Oracle VM Release 3.3.2 includes separate patches for Oracle VM Manager, Oracle VM Server, and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC as follows:
Oracle VM Manager: patch ID
20492250.Oracle VM Server: patch ID
20492240.Oracle VM Agent for SPARC: patch ID
20492222.
Download the patches from My Oracle Support.
The new features and enhancements in Oracle VM Release 3.3.2 include:
Performance
Performance Monitoring: This release adds support for Oracle VM performance monitoring. (19707131)
Caching Job States: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface now caches the states of jobs to improve performance. (19903847)
CPU Load of the MySQL Process: Several performance improvements have been implemented to lower the CPU load of the MySQL process. (19563329)
Looking Up Objects by Name: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface provides improved performance when looking up an object based on its name. (19482992)
Method Call Improvement: Improves the performance of the
OvmWsClient.getWsUtilities()Oracle VM Web Services API call. (19402315)Virtual Machine Shutdown Time: Virtual machines now shut down faster, especially for virtual machines with a large amount of memory. (18489484)
Usability
Expanding Server Lists: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface is now more responsive and quicker when expanding lists of Oracle VM Servers. (19879474 and 19385050)
Scrolling through Large Tables: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface provides improved performance when scrolling through large tables such as the Unassigned Virtual Machines folder. (19879459)
Searching for Jobs: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface now provides results quicker when searching for jobs. (19590118)
Querying Statistics: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface provides improved performance when querying Oracle VM Manager statistics. (19563481)
Servers and VMs Tab Displays as Default: The Servers and VMs tab now displays when opening the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface. (19429440)
Opening Menu with Right Mouse Button: Oracle VM Manager Web Interface provides improved performance when opening context menus with the right mouse button. (19402302)
Prevent VNIC Changes for Running Virtual Machines: Oracle VM now includes a rule to prevent virtual network interface card (VNIC) changes in the network while virtual machines are running. (19644535)
Installation and Upgrades
Ugrade Support: This release adds support to upgrade from Oracle VM Release 3.2.9 to Oracle VM Release 3.3.2. (20122857)
Discover Servers After Upgrade: This release adds support to discover Oracle VM Release 3.2 Servers after upgrading to Oracle VM Release 3.3. (19958455)
Prevent Oracle VM Manager Upgrade with Running Jobs: Oracle VM now includes a rule to prevent an upgrade of Oracle VM Manager when jobs are still running (19562031)
Infrastructure
Updated Virtual Machine Console: This release includes an updated virtual machine console package,
ovmcore-console-1.0-42, to the Oracle VM Manager installation ISO. (20138989)Import OVF 2.1 VM Templates: Oracle VM now provides support for importing Oracle VM Templates that are created according to the OVF 2.1 specification. (19639096)
Improved NUMA Support: Oracle VM provides improved NUMA support for PCI devices. (20088513)
Xen Command Support: Adds support for the -p option to the xendomains/auto-start feature of Xen. (20087455)
Update to the dom0 Kernel: Updates the dom0 kernel to a newer Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3
3.8.13-55.1.3.el6uek. (20028783)Update to OpenSSL Package: This Oracle VM Release includes the latest OpenSSL package. (19933498)
Support for Larger Number of Virtual CPUs: This Oracle VM release adds support for a larger number of virtual CPUs. (19564352)
Support for an HP Server: Oracle VM now supports installing Oracle VM Server on an HP DL580 G8 server. (19295185)
Oracle Virtual Networking Package: This Oracle VM release adds the Oracle Virtual Networking user package,
orclovn-user-6.0.r7588-1, to Oracle VM Server. (19159220)
Security
This release includes the following Oracle VM Security Advisories:
Table 3.5 Oracle VM Security Advisories
Advisory Identifier | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
OVMSA-2015-0022 | Critical | Oracle VM 3.3 glibc security update |
OVMSA-2014-0018 | Critical | Oracle VM 3.3 bash security update |
OVMSA-2015-0026 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2014-0014 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 nss security update |
OVMSA-2014-0015 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 nss-util security update |
OVMSA-2014-0012 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 openssl security update |
OVMSA-2014-0023 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 nss security update |
OVMSA-2014-0021 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 bash security update |
OVMSA-2014-0017 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 glibc security update |
OVMSA-2014-0025 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2014-0080 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 libXfont security update |
OVMSA-2014-0032 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 openssl security update |
OVMSA-2014-0038 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2015-0031 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2015-0034 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0036 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 freetype security update |
OVMSA-2014-0087 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 jasper security update |
OVMSA-2015-0004 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2015-0006 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 jasper security update |
OVMSA-2014-0083 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 rpm security update |
OVMSA-2014-0082 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 nss security update |
OVMSA-2014-0085 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 ntp security update |
OVMSA-2014-0084 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 bind security update |
OVMSA-2015-0003 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 glibc security update |
OVMSA-2015-0033 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 bind security update |
OVMSA-2015-0037 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 unzip security update |
OVMSA-2015-0039 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 openssl security update |
OVMSA-2015-0005 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 openssl security update |
OVMSA-2014-0086 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 mailx security update |
OVMSA-2014-0033 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 glibc security update |
OVMSA-2014-0031 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 libxml2 security update |
OVMSA-2014-0036 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 wget security update |
OVMSA-2014-0030 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 rsyslog security update |
OVMSA-2014-0034 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 krb5 security update |
OVMSA-2014-0035 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 cups security update |