Revision History

E25258-17, E25258-16 (May 2020)

• Added Appendix G's sub-page Before You Begin, to include an updated note.

• Added a command "> ovm-network.log" on page Creating a vServer Template.

E25258-15 (October 2015)

• Updated "Creating Server Templates from vServers".

• Updated Updating a vServer.

• Updated step 4 in Task 3 (optional): Place the OVS Node in Maintenance Mode

• Update the note in Creating Server Templates from vServers

• Updated the note in State of the Exalogic Machine After Running the ECU.

E25258-14 (February 2015)

• Added Specifying Managed IP Address Ranges for Networks.

• Added Viewing Networks Attached to a vServer.

• Updated step 7 in Configuring the CPU subscription Ratio and CPU Consumption Limit to retain the CPU Cap default value of 100% and added a note that the CPU Cap feature is deprecated.

• Updated "Scenario 4: Decreasing the Number of vCPUs in a Running, Oversubscribed VDC" for the CPU Cap feature.

E25258-13 (April 2014)

Updated Table 5-1 with the default partition keys for X4-2 racks.

E25258-12 (March 2014)

Updated Customizing Guest vServer Images to make it clear that modifyjeos does not work for LVM-based templates.

E25258-11 (March 2014)

• Added prerequisites for creating vServers in Creating vServers.

• Updated step 21 in Creating vServers, with 64000 as the required MTU for guest vServers.

• Updated Configuring a User and Connection for OVAB Deployer on Exalogic with a note about enabling multiple cloud users to access the OVAB Deployer.

• Added nfs-utils* to the yum exclusion list in Customizing Guest vServer Images.

E25258-10 (December 2013)

Rebranded the guide for X4-2.

E25258-09 (December 2013)

• Updated Accessing the Exalogic Control Browser User Interface.

• Updated Viewing Exalogic System Information.

• Added Creating a Snapshot from a Volume (EECS 2.0.6.x.x).

• Added Changing Passwords for Components on the Exalogic Machine.

E25258-08 (September 2013)

Updated Creating External EoIB Networks.

E25258-07 (September 2013)

• Updated Configuring the Exalogic Machine and Setting Up the Exalogic vDC with a pointer to the MOS document that contains the version numbers of the firmware and software included in the Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software.

• Added the topic "Default Ports Assigned by ECU" in Network Configuration Performed by the ECU.

• Updated Table 5-3 for network membership of the Exalogic Control VMs in EECS 2.0.6.

• Updated the procedure in Creating External EoIB Networks.

• Updated Figure 9-4 in Examining Cloud User's Account Information to reflect the latest Exalogic Control UI.

• Updated Creating vServer Types to include information about memory limits for vServer types.

• Updated Creating vServers with information about associating vServers with two or more EoIB networks.

• Updated Creating vServers with information about ensuring that both the gateway switches are running before creating vServers.

• Added Starting vServers.

• Added Stopping vServers.

• Added Viewing Volumes Attached to a vServer.

• Added Making an OVS Node Unavailable for vServer Placement.

• Updated Figure 10-13 in Deleting a vServer to reflect the latest Exalogic Control UI.

• Added Deploying Assemblies in the Exalogic vDC Using OVAB Deployer.

• Updated Customizing Guest vServer Images to add initscripts* to the yum exclude list.

• Added Mounting System.img for LVM-Based vServers.

• Added Unmounting System.img for LVM-Based vServers.

• Added Managing LVM Partitions on Guest vServers.

• Updated Creating Server Templates from vServers to reflect the Oracle VM Manager UI changes in the Oracle VM 3.2.1 release.

• Standardized the usage of the Exalogic Systems Admin and Cloud Admin role names throughout the document.

E25258-06 (March 2013)

• Updated the figure in Examining Cloud User's Account Information.

• Added a note regarding vServer names to Creating vServers.

• Added Attaching Volumes to a vServer.

• Updated the procedure in Detaching Volumes from a vServer.

• Added a cautionary note against the use of Oracle VM Manager in Creating vServers and Creating Server Templates from vServers.

E25258-05 (February 2013)

Updated How High Availability Works for Guest vServers to clarify the conditions when failed vServers are restarted on a different compute node.

E25258-04 (December 2012)

• Updated Creating vServers with information about the following:

  • Enabling and disabling high availability for vServers

  • Enabling vServers to access shares on the ZFS storage appliance

  • Associating vServers with networks

  • Assigning a static IP address

• Added Managing High Availability of vServers

• Added Configuring CPU Oversubscription

• Added Allocating Virtual IPs for an Account

• Added Deallocating Virtual IPs for an Account

• Updated the procedure to mount and unmount System.img in Customizing Guest vServer Images

• Updated Example Procedure: Modifying Current Disk Size

• Added Setting Up Access to the ZFS Storage Appliance for a vServer

• Updated screenshots of Exalogic Control to reflect the changes in the UI since the previous release of this document.