These instructions describe only how to configure preinstalled Oracle VM Server on your server. Oracle VM also has other components, such as Oracle VM Manager, that must be installed or already up and running to support the virtual machine environment.
From the Oracle ILOM web interface, select System Information > Summary from the navigation tree. Then, click the Turn On button next to Power State in the Actions panel.
From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type the following command from the prompt:
-> start /System
When prompted, type y to confirm:
Are you sure you want to start /System (y/n)? y
Starting /System
From the Oracle ILOM web interface, select Host Management > Power Control in the navigation tree. Then, select Reset from the Select Action list box and click Save.
From the Oracle ILOM CLI, type the following command from the prompt:
-> reset /System
When prompted, type y to confirm:
Are you sure you want to reset /System (y/n)? y
Performing hard reset on /System
The server begins the boot process.
-> start /HOST/console
When prompted, type y to confirm:
Are you sure you want to start /HOST/console (y/n)? y Serial console started.
After the server boots, the GRUB menu appears. For example (your preinstalled version might be different):
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (612K lower / 2082932K upper memory) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Oracle VM Server-ovs (xen-4.1.3 2.6.39-300.32.6.el5uek) Oracle VM Server-ovs serial console (xen-4.1.3 2.6.39-300.32.6.el5uek) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, 'a' to modify the kernel arguments before booting, or 'c' for a command-line. The highlighted entry will be booted automatically in 5 seconds.
For example:
Starting OVM console server: [ OK ] Starting OVM ovmwatch services: [ OK ] Starting ovs-agent: [ OK ] Starting ovs-agent services: [ OK ] Configuring Oracle VM... [ OK ] Enter new root password: Confirm password: Enter new Oracle VM Agent password: Confirm password: Configuring network.
This tool is used to select the NIC used by the OVM Manager. You can exit at any time by pressing CTRL-C. Here's the list of current available network interfaces. eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 Please select interface(s) to be used for OVM management. These interfaces will be configured for redundancy. eth1
When all settings have been entered and saved, the system loads an Oracle VM Server Console session. For example:
|Oracle VM Server 3.2.X Console [Alt-F2 for login console] | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Local hostname : lynxp-ovm.us.oracle.com | |Manager UUID : 0004fb0000010000a060c639d1075957 | |Hostname : None | |Server IP : None | |Server Pool : None | |Clustered : No | |Server Pool Virtual IP : None | |Cluster state : Offline | |Master Server : No | |Cluster type : None | |Cluster storage : None | | | | | |OVS Agent : Running | |VMs running : 0 | |System memory : 4087 | |Free memory : 2439 | |Uptime : 0 days, 4 hours, 33 minutes |
This completes the configuration of preinstalled Oracle VM Server.
See Also
For information on using Oracle VM, including updating and registration, see Oracle VM Documentation.