3.1 About Oracle VM

Oracle VM is a platform that provides a fully equipped environment to leverage the benefits of virtualization technology. Oracle VM enables you to create and run virtual machines.

The key components of Oracle VM are:

• Oracle VM Server, a self-contained virtualization environment designed to provide a lightweight, secure, server-based platform to run virtual machines

  For more information, see the Oracle VM Server User's Guide at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15458_01/doc.22/e15444/toc.htm.

• Oracle VM Manager, which enables you to manage Oracle VM servers, virtual machines, and resources

  For more information, see the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15458_01/doc.22/e15441/toc.htm.