February | Oracle Audio Technologies E10898-02 instruction

Oracle® VM

Server User’s Guide

Release 2.1.1

E10898-02

February 2008

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Contents

February E10898-02Page Contents Command-Line Tools Oracle VM Server Configuration File Page Preface Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation TTY Access to Oracle Support Services Command Syntax Conventions Page Why Virtualize? What is Virtualization?Introduction to Virtualization Oracle VM Xen TechnologyXen Technology Oracle VM Architecture shows the components of Oracle VM Oracle VM 4Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Server Domains, Guests and Virtual Machines HypervisorHypervisor Domains Management DomainHardware Virtualization Vs. Paravirtualization Creating Virtual Machines Configuring Oracle VM Server Configuring Oracle VM ServerManaging Oracle VM Server Repositories Configuring Oracle VM Agent Oracle VM Agent Command-Line ToolOracle VM Agent Xmlrpc Configuring Oracle VM Agent Stopping Oracle VM Agent Starting Oracle VM AgentMonitoring Oracle VM Agent Deploying Oracle VM Agent Remotely Starting a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent API Testing the Oracle VM Agent Connection Remotely Stopping a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent API Oracle VM Agent UtilitiesMonitoring a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent Deleting a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent 6Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Supported Guest Operating Systems Creating a Guest -bit Hypervisor Supported Guest Operating Systems Supported Guest Operating Systems Creating a Guest Using a Template Creating a Guest Using a TemplateMounting an ISO Enabling Registration of Guests with Oracle VM Manager Creating a Guest Using virt-install Creating a Guest Using virt-install Press Enter Following question is displayed Would you like to enable graphics support yes or no? Creating the Root File System Creating a Paravirtualized Guest ManuallyCreating a Paravirtualized Guest Manually Populating the Root File System Configuring the Guest Creating a Hardware Virtualized Guest Manually Creating a Hardware Virtualized Guest Manually Edit /mnt/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Use VNCViewer to display the guest If you see this error message Restart the guest, using the xm command-line tool Installing Paravirtual Drivers Installing Paravirtual Drivers 16Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Using the xm Command-Line Interface Domain Monitoring and AdministrationDomain Lifecycle Monitoring Domains Using the xm Command-Line InterfaceViewing Host Information Using the xm Command-Line Interface 4Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Domain Live Migration Creating a Shared Virtual Disk Using OCFS2 on iSCSICreating a Shared Virtual Disk for Live Migration Delete entries that you do not want to use, for example Creating a Shared Virtual Disk for Live Migration Creating a Shared Virtual Disk Using OCFS2 on SAN Adding a Shared Virtual Disk Using NFS Migrating a Domain Migrating a Domain 6Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Managing Oracle VM Server Repositories Repository Configuration FileOracle VM Server Repositories Repository Mount Options Removing a Repository Adding a RepositoryOracle VM Server Repositories Command-Line Tools Start ConfigureStop Restart Nname --name=name HelpRRAM --ram=RAM UUUID --uuid=UUID Vnc Bvalue --bridge=valueVncport=port Sdl Noapic Os-variant=variantArch=arch Llocation --location=location ParavirtVif-type=type Xargs --extra-args=args Destroy domain-id Console domain-idDmesg --clear Help --long option List --long --label domain-id =file --defconfig=fileLog Migrate domain-id host -l --live -r=MB --resource=MB Shutdown -a -w domain-id Restore statefile Unpause domain-id Top Oracle VM Server Configuration File Loglevel Critical or Fatal Error Warn or Warning Info Debug Oracle VM Server Configuration FileLogfile location Xend-unix-server yes no Xend-http-server yes noXend-tcp-xmlrpc-server yes no Xend-unix-xmlrpc-server yes no Xend-relocation-port port Xend-port portXend-address IPAddress Xend-relocation-address IPAddress Dom0-min-mem memory Enable-dump yes noDom0-cpus CPUs External-migration-tool tool 6Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Configuration File Example Guest Configuration Files Configuration File Example Oracle VM Agent Architecture Oracle VM Agent Architecture Oracle VM Agent Deployment Oracle VM Agent Deployment Oracle VM Agent Architecture D-3 4Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Debugging Tools TroubleshootingOracle VM Server Directories Guest Console Access Using DhcpOracle VM Server Command-Line Tools Using Dhcp Guest Console Access Cannot Display Graphical Installer When Creating Guests Cannot Display Graphical Installer When Creating GuestsHardware Virtualized Guest Console Not Displayed Wallclock Time Skew Problems Setting the Guest’s ClockMouse Pointer Tracking Problems Mouse Pointer Tracking Problems Hardware Virtualized Guest Killed Hardware Virtualized Guest Windows InstallationHardware Virtualized Guest Devices Not Working as Expected Hardware Virtualized Guest Killed Attaching to a Console with the Grub Boot Loader Firewall Blocks NFS AccessTAP Disks with Paravirtualized Guests CD-ROM Image Not Found 8Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Glossary Oracle VM Server Oracle VM AgentOracle VM Manager Paravirtualized machine Vif Utility ServerVirtual disk Virtual Machine VM Glossary-4 Index-1 Index Index-2