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Chapter 8 Deprecated and Removed Oracle VM Features

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Review deprecated and removed features in this release of Oracle VM.

8.1 Removed Features in 3.4.6

The following Oracle VM features are removed:

Paravirtualized (PVM) guests: Support for Paravirtualized (PVM) guests is removed. For instructions on how to convert your PVM guests to hardware virtualized, with paravirtualized drivers (PVHVM) or hardware virtualized (HVM), see Disabling Paravirtualized Guests on Oracle VM Server in the Oracle VM Administrator's Guide.
Management of Oracle VM Server for x86 at Release 3.2.10 and 3.2.11, and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC at Release 3.3.1: Management of Oracle VM Server for x86 at Release 3.2.10 or 3.2.11 and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC at Release 3.3.1 is removed. For more information, see Upgrading Oracle VM, Upgrading Oracle VM Server from Release 3.2.10 and Upgrading from Oracle VM Agent for SPARC Release 3.3.x or Between 3.4.x Errata Releases in the Oracle VM 3.4 Installation and Upgrade guide.

Note

Beginning with Release 3.4.6, upgrades from Oracle VM Server for x86 at Release 3.2.10 or 3.2.11 and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC at Release 3.3.1 are not supported. Users on these older server releases must first upgrade to a supported version (e.g. 3.4.5) before upgrading to a later version.

The following previously deprecated Oracle VM features will be removed from a future release of this software:

Oracle VM SOAP API : The Oracle VM SOAP API is deprecated.
Oracle VM Utilities scripts: A number of the Oracle VM Utilities scripts are deprecated by the Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface. For more information, see Using the Oracle VM Utilities in the Oracle VM Administrator's Guide
Virtual IP address (VIP) : The field to specify a virtual IP address (VIP) while creating a server pool is deprecated but is still available for backwards compatibility.
- See Create Server Pool in the Oracle VM Manager User's Guide for information on creating a server pool.
- See What is a Master Server and a Virtual IP Address? in the Oracle VM Concepts Guide for more details on why VIPs are deprecated for server pools in this release.
YAML formatted configuration file : The function to install Oracle VM Manager silently using a predefined YAML formatted configuration file is deprecated for customer use and is only intended for internal use during testing at Oracle.
HugePages support: The HugePages feature is deprecated. You should not enable HugePages when creating or editing virtual machines with a domain type of PVM in the Oracle VM Manager Web Interface or Oracle VM Manager Command Line Interface.
Assembly terminology: The use of the term Assembly to refer to Oracle VM Virtual Appliances is deprecated.