Oracle VM Server for x86

Not to be confused with Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Oracle VM is the server virtualization offering from Oracle Corporation. Oracle VM is based on the open-source Xen hypervisor technology, supports Windows, Linux, and Oracle Solaris^[1] guests and includes an integrated Web based management console. Oracle VM features fully tested and certified Oracle Applications stack in an enterprise virtualization environment. ^[2]

Oracle VM can be freely downloaded through Oracle's E-delivery service.^[3]

Oracle VM 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.

See also

• Xen
• Kernel-based Virtual Machine
• Platform virtualization
• Virtual disk image
• Oracle VM Server for SPARC
• Oracle VM VirtualBox

References

1. "Oracle VM Server Release Notes, Release 2.2.1". Oracle Corp. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
2. "Oracle VM". Oracle Corp. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
3. Welcome to the Oracle E-Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM

External links

• Oracle VM