Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in Oracle VM Manager

• New Features in Release 2.2.0
• New Features in Release 2.1.5
• New Features in Release 2.1.2
• New Features in Release 2.1.1

1 Overview of Oracle VM Manager

• 1.1 What Is Virtualization?
• 1.2 Why Virtualize?
• 1.3 Introduction to Oracle VM
• 1.4 Configuration of Oracle VM Manager
• 1.5 Roles in Oracle VM Manager
• 1.6 Main Features of Oracle VM Manager

2 Getting Started with Oracle VM Manager

• 2.1 Registering an Account with Oracle VM Manager
• 2.2 Logging In to Oracle VM Manager
• 2.3 Using the Wizard to Create a Server Pool

3 Managing Server Pools

• 3.1 Designing a Server Pool
• 3.2 Creating a Server Pool
• 3.3 Searching For a Server Pool
• 3.4 Editing a Server Pool
  • 3.4.1 Editing Server Pool
  • 3.4.2 Editing Server Pool Servers
  • 3.4.3 Editing Server Pool Users
• 3.5 Enabling High Availability (HA)
• 3.6 Deleting a Server Pool
• 3.7 Restoring a Server Pool
• 3.8 Viewing Server Pool Logs

4 Managing Servers

• 4.1 Adding a Server
• 4.2 Searching For a Server
• 4.3 Viewing a Server
• 4.4 Editing a Server
  • 4.4.1 Edit Server
  • 4.4.2 Change Oracle VM Agent Password
  • 4.4.3 Change Utility Server Password
• 4.5 Shutting Down a Server
• 4.6 Restarting a Server
• 4.7 Putting a Server Into Maintenance Mode
• 4.8 Deleting a Server
• 4.9 Viewing Server Logs

5 Managing Resources

• 5.1 Managing Virtual Machine Templates
  • 5.1.1 Importing a Virtual Machine Template
    • 5.1.1.1 Selecting from the Server Pool
    • 5.1.1.2 Downloading from External Source
    • 5.1.1.3 Converting a Linux or Windows Host to a Virtual Machine Template (P2V)
  • 5.1.2 Statuses of Virtual Machine Templates
  • 5.1.3 Searching For a Virtual Machine Template
  • 5.1.4 Reimporting a Virtual Machine Template
  • 5.1.5 Approving the Imported Virtual Machine Template
  • 5.1.6 Editing a Virtual Machine Template
  • 5.1.7 Deleting a Virtual Machine Template
• 5.2 Managing Virtual Machine Images
  • 5.2.1 Importing a Virtual Machine Image
    • 5.2.1.1 Selecting from the Server Pool
    • 5.2.1.2 Downloading from External Source
    • 5.2.1.3 Converting a Linux or Windows Host to a Virtual Machine (P2V)
  • 5.2.2 Statuses of Virtual Machine Images
  • 5.2.3 Searching For a Virtual Machine Image
  • 5.2.4 Reimporting a Virtual Machine Image
  • 5.2.5 Approving the Imported Virtual Machine Image
  • 5.2.6 Editing a Virtual Machine Image
  • 5.2.7 Deleting a Virtual Machine Image
• 5.3 Managing ISO Files
  • 5.3.1 Importing an ISO File
    • 5.3.1.1 Selecting from the Server Pool
    • 5.3.1.2 Downloading from External Source
  • 5.3.2 Statuses of ISO Files
  • 5.3.3 Searching For an ISO File
  • 5.3.4 Reimporting an ISO File
  • 5.3.5 Approving the Imported ISO File
  • 5.3.6 Changing Status of an ISO File
  • 5.3.7 Deleting an ISO File
• 5.4 Managing Shared Virtual Disks
  • 5.4.1 Creating a Shared Virtual Disk
  • 5.4.2 Statuses of Shared Virtual Disks
  • 5.4.3 Searching For a Shared Virtual Disk
  • 5.4.4 Importing a Shared Virtual Disk
  • 5.4.5 Deleting a Shared Virtual Disk

6 Managing Virtual Machines

• 6.1 Overview of Virtual Machines
  • 6.1.1 Virtual Machine Types
  • 6.1.2 Virtual Machine Statuses
    • 6.1.2.1 Creating
    • 6.1.2.2 Initializing and Running
    • 6.1.2.3 Pausing, Paused and Unpausing
    • 6.1.2.4 Suspending, Suspended and Resuming
    • 6.1.2.5 Shutting Down and Powered Off
    • 6.1.2.6 Saving
    • 6.1.2.7 Cloning
    • 6.1.2.8 Migrating
    • 6.1.2.9 Error
  • 6.1.3 Life Cycle Management of a Virtual Machine
  • 6.1.4 Viewing Virtual Machine Logs
• 6.2 Supported Guest Operating Systems
• 6.3 Creating a Virtual Machine
  • 6.3.1 Creating Virtual Machine From a Template
  • 6.3.2 Creating a Virtual Machine From Installation Media
  • 6.3.3 Creating a Network Bootable (PXE boot) Virtual Machine
• 6.4 Starting and Shutting Down a Virtual Machine
  • 6.4.1 Starting a Virtual Machine
  • 6.4.2 Shutting Down a Virtual Machine
  • 6.4.3 Pausing and Unpausing a Virtual Machine
  • 6.4.4 Suspending and Resuming a Virtual Machine
  • 6.4.5 Resetting a Virtual Machine
• 6.5 Connecting to a Virtual Machine's Console
  • 6.5.1 Installing the Console Plug-In
  • 6.5.2 Logging In to a Virtual Machine
• 6.6 Viewing Virtual Machine Details
• 6.7 Editing a Virtual Machine
  • 6.7.1 General
  • 6.7.2 Network
  • 6.7.3 Storage
    • 6.7.3.1 Virtual Disks
    • 6.7.3.2 Boot Source/CDROM
  • 6.7.4 Policies
    • 6.7.4.1 High Availability
    • 6.7.4.2 Placement Policy
  • 6.7.5 Profiles
    • 6.7.5.1 Login/Password
    • 6.7.5.2 Operating System
• 6.8 Reproducing Virtual Machines
  • 6.8.1 Deploying a Virtual Machine
  • 6.8.2 Cloning Virtual Machines
  • 6.8.3 Saving a Virtual Machine as a Template
• 6.9 Migrating a Virtual Machine
• 6.10 Deleting a Virtual Machine
  • 6.10.1 Deleting a Virtual Machine in Powered Off or Error Status
  • 6.10.2 Deleting a Stuck Virtual Machine

7 Managing Users and Groups

• 7.1 The Default Account
• 7.2 Managing Users
  • 7.2.1 Creating a User
  • 7.2.2 Viewing Details
  • 7.2.3 Editing a User
  • 7.2.4 Changing a Role
  • 7.2.5 Deleting a User
• 7.3 Managing Groups
  • 7.3.1 Default Groups
  • 7.3.2 Creating a Group
  • 7.3.3 Adding a User to a Group
  • 7.3.4 Editing a Group
  • 7.3.5 Deleting a Group
• 7.4 Viewing Logs

A Preparing Virtual Machines For Importing

B Backing Up and Restoring Oracle VM Manager

• B.1 Backing Up Oracle VM Manager
• B.2 Restoring Oracle VM Manager

C Web Services API

• C.1 Web Services API
• C.2 Creating a Web Service Client
  • C.2.1 Creating a Proxy Class in Java
    • C.2.1.1 Using Oracle JDeveloper
    • C.2.1.2 Using wsimport
  • C.2.2 Creating a Proxy Class in Python
• C.3 Authentication and Security
• C.4 Web Service Locations
• C.5 Web Services
  • C.5.1 LifecycleService
  • C.5.2 ResourceService
  • C.5.3 PluginService
  • C.5.4 ServerPoolService
  • C.5.5 VirtualMachineService
  • C.5.6 AdminService

D Troubleshooting

• D.1 Log Files
• D.2 Cannot Log In to Oracle VM Manager
• D.3 Cannot Create a Virtual Machine from Installation Media
• D.4 Insufficient Space in Repository for Creating a Virtual Machine
• D.5 The Virtual Machine Stuck in a Status
• D.6 The Status of the Virtual Machine Is Error
  • D.6.1 HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V supported by your CPU and enabled in your BIOS?
  • D.6.2 Cannot find host server for vm('/OVS/running_pool/vm_name')
  • D.6.3 Could not find '/OVS/running_pool/vm_name' in any storage repository
  • D.6.4 /opt/ovs-agent-version/utils/rcp.py /OVS/running_pool/vm_name/ [e-mail]:/OVS/running_pool/vm_name password=>encounter 'permission denied'!
  • D.6.5 xm create '/OVS/running_pool/vm_name/vm.cfg'=>Error: Domain 'vm_name' already exists with ID 'number'
  • D.6.6 vm('/OVS/running_pool/vm_name') status ('RUNNING') not in ('DOWN', 'ERROR')
  • D.6.7 No server selected to run vm('/OVS/running_pool/vm_name') memory=number
  • D.6.8 xm create '/OVS/running_pool/vm_name/vm.cfg'=>Error: Device number (vif) could not be connected. Could not find bridge device null
  • D.6.9 No pxe bootable vif found
  • D.6.10 virt-install options=>mount: can't get address for host umount: /var/lib/xen/xennfs.mkvX0Q: not mounted ERROR: Unable to mount NFS location!
  • D.6.11 winxp_build failed: global name 'xen_handle_vif_qos' is not defined
• D.7 Cannot Access Virtual Machine Console
• D.8 Cannot Perform Live Migration
• D.9 Cannot Change CD in the Virtual Machine
• D.10 Cannot Import External Resources
• D.11 Remote Host Identification Error in Server Pool

E Third Party Licenses

• E.1 Apache XML-RPC
  • E.1.1 Apache XML-RPC Software License
• E.2 Third-Party Products Included with Sun Microsystems Products
  • E.2.1 CS CodeViewer v1.0
  • E.2.2 DES and 3xDES
  • E.2.3 Crimson v1.1.1
  • E.2.4 NSIS 1.0j
  • E.2.5 Some Portions licensed from IBM
  • E.2.6 Portions Copyright Eastman Kodak Company 1992
  • E.2.7 Lucida
  • E.2.8 Portions licensed from Taligent, Inc.
  • E.2.9 Additionally for JRE/JDK 1.5 / 5.0

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