• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
• 1 Overview
  • 1.1 Planning Your Oracle VM Deployment
  • 1.2 Getting Installation ISOs and Packages
  • 1.3 Installation From Bootable Physical Media
  • 1.4 Loopback ISO Mounts
    • 1.4.1 Loopback Mounts on x86
    • 1.4.2 Loopback Mounts on SPARC
  • 1.5 Installing Oracle VM Server on x86
  • 1.6 Installing Oracle VM Server on SPARC
  • 1.7 Installing Oracle VM Manager
  • 1.8 Upgrading Oracle VM
• 2 Installing Oracle VM Server
  • 2.1 Installing Oracle VM Server on x86 Hardware
    • 2.1.1 Preinstallation Tasks and Requirements
    • 2.1.2 Installing Oracle VM Server From a DVD-ROM
    • 2.1.3 Installing Oracle VM Server to Multipath Storage
    • 2.1.4 Performing a Kickstart Installation of Oracle VM Server
  • 2.2 Installing Oracle VM Server on SPARC Hardware
    • 2.2.1 Preinstallation Tasks and Requirements
    • 2.2.2 Installing the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) Package
    • 2.2.3 Installing Oracle VM Agent for SPARC
    • 2.2.4 Configuring Oracle VM Agent for SPARC
    • 2.2.5 Control Domain CPU and Memory Settings
    • 2.2.6 Using the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC Service
    • 2.2.7 Oracle VM Agent for SPARC Log File
    • 2.2.8 Uninstalling Oracle VM Agent for SPARC
• 3 Performing a Network Installation of Oracle VM Server
  • 3.1 Installing Oracle VM Server for x86 from PXE Boot
    • 3.1.1 PXE Boot Overview
    • 3.1.2 Configuring the DHCP Service
    • 3.1.3 Configuring the TFTP Service
    • 3.1.4 Copying the Xen Hypervisor, Installer Kernel, and RAM Disk Image
    • 3.1.5 Hosting the Contents of the Oracle VM Server ISO File
    • 3.1.6 Copying the Kickstart Configuration File
    • 3.1.7 Setting Up the Boot Loader
    • 3.1.8 Starting the Installation Process
  • 3.2 Using the Automated Installer (AI) for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
    • 3.2.1 Installing the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) Package
    • 3.2.2 Setting up an IPS repository
    • 3.2.3 Creating an Oracle Solaris Installation Service
    • 3.2.4 Creating an Installation Manifest
    • 3.2.5 Creating a Configuration Profile
    • 3.2.6 Performing an Installation
• 4 Installing Oracle VM Manager
  • 4.1 Oracle VM Manager Components
  • 4.2 Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements
    • 4.2.1 Hardware Requirements
    • 4.2.2 Software Requirements
  • 4.3 Installing Oracle VM Manager
    • 4.3.1 Configuring the Environment Before Installation
    • 4.3.2 Running the Oracle VM Manager Installer
    • 4.3.3 Installation Logs
    • 4.3.4 Installation Directories
  • 4.4 Running Oracle VM Manager as a Virtual Machine
  • 4.5 Uninstalling Oracle VM Manager
  • 4.6 Oracle VM Manager Installation Script (runInstaller.sh)
• 5 Upgrading Oracle VM
  • 5.1 Upgrade Overview
  • 5.2 Preparing to Upgrade Oracle VM
    • 5.2.1 Checking Minimum System Requirements
    • 5.2.2 Validating Oracle VM Server Version Compatibility
    • 5.2.3 Preparing to Upgrade Oracle VM Manager
    • 5.2.4 Preparing to Upgrade Oracle VM Server
  • 5.3 Downloading the Upgrade Software
  • 5.4 Upgrading Oracle VM Manager
    • 5.4.1 Running the Script to Upgrade Oracle VM Manager
    • 5.4.2 Removing Temporary Files After Upgrade
  • 5.5 Upgrading Oracle VM Server for x86 from Release 3.2.10 or later
    • 5.5.1 Upgrading Oracle VM Server from Release 3.2.10
    • 5.5.2 Reinstalling Oracle VM Server
  • 5.6 Upgrading Oracle VM Server for x86 from Release 3.3.x or Between 3.4.x Errata Releases
    • 5.6.1 Upgrading Oracle VM Server Through Oracle VM Manager
    • 5.6.2 Upgrading Oracle VM Server Using the ISO File
    • 5.6.3 Reinstalling Oracle VM Server
  • 5.7 Finalizing Upgrades on Oracle VM Server for x86
    • 5.7.1 Refreshing Server Pools To Validate Oracle VM Storage Connect plug-in
    • 5.7.2 Editing Boot Parameters To Enable Hypervisor Features
    • 5.7.3 Confirm kdump Service Settings after Upgrading
    • 5.7.4 Handling Missing Disks, File Systems and Repositories
  • 5.8 Upgrading Oracle VM Agent for SPARC
    • 5.8.1 Installing the Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) Package
    • 5.8.2 Upgrading from Oracle VM Agent for SPARC Release 3.2.10
    • 5.8.3 Upgrading from Oracle VM Agent for SPARC Release 3.3.x or Between 3.4.x Errata Releases
  • 5.9 Rolling Back from an Upgrade
• 6 Troubleshooting Oracle VM Installation or Upgrade
  • 6.1 Troubleshooting Oracle VM Server Installation or Upgrade
    • 6.1.1 FCoE SAN not Listed as Available Drive
    • 6.1.2 Oracle VM Server Cluster Configuration Warning After Upgrade
  • 6.2 Troubleshooting Oracle VM Manager Installation or Upgrade
    • 6.2.1 libaio Not Installed
    • 6.2.2 Cannot Install MySQL
    • 6.2.3 Cannot Create OVS Database Schema
    • 6.2.4 Installation Fails on Non-English Character Set
    • 6.2.5 Installation Fails When Using an NIS-based Oracle User Account
    • 6.2.6 Upgrading Oracle VM Manager from Release 3.2.10 to Release 3.4.x Fails
• 7 What Next?
  • 7.1 Configuring a Secondary Service Domain for SPARC
  • 7.2 Installing Diagnostic Tools for Oracle VM Server
  • 7.3 Configure the NTP Service on the Oracle VM Manager Host
  • 7.4 Change the Backup and Restore Path for the Oracle VM Manager Database
  • 7.5 Starting and Stopping Oracle VM Manager
  • 7.6 Enabling the TLS Version 1 Protocol
  • 7.7 Logging in to Oracle VM Manager
  • 7.8 Configuring JVM Memory Allocation for Oracle VM Manager
  • 7.9 Administrative Changes
• A Appendix
  • A.1 Setting Up PXE Boot for Oracle VM Server Release 3.4.1 and Release 3.4.2
    • A.1.1 Setting up the GRUB2 Boot Loader
• Glossary
• Index