration sub-tab of the Host Home page for a host that is a Guest VM are licensed under the Oracle VM Management Pack.
Select the Preferences link on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Hosts page. From the General Preferences list, selecting either Notification Rules or Notifications Public Rules, and then Create to create a notification rule, or selecting the Notification Schedules feature, are licensed activities of the Oracle VM Management Pack.
Creating a notification rule that applies to a host that is a Guest VM is a licensable feature of the Oracle VM Management Pack.
Select the Setup link on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Hosts page. The following links on the Overview of Setup page are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Monitoring templates
Corrective action library
Notification methods
Blackouts
Select the Alerts tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Hosts page. Clicking on the Message link for any Oracle VM server or Guest VM related alert is a licensed feature of the pack.
Select the Groups sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page:
On the Groups page, click an Alert in the Alert column. The Message link on the Status Report page is a licensed feature of the pack.
Navigate to the Group Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Message links for Oracle VM server and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts section
Alert History button in the Alerts section
Status History button in the Status section
Navigate to the Group Home page. All information on the Groups Charts page is licensed if the Oracle VM server or Guest VMs are part of the group membership.
Navigate to the Group Home page. On the Groups Administration page, all links in the Blackouts section are licensed if the Oracle VM server or Guest VM are members of the group.
Navigate to the Group Home page. On the Groups Members page, the following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Linux host-related links in the Status column
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column
Links in the performance metric columns for Oracle VM and Guest VMs; for example, CPU Usage and Memory Usage
Select the Systems sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page:
On the Systems page, click an Alert in the Alert column. The Message link on the Status Report page is a licensed feature of the pack.
Navigate to the System Home page. Whenever an Oracle VM or Guest VM target is included in the system, the following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the System Home page:
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts section
Alert History button in the Alerts section
Status History button in the Status section
Navigate to the System Home page. All information on the Systems Charts page is licensed if an Oracle VM or Guest VM is part of the system.
Navigate to the System Home page. On the Systems Administration page, all links in the Blackouts section are licensed if an Oracle VM or Guest VM is part of the system.
Navigate to the System Home page. On the Systems Components page, the following items are licensed:
Host links in the Status column
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column
Links in the performance metric columns for host metrics
Navigate to the System Home page. On the Systems Topology page, the following items are licensed:
Status link in the Selection Details column for Oracle VM and Guest VM components
Message links accessible from the alerts links in the Selection Details and Summary sections for Oracle VM or Guest VM alerts
Navigate to the System Home page. Click the Launch Dashboard button. On the Dashboard, all Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts in the Message column are licensed as are status links in the status column.
Select the Services sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page:
On the Services page, the following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Status link if service availability is system-based and if at least one host component that is a guest VM is a key component
Message links accessible from links in the Performance Alerts section if host metrics are used as performance metrics and one of the hosts is a Guest VM
Message links accessible from links in the Usage Alerts column if host metrics are used as usage metrics and one of the hosts is a Guest VM
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column of the Key Components sub-column
On the Services page, select a Service to add from the Add drop-down list and click Go. On the Services Creation wizard, the use of host metrics for Oracle VM and Guest VMs as performance and usage metrics is a licensed feature of the pack.
Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the Service Home page:
Blackout button in the General section if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Availability link in the General section if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Actual Service Level link in the General section if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Message links in the Message column for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from Alert links in the Key Component Summary section
Message links in the Message column of the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if an Oracle VM or Guest VM component is one of the possible causes of failure
Message links in the Message columns accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Details link in the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if an Oracle VM or Guest VM component is one of the possible causes of failure
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts in the Message column of the Alerts section
Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the System link. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the Service System page:
Status link for Oracle VM or Guest VM key components
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column
Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the Topology link. The following items are licensed as part of the pack on the Service Topology page:
Status link in the Selection Details section if service availability is system-based and if at least one host is a key component
Message links for host-related alerts accessible from the Alerts link in the Selection Details section
Possible Root Cause link in the Selection Details section if the root cause is a host
Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the Monitoring Configuration link. The following items are licensed as part of the pack on the Service Monitoring Configuration page:
Host links for host targets in the Component Test column accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Configuration link
Adding Performance Metrics based on host metrics and Oracle VM or Guest VM targets accessible from the Performance Metrics link
Adding Usage Metrics based on host metrics and Oracle VM or Guest VM targets accessible from the Usage Metrics link
Click a generic service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the pack in the Related Links section:
Blackouts and all subsequent pages if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Alert History link and subsequent pages if any host metrics for Oracle VM and Guest VMs are used as performance or usage metrics for the service
Click an aggregate service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the Service Home page:
Blackout button in the General section if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Availability link in the General section if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Actual Service Level link in the General section if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host that is Guest VM is a key component
Message links in the Message column for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from Alert links in the Key Component Summary section
Message links in the Message column of the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if an Oracle VM or Guest VM component is one of the possible causes of failure
Message links in the Message columns accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Details link in the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if an Oracle VM or Guest component is one of the possible causes of failure
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts in the Message column of the Alerts section
Click an aggregate service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. Click the Topology link. The following items are licensed as part of the pack on the Service Topology page:
Status link in the Selection Details section if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and if at least one host that is a Guest VM or an Oracle VM server is a key component
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from the Alerts link in the Selection Details section
Possible Root Cause link in the Selection Details section if the root cause is an Oracle VM or Guest VM
Click an aggregate service link on the Services page to display the Service Home page. The following items are licensed as part of the pack in the Related Links section:
Blackouts and all subsequent pages if the availability of one of the sub-services is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM or an Oracle VM server is a key component
Host links for Oracle VM and Guest VM targets in the Component Test column accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Configuration link
Select the Web Applications sub-tab on the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Host page.
On the Web Applications page, the following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Status link if Web Application availability is system-based and if at least one host that is a Guest VM or an Oracle VM server is a key component
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column
Click a Web application. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the Web Application Home page:
Blackout button in the General section if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Availability link in the General section if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Actual Service Level link in the General section if the availability of the service is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Message links in the Message column for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from Alert links in the Key Component Summary section
Message links in the Message column of the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if an Oracle VM or Guest VM component is one of the possible causes of failure
Message links in the Message columns accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Details link in the Possible Causes of Service Failure section if an Oracle VM or Guest VM component is one of the possible causes of failure
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts in the Message column of the Alerts section for Oracle VM and Guest VMs alerts
Click a Web application. Click the System link. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the Web Application System page:
Status link if service availability is system-based and if at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from links in the Alerts column
Click a Web application. Click the Topology link. The following items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack on the Web Application Topology page:
Status link in the Selection Details section if service availability is system-based and if at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
Message links for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts accessible from the Alerts link in the Selection Details section
Possible Root Cause link in the Selection Details section if the root cause is an Oracle VM or Guest VM
Click a Web application. Click the Monitoring Configuration link. The following items are licensed as part of the pack on the Web Application Monitoring Configuration page:
Host links in the Component Test column accessible from the Root Cause Analysis Configuration link
Adding Performance Metrics based on host metrics and Oracle VM and Guest VMs accessible from the Performance Metrics link
Adding Usage Metrics based on host metrics and Oracle VM and Guest VMs accessible from the Usage Metrics link
Click a Web application. The following item is licensed as part of the pack in the Related Links section:
Blackouts and all subsequent pages if the availability of the Web application is system-based and at least one host that is a Guest VM is a key component
From the Grid Control Home page, select Targets, then Databases, then select a database link to drill down to the Database Home page. On the Database Home page, any Message link for Oracle VM and Guest VM related alerts in the Related Alerts section is a licensed part of the Oracle VM Management Pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, select Targets, then Middleware. Click an Application Server link. On the Oracle Application Server home page, all Message links in the Host Alerts section are licensed if it is an Oracle VM or Guest VM.
From the home page for any target type, all Message links in the Host Alerts section are licensed if it is an Oracle VM or Guest VM.
The following provisioning and patching items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Setup link, then click the Patching Setup link, then click the Linux Patching Setup link.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Deployments tab, then click the Provisioning sub-tab.
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Deployments tab. The following Linux patching-related items are licensed as part of the pack:
Linux Patching link
Linux Patching deployment procedure underPatching through Deployment Procedures section
Linux Patching deployment procedure underDeployment Procedure Manager section
The following configuration management items are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack.
Grid Control Home page:
All links in the All Targets Policy Violations section
Hardware and operating system related information in the Deployments Summary section.
Security Policy Violations section
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Deployments tab. The following items are licensed as part of the pack:
Hardware and Operating System related information in the Deployments Summary section
The following links in the Configuration section:
Search; also the Search Host Operating System Configuration Data section that appears after clicking Search
Compare Configuration
Compare to Multiple Configurations
View Saved Configuration
Import Configuration
Host Configuration Collection Problems
Refresh Host Configuration
Configuration History
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Hosts sub-tab. On the Grid Control Hosts page, the following items are licensed as part of the pack for Oracle VM and Guest VMs:
Policy Violations links
Compliance Score (%)
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Systems sub-tab. On the Systems page, the following item is licensed as part of the pack:
Policy Violations links
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Groups sub-tab. On the Groups page, the following item is licensed as part of the pack:
Policy Violations links
From the Grid Control Home page, click the Targets tab, then select the Groups sub-tab. Select a group. On the Groups page, the following items are licensed as part of the pack:
All links in the Configuration Changes section
All links in the Policy Violations section
All links in the Security Policy Violations section
From the Groups Home page, click the Administration tab. The following items are licensed as part of the pack:
Hardware and Operating System related information in the Deployments Summary section
Configuration Searches feature
From the Groups Home page, click the Members tab. The following item is licensed as part of the pack:
All links and the information in the Policy Violations column
The following reports are part of the Oracle VM Management Pack. To display the Report Definitions page, click the Reports tab on the Grid Control Home page. The following reports are licensed as part of this pack:
All reports under the Monitoring category and Alerts and Policy Violations sub-category
All reports under the Monitoring category and Availability History sub-category
All reports under the Deployment and Configuration category and Hardware sub-category
All reports under the Deployment and Configuration category and Operating System sub-category
All reports under the Deployment and Configuration category and Linux Operating System sub-category
All reports under the Deployment and Configuration category and Oracle VM/Virtual Server sub-category
The following repository views are part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
Oracle VM Configuration Views
MGMT$OVM_VS_VSP_ASSOC
MGMT$OVM_GVM_SUMMARY
MGMT$OVM_HW_NIC
MGMT$OVM_OS_HW_SUMMARY
Monitoring Views
MGMT$OVM_VS_PERF_SUMMARY
MGMT$BLACKOUT_HISTORY
MGMT$BLACKOUTS
MGMT$ALERT_ANNOTATIONS
MGMT$ALERT_NOTIF_LOG
MGMT$AVAILABILITY_HISTORY
MGMT$ALERT_HISTORY
MGMT$METRIC_DETAILS
MGMT$METRIC_HOURLY
MGMT$METRIC_DAILY
Template Views
MGMT$TEMPLATES
MGMT$TEMPLATE_POLICY_SETTINGS
MGMT$TEMPLATE_METRIC_COLLECTION
MGMT$TEMPLATE_METRIC_SETTINGS
Policy Definition Views
mgmt$policies
mgmt$policy_parameters
mgmt$policy_violation_ctxt
mgmt$policy_viol_annotations
mgmt$policy_viol_notif_log
Policy Association Views
mgmt$target_policies
mgmt$target_policy_settings
mgmt$target_policy_eval_sum
mgmt$target_compliance_score
Policy Violation Views
mgmt$policy_violation_current
mgmt$policy_violation_history
mgmt$policy_violation_context
Linux Patching
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_HOSTS
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_GROUPS
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_GRP_COMPL_HIST
MGMT$HOSTPATCH_HOST_COMPL
Security Views
MGMT$ESA_ALL_PRIVS_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_ANY_DICT_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_ANY_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_AUDIT_SYSTEM_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_BECOME_USER_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_CATALOG_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_CONN_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_CREATE_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_DIRECT_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_EXMPT_ACCESS_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_POWER_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_PUB_PRIV_REPORT
MGMT$ESA_SYS_PUB_PKG_REPORT
Host Configuration Views
MGMT$CSA_HOST_RULES
MGMT$CSA_HOST_CPUS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_IOCARDS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_NICS
MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_PROPERTIES
MGMT$CSA_HOST_OS_FILESYSEMS
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY1
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY2
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY3
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY4
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY5
MGMT$ECM_CONFIG_HISTORY_KEY6
MGMT$HW_NIC
MGMT$OS_COMPONENTS
MGMT$OS_FS_MOUNT
MGMT$OS_HW_SUMMARY
MGMT$OS_PATCHES
MGMT$OS_SUMMARY
The following Enterprise Manager CLI verbs are licensed as part of the Oracle VM Management Pack:
delete_blackout
delete_guest_vm
get_blackout_details
get_blackout_reasons
get_blackout_targets
get_blackouts
get_guest_vm_status
get_virtual_server_status
list_guest_vm
list_virtual_server
list_virtual_server_pool
pause_guest_vm
reboot_guest_vm
reboot_virtual_server
resume_guest_vm
start_guest_vm
start_vt_daemon
status_vt_daemon
stop_guest_vm
stop_virtual_server
stop_vt_daemon
suspend_guest_vm
unpause_guest_vm
stop_blackout