Oracle VM Release 3.3.3 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 3.3.3 include:
Infrastructure
- Support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE): Oracle VM now includes drivers to detect Converged Network Adapters (CNA). These drivers make it possible to install Oracle VM Server into an FCoE SAN. (20140781) 
- Maximum vCPU limit: The maximum vCPU limit of 128 for Oracle VM Server for SPARC is removed in this release. (20576711) 
- Support of Converged Network Adapters: The Oracle VM Server installer is updated in this release to support more Converged Network Adapters (CNA) such as HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter, Broadcom 57840S CNA, etc. (20492419) 
- Updated hwdata package: The hwdata package has been updated to - hwdata-0.233-11.1.el6.noarch.rpmto list recently released network adapters. (20854084)
- Updated OvmClient.jar library: The corporate signing authority for the - OvmClient.jarlibrary has been updated. (20488470)
- Updated virtual machine console packages: The - ovmcore-console-1.0-42.rpmpackage has been added to the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface and is updated on the Oracle VM Manager ISO. (20138989)
- Oracle VM Server dracut packages: This release adds the - dracut-fipspackage and the- dracut-networkpackage to the Oracle VM Server ISO. This release also includes updates to the- dracut-004package and the- dracut-kernelpackage. (20829905)
Installation and Upgrades
- Installer check before upgrading: As of this release, the Oracle VM Manager installation program now checks for sufficient - /tmpspace before starting an upgrade of Oracle VM. (20347269)
- Delete running jobs: The Oracle VM Manager upgrade script now allows you to delete running jobs so that the upgrade can proceed. (20103466) 
Networking
- Support for TCP-based NFS Repository Mounts: Repositories hosted on an NFS share are mounted using TCP by default, with the option to failback to UDP, in this release. (14692942) 
- Add Python networking package: This release adds the - python-ipaddr-2.1.9-3.el6.noarch.rpmpackage to Oracle VM Server for improved IPv6 support. (20855848)
Performance
- Improved navigation performance in the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface: This release provides improved performance when navigating to VLAN information. (20814204) 
- Quicker response times in the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface Health tab: This release provides improved performance when navigating through the Health tab. (20963394) 
- Retrieving available servers for virtual machines: This release improves the time it takes to retrieve a list of available servers for virtual machines. (20982855) 
- Improved performance when expanding tree nodes in the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface: This release provides improved performance when expanding a tree node that contains a large number of servers. (20305165) 
Security
- Oracle MySQL patch update: This release of Oracle VM includes the April 2015 Critical Patch Update for MySQL. (20916257) 
- Oracle WebLogic patch update: This release of Oracle VM includes the April 2015 Critical Patch Update for WebLogic. (20918659) 
- Oracle Java patch update: This release of Oracle VM includes the April 2015 Critical Patch Update for Java. (20918735) 
- UEK3 quarterly update: This release of Oracle VM includes the UEK3 quarterly update 5. (20594222) 
- Xen security advisories: The following Xen security advisories are included in this release: - XSA-136 (CVE-2015-4164) 
- XSA-134 (CVE-2015-4163) 
- XSA-135 (CVE-2015-3209) 
 
Oracle VM Security Advisories
This release includes the following Oracle VM Security Advisories:
Table 3.4 Oracle VM Security Advisories
| Advisory Identifier | Severity | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| OVMSA-2015-0040 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0054 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 krb5 security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0055 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 glibc security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0056 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0057 | Critical | Oracle VM 3.3 Xen security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0060 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0064 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 Xen security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0065 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 Openssl security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0067 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 Xen security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0070 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 Openssl security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0071 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 cups security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0072 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update | 
| OVMSA-2015-0073 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 nss security update | 

