3.1 Oracle VM Manager Components

This section contains a list of the components that make up Oracle VM Manager. The components in Oracle VM Manager are:

  • Oracle VM Manager Core: Used to manage Oracle VM Servers, virtual machines, and resources. The Oracle VM Manager core is an Oracle WebLogic Server application that may be installed on Oracle Linux. Access to functionality within the Oracle VM Manager core is available via the Oracle VM Web Services API.

  • Oracle VM Manager Database: Used by Oracle VM Manager core to store and track configuration, status changes and events. Oracle VM Manager uses a MySQL Enterprise database. The database is also used by the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface and Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface to host configuration and to cache information shared between these two interfaces.

  • Oracle VM Manager Database Backup: A process that is run on a schedule from within Oracle VM Manager Core to perform regular backup operations using MySQL Enterprise Backup. Scripts are provided to assist with database restoration and manual backup operations.

  • Oracle VM Manager Web Interface: Provides a graphical user interface to the functionality in the Oracle VM Manager Core via a web interface that makes use of the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) available in Oracle Fusion MiddleWare.

  • Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface: Provides a command line interface to the functionality in the Oracle VM Manager Core via an SSH-style shell.