2 Creating Virtual Machine Images

This chapter describes how to convert a Java application into a virtual machine image. You can use the image as a virtual machine template to create and run virtual machines on Oracle VM.

Oracle JRockit Virtual Edition provides an Image Tool, which is a jar file (jrockitve-imagetool.jar) available in the directory in which you installed Oracle JRockit Virtual Edition.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Overview of the Process to Create a Virtual Machine Image

• Creating the Configuration File for the Virtual Machine

• Assembling a Virtual Machine Image

• About the File System of a Virtual Machine