Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.[5] Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM 3.4.6 at 30 November 2018.
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.
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
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 limitsedit
As of version 3.4.6, Oracle VM Server for x86 can take advantage of up to 384 CPUs (Tested) / 2048 CPUs (Designed), 6TB RAM per server and can host a maximum of 300 VM per server. VCPUs per VM: 256 (PVM) / 128 (HVM, PVHVM) VMs per server, 1 TB RAM[15]
End of lifeedit
As of March 2021 premier support has ended, although extended support is available until March 31, 2024
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Not to be confused with Oracle VM VirtualBox Oracle VM Server for x86 is the server virtualization offering from Oracle Corporation Oracle VM Server for x86 incorporates the free and open source Xen hypervisor technology supports Windows Linux and Solaris 3 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 4 Oracle VM Server for x86Developer s Oracle CorporationStable release3 4 6 3 3 June 2020 3 years ago 2020 06 03 1 Written inCOperating systemLinux kernelPlatformIA 32 x86 64TypePlatform virtualizationLicenseServer GNU GPL Manager Proprietary redistributable freeware 2 Websitewww wbr oracle wbr com wbr us wbr technologies wbr virtualization wbr oraclevm wbr overview wbr index wbr htmlOracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud 5 Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM 3 4 6 at 30 November 2018 Contents 1 Components 2 Versions 3 Resource limits 4 End of life 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksComponents editOracle 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 edit3 4 6 3 3 June 2020 6 Export VMs to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI security updates cumulative bug fixes 3 4 6 2 13 December 2019 7 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 8 updated versions of the Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC security updates cumulative bug fixes 3 4 6 30 November 2018 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 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 14 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 performanceResource limits editAs of version 3 4 6 Oracle VM Server for x86 can take advantage of up to 384 CPUs Tested 2048 CPUs Designed 6TB RAM per server and can host a maximum of 300 VM per server VCPUs per VM 256 PVM 128 HVM PVHVM VMs per server 1 TB RAM 15 End of life editAs of March 2021 premier support has ended although extended support is available until March 31 2024https blogs oracle com virtualization post announcing oracle vm 3 extended supportSee also editDocker Kernel based Virtual Machine libvirt Oracle VM Server for SPARCReferences edit Oracle VM release 3 4 6 3 is now available Oracle VM Server for x86 Retrieved 25 May 2012 Oracle VM Server Release Notes Release 3 2 1 Oracle Corp Retrieved 7 February 2014 Oracle VM Oracle Corp Retrieved 31 July 2008 Welcome to the Oracle E Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Priest John Oracle VM release 3 4 6 3 is now available Retrieved 28 September 2020 Priest John Oracle VM release 3 4 6 2 is now available Retrieved 24 February 2020 Priest John Oracle VM release 3 4 6 1 is now available Retrieved 24 February 2020 Priest John Announcing Oracle VM Release 3 4 6 Retrieved 30 November 2018 Priest John Announcing Oracle VM Release 3 4 5 Retrieved 7 June 2018 Priest John Announcing Oracle VM Release 3 4 4 Retrieved 9 February 2018 Priest John Announcing Oracle VM Release 3 4 3 Retrieved 9 February 2018 Priest John Oracle VM 3 4 2 Released Retrieved 9 February 2018 Oracle Announces Oracle VM 3 3 Retrieved 2 July 2014 Oracle VM Release Notes for 3 4 6External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oracle VM Server for x86 amp oldid 1050906705, wikipedia, wiki, 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