Features of the Oracle VM Guest Additions include:
Improved information about virtual machines within Oracle VM Manager, such as reporting on IP addressing.
Ability to use the template configuration facility to automatically configure virtual machines as they are first started
Ability to send messages directly to a virtual machine from Oracle VM Manager to trigger programmed events
Ability to query a virtual machine to obtain information pertaining to previous messages
Ability to interact with the Oracle VM Utilities ovm_vmmessage command
The Oracle VM Guest Additions allows direct integration between guest software and the virtualization layer, to assist in orchestration and automation of complex, multi-VM deployments.