9.3 Oracle VM Hostd For Metrics Messaging (ovm

9.3 Oracle VM Hostd For Metrics Messaging (ovm_vmhostd)

The ovm_vmhostd script collects metrics about the Oracle VM Server host on which a virtual machine is running. Every 60 seconds, the script checks that the virtual machine is running and then sends the metrics about the host to the virtual machine itself. In other words, the same virtual machine sends and receives the metrics about the Oracle VM Server host.

The virtual machine message that the ovm_vmhostd script sends has a key of vmhost. The metrics about the Oracle VM Server host are defined as the value of the virtual machine message.

To retrieve the host metrics from the virtual machine, you can use either the Oracle VM Guest Additions daemon, ovmd, or the vm-dump-metrics script. See Section 9.4, “Retrieving Host Metrics from Virtual Machines (vm-dump-metrics)”.

Note

The ovm_vmhostd script uses the Oracle VM Guest Additions to send and receive the metrics as virtual machine messages. For this reason, the guest virtual machine must be running Oracle Linux with the Oracle VM Guest Additions installed. See Chapter 8, Installing and Using the Oracle VM Guest Additions.

Syntax

ovm_vmhostd { -u username } [ -p password | -E ] { -h hostname } { -v vm_name | -U vm_uuid }

Options

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option	Description
`-u username`	Username of an Oracle VM Manager admin user. This option is required.
[ `-p password` \| `-E` ]	Corresponding password for the Oracle VM Manager admin user. You can specify the password as follows: Do not set an option for the password in the command line. The Oracle VM Utilities then prompt you to specify it. You should use this method to set the password. Set the password as an environment variable and then use the `-E` option. It is best practice to remove the environment variable when it is no longer required. You must use the `OVMUTIL_PASS` environment variable with the `-E` option. Set this variable for a single session as follows: # export OVMUTIL_PASS=`password` Specify the password on the command line with the `-p` option. This option is deprecated as of Oracle VM Release 3.4.
{ `-h hostname` }	Hostname of the server running Oracle VM Manager.
`-v vm_name`	Virtual machine name. The virtual machine name is the name you assign during the creation of the virtual machine.
`-U vm_uuid`	Virtual machine UUID. If you do not specify the virtual machine name with the `-v vm_name` option, you must specify the UUID of the virtual machine.

Examples

Example 9.4 Sending Oracle VM Server details to a virtual machine

# ./ovm_vmhostd -u admin -h localhost -v MyVM01
Oracle VM Hostd 2.1.
Connecting to OVM Manager using Web Service.
Connected.
Processing VM : 'MyVM01'

VM : 'MyVM01' has status :  Running.
Message sent.
Sleeping 60 seconds.
Sleeping 60 seconds.
Sleeping 60 seconds.