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Oracle VM Server
This Chapter contains an overview of Oracle VM Server and the underlying hypervisor, the components of virtual machines and domains, and gets you started with the tools to create and manage guests. This Chapter contains:
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Oracle VM Server
Hypervisor
Domains, Guests and Virtual Machines
Management Domain
Domains
Hardware Virtualization Vs. Paravirtualization
Creating Virtual Machines
Managing Domains
2.1 Oracle VM Server
Oracle VM Server includes an updated version of the underlying Xen™ hypervisor technology, and the Oracle VM Agent. It also includes a Linux kernel with support for a broad array of devices, file systems, and software RAID volume management. The Linux kernel is run as dom0 to manage one or more domU virtual machines, each of which could be Linux, Solaris or Microsoft Windows. Figure
Figure 2–1 Oracle VM Server
Oracle VM Server