Chapter 1 Overview

This guide is designed to assist you with the installation procedures for both Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Server. It discusses the different pre-installation requirements for each component in a deployment and steps through the installation process, for both Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Server, to illustrate typical actions that are taken. This guide also describes how to configure an environment to automate the installation of Oracle VM Server.

The following sections summarize the basic steps for installation on the different platforms supported and provide links to more detailed coverage.