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{{Distinguish|Oracle VM VirtualBox}}

{{short description|Server virtualization offering by Oracle Corporation}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Oracle VM Server for x86

| logo = =

| developer = [[Oracle Corporation]]

| latest_release_version = 3.4.6.3

| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|20162020|0306|2403}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing Oracle VM release 3.4.6.3 - Engineeredis fornow Openavailable! Cloud Infrastructure |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/entry/oracle_vm_3_4_1oracle-vm-release-3463-is-now-available}}</ref>

| operating_system = [[Linux kernel]]

| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]

| programming_language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| genre = [[Platform virtualization]]

| license = {{plainlist|

*'''Server''': [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]<!-- TODO: version? -->

*'''Manager''': Proprietary (redistributable freeware)

}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/024974.htm|title=Oracle VM Server for x86|accessdateaccess-date=May 25, May 2012}}</ref>

| website = {{URL|http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/oraclevm/overview/index.html}}

}}

'''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

| url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35328_01/E35329/html/vmrns-guest-os.html

| title = Oracle VM Server Release Notes, Release 3.2.1

| accessdateaccess-date = 2014-02-07

| publisher = Oracle Corp.

}}</ref> guests and includes an integrated Web based management console. Oracle VM Server for x86 features fully tested and certified [[Oracle Applications]] stack in an enterprise virtualization environment.<ref>{{cite web

| url = http://www.oracle.com/technologies/virtualization/index.html

| title = Oracle VM

| accessdateaccess-date = 2008-07-31

| publisher = Oracle Corp

}}</ref>

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 Release 3.4.26 at in30 SeptemberNovember 20162018.

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==

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* 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==

* Current stable Release is OVM 3.4.2

* Oracle VM 3.3 had a lot of internal improvements and was released on 2 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Announces Oracle VM 3.3|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2235173|accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref>

* Oracle VM 3.4.2 released on September 2016 includes an updated DOM0 kernel based on the 4.1 mainline kernel via Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 update 2.

* The latest release 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.

==Resource limits==

As of version 3.34.6, Oracle VM Server for x86 can take advantage of up to 240384 CPUs (Tested) / 2048 CPUs (Designed), 6TB RAM per server and can host a maximum of 100300 VM per server. <br>

VCPUs per VM: 256 (PVM) / 128 (HVM, PVHVM) VMs per server, 1 TB RAM<ref>[httphttps://docs.oracle.com/cd/E50245_01E64076_01/E50246E99523/html/vmrns-limits.html Oracle VM Release Notes for 3.34.1 Documentation6]</ref>

==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.

==See also==

* [[Oracle VM Server for SPARC]]

* [[Docker (software)|Docker]]

* [[libvirt]]

* [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine]]

* [[libvirt]]

* [[Oracle VM Server for SPARC]]

==References==

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