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'''Oracle VM Server for x86''' is thea server [[Platform virtualization|virtualization]] offering from [[Oracle Corporation]]. Oracle VM Server for x86 incorporates the [[free and open-source]] [[Xen]] [[hypervisor]] technology, supports [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]<ref>{{cite web
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Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.<ref>[https://edelivery.oracle.com/oraclevm Welcome to the Oracle E-Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM]</ref> Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM 3.4.6 at 30 November 2018.
Oracle VM Server for x86 entered sustaining support on July 1, 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Lifetime Support Policy: Coverage for Oracle Open Source Service Offerings |url=https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/elsp-lifetime-069338.pdf |access-date=}}</ref> and is not receiving new patches or updates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Oracle Open Source Support Policies |url=https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf |access-date=October 1, 2024}}</ref> It has been replaced<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin_Jeroen |date=2020-01-23 |title=Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM) replaces Oracle VM (OVM) |url=https://exitas.be/oracle-linux-virtualization-manager-olvm-replaces-oracle-vm-ovm/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Exitas |language=en-US}}</ref> by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, which is based on [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]] and [[OVirt]].
==Components==
* Oracle VM Manager: web based management console to manage Oracle VM Servers.
* Oracle VM Server: includes a version of [[Xen]] hypervisor technology, and the Oracle VM Agent to communicate with Oracle VM Manager for management of virtual machines. It also includes a minimized Linux kernel as [[Dom0]].
==Versions==
* 3.4.6.3 - 3 June 2020<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-vm-release-3463-is-now-available|title=Oracle VM release 3.4.6.3 is now available!|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>
**Export VMs to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
**security updates
**cumulative bug fixes
* 3.4.6.2 - 13 December 2019<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-vm-release-3462-is-now-available|title=Oracle VM release 3.4.6.2 is now available!|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>
**Additional Linux guest OS support ([[Oracle Linux]] 8.x, [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] 8.x, and [[CentOS]] 8.x)
**security updates
**cumulative bug fixes
**new release model
* 3.4.6.1 - 18 June 2019<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-vm-release-3461-is-now-available|title=Oracle VM release 3.4.6.1 is now available!|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>
**updated versions of the Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC
**security updates
**cumulative bug fixes
* 3.4.6 - 30 November 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-vm-release-346-is-now-available|title=Announcing Oracle VM Release 3.4.6|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>
**Updated Xen hypervisor
**Update to the dom0 kernel
**Security and patch updates for Oracle VM Server for x86 packages
**Security and patch updates for Oracle VM Manager components
**New User-Defined Validity in Months Option for Self-Signed SSL Certificates
**New Option to Change the Location of a Running Virtual Machine
**Increased Virtual CPU Configuration Limit for HVM and PVHVM
*3.4.5 - 7 June 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-vm-release-345-is-now-available|title=Announcing Oracle VM Release 3.4.5|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref>
**Support for Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC) for better Oracle Database performance
**A new Fiber Channel storage refresh option with Oracle generic storage plugin deployments
**A new Balance Server start policy to complement the Best Server policy
**Increased performance for Microsoft Windows guest operating systems
**Support for TLS1.2 as the default connectivity protocol
**Update to the dom0 kernel
**Updated Xen hypervisor
**Security and patch updates for Oracle VM Manager components
**Security and patch updates for Oracle VM Server for x86 packages
*3.4.4 - 25 August 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/announcing-oracle-vm-release-344|title=Announcing Oracle VM Release 3.4.4|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref>
**[https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E69348/html/ol_changes.html Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4] (UEK R4)
** Server package updates
** Security updates for Manager components and Server packages
** Updated Xen hypervisor for improved throughput and IOPS performance
**Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016
**Support for Skylake processors
* 3.4.3 - 12 May 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/announcing-oracle-vm-release-343|title=Announcing Oracle VM Release 3.4.3|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref>
**The ability to run Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) with the Oracle VM Windows PV Driver 3.4.2
**Enhanced RAID functionality, with support for software RAID devices
**Manager performance and supportability enhancements
**Simplified UEFI PXE boot process for Oracle VM Server for x86
**Updated Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 and updates to other server packages
**Security updates for manager components and server packages
* 3.4.2 - September 2016<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-vm-342-released|title=Oracle VM 3.4.2 Released!|last=Priest|first=John|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref>
** Includes an updated DOM0 kernel based on the 4.1 mainline kernel via Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 update 2.
** Adds NVME support, extended SCSI support in the guest OS, numerous performance improvements in the host and guest OS, Oracle VM manager performance and scalability improvements, and security improvements.
**Extended SCSI functionality available for virtual machines
* 3.4.1 - April, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2235173|title=Oracle Announces Oracle VM 3.3|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
** Support for Oracle VM Virtual Appliances
**Automated installation of VNC and Serial Console software
**Storage live migration
**User interface enhancements for virtual disk allocation
**Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support
**Booting from UEFI
**Dom0 kernel upgraded
**Increased supported limits
**Improved performance
==Resource limits==
==End of life==
Oracle VM Server for x86 is now in sustaining support, and will not receive patches or security fixes. It has been replaced by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager.
As of March 2021 premier support has ended, although extended support is available until March 31, 2024
https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/announcing-oracle-vm-3-extended-support
==See also==
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