Overview
Oracle VM is a virtualization software product provided by Oracle that uses Xen, an open-source virtualization engine, as a hypervisor.
Features
01. Enables optimal licensing of Oracle software products
02. Non-disruptive kernel patching via Ksplice with Dom0
03. Uses Xen Hypervisor
(Used by major public cloud vendors, including AWS)
04. Support can be centralized in combination with Oracle software and Oracle Linux
Basic functions
Live Migration
Ability to navigate to another Oracle VM Server without stopping the guest OS
High Availability
VMs on the failed server are automatically rebooted
Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS)
Live migration of VMs based on server load
Dynamic Power Management(DPM)
Underutilized servers are automatically powered off
Storage Live Migration
- Support live migration of running virtual machines with virtual disks on local storage
- SAN booting disk space is not treated as an internal disk under the support policy
Virtual machines can be imported and exported as virtual appliances (.ova format) (migration from third-party virtualization infrastructure)
Service contents
| Service contents | Oracle premier Limited Support | Linux Basic Support/Limited Support |
|---|---|---|
| Inquiries (unlimited) | ○ | ○ |
| Access to patch/hotfix security alerts | ○ | ○ |
| Access to My Oracle Support | ○ | ○ |
| Access to the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network | ○ | ○ |
| Hardware operation guarantee | ○ | ○ |
| Backboard hotfixes | ○ | ○ |
| Right to use Oracle Management Pack for Linux | ○ | ○ |