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 | Contents | 
| Preface | vii | ||
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 | Audience | vii | |
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 | Documentation Accessibility | vii | |
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 | Command Syntax | viii | |
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 | Related Documents | viii | |
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 | Conventions | ix | |
| 1 | Introduction to Virtualization | 
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 | 1.1 | What is Virtualization? | |
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 | 1.2 | Why Virtualize? | |
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 | 1.3 | Xen™ Technology | |
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 | 1.4 | Oracle VM | |
| 2 | Oracle VM Server | 
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 | 2.1 | Oracle VM Server | |
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 | 2.2 | Hypervisor | |
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 | 2.3 | Domains, Guests and Virtual Machines | |
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 | 2.4 | Management Domain | |
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 | 2.5 | Domains | |
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 | 2.6 | Hardware Virtualization Vs. Paravirtualization | |
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 | 2.7 | Creating Virtual Machines | |
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 | 2.8 | Managing Domains | |
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 | 2.9 | Configuring Oracle VM Server | |
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 | 2.10 | Managing Oracle VM Server Repositories | |
| 3 | Oracle VM Agent | 
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 | 3.1 | Oracle VM Agent  | |
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 | 3.2 | Configuring Oracle VM Agent | |
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 | 3.3 | Starting Oracle VM Agent | |
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 | 3.4 | Stopping Oracle VM Agent | |
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 | 3.5 | Monitoring Oracle VM Agent | |
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 | 3.6 | Deploying Oracle VM Agent | |
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 | 3.7 | Oracle VM Agent API | |
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 | 3.7.1 | Testing the Oracle VM Agent Connection | |
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 | 3.7.2 | Remotely Starting a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent API | |
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