This section discusses the methods of starting and stopping Oracle VM Manager. For information on starting and stopping the Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface, see Starting and Stopping the CLI in the Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface User's Guide.

It is important to understand that Oracle VM Manager is dependent on the Oracle VM Manager MySQL server instance. These components are separated to run as independent services. In the case where the Oracle VM Manager MySQL service is stopped, it is not possible to start the Oracle VM Manager service. In the case where the Oracle VM Manager service is already running and the Oracle VM Manager MySQL service is stopped, errors are generated by Oracle VM Manager and are logged to the relevant Oracle VM Manager log files. This behavior is documented further in Working with the MySQL Instance in the Oracle VM Administrator's Guide.

Instructions for Oracle VM Manager on Linux for x86

When Oracle VM Manager is installed, it is set to automatically start when the operating system starts. If you want to disable this, enter:

# chkconfig ovmm off

To manually start or stop Oracle VM Manager, and to verify its status, log in as the root user, and use the syntax:

/sbin/service ovmm [start|stop|status|restart]

For example, to start Oracle VM Manager:

# /sbin/service ovmm start

To stop Oracle VM Manager, you must first stop the Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface, then Oracle VM Manager:

# /sbin/service ovmm stop

To restart Oracle VM Manager:

# /sbin/service ovmm restart

As of Oracle VM Release 3.4.5, a check_migrate option can be used with the stop or restart commands, allowing you to check for active VM migration jobs that are triggered by a server pool load balancing job. VM migration jobs of this type must be completed first before you stop or restart your Oracle VM Manager instance. Log in as the root user, and use the syntax:

/sbin/service ovmm [stop check_migrate|restart check_migrate]

# /u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/ovm_shell/ovm_shell.sh -u admin -i check_migrate_job.py

For example, on an Oracle Linux 6 environment append check_migrate to the Oracle VM Manager /sbin/service ovmm stop command as follows:

# /sbin/service ovmm stop check_migrate

The check_migrate option displays the following confirmation message and prompts you for the current Oracle VM Manager password:

check_migrate option is passed. Script will check for active VM Migrate jobs triggered by 
PoolLoadBalancer, before proceeding with ovmm stop
# Enter ovmm Password: 

If the password is accepted, the check_migrate option executes a script to check for any active VM migration jobs triggered by a server pool load balancing job. If no VM migration jobs are active, a success message is displayed and Oracle VM Manager is stopped:

Enter ovmm Password:
SUCCESS
Stopping Oracle VM Manager

If active VM migration jobs are found as a result of the check_migrate option, the ovmm stop command is not executed. Instead, an error message is displayed containing the VM migration and pool load balancer job IDs:

Enter ovmm Password:
ERROR: VM Migrate Job with id : [OVMJOB_ID] PoolLoadBalancer-ID is still active

You must wait until these VM migration jobs are complete before attempting stop or restart Oracle VM Manager. Use the Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface show Job command to monitor the progress of the VM migration job to determine when the job completes. For more information, see the CLI Command Reference section in the Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface User's Guide .

To check the status of Oracle VM Manager:

# /sbin/service ovmm status

The status option returns whether the Oracle VM Manager service is running or stopped.

If the Oracle VM Manager host computer runs a full graphical desktop environment, you can also use the Services dialog to start and stop the CLI. From the Applications menu, select System Settings > Server Settings > Services. Or by running the following command in a terminal to display the Services dialog:

# /usr/bin/system-config-services

In the Service Configuration dialog, select ovmm to check the status, and start or stop it.

Instructions for Oracle VM Manager on Solaris for SPARC

When Oracle VM Manager is installed, it runs as a service that can be managed using the standard Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF) tools. Therefore, to obtain a report on the status of the service, you can simply use the svcs tool:

# svcs ovmm

Starting, stopping and restarting the service can be handled using the svcadm command. This can either be done on a temporary basis using the -t option, or can be enforced permanently to set the start-up behavior of the service.

For example, to stop Oracle VM Manager from starting up on start-up, run the command:

# svcadm disable ovmm

To stop Oracle VM Manager from running temporarily:

# svcadm disable -t ovmm

To start Oracle VM Manager:

# svcadm enable ovmm

To restart Oracle VM Manager, provided that no migrations for load balancing are ongoing:

# svcadm restart ovmm check_migrate