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Oracle VM Agent API
3.3 Starting Oracle VM Agent
Oracle VM Agent is started automatically when the computer starts. To manually start Oracle VM Agent, enter
service
Oracle VM Agent is started.
Alternatively, if Oracle VM Agent is already running, you can stop and restart it with the command
service
Oracle VM Agent is stopped, and restarted.
3.4 Stopping Oracle VM Agent
To stop Oracle VM Agent, enter
service
Oracle VM Agent is stopped.
Note: When Oracle VM Agent is stopped, Oracle VM Manager cannot manage Oracle VM Server or the guests running on it.
3.5 Monitoring Oracle VM Agent
To get information on the Oracle VM Agent daemon, enter
service
Information on the Oracle VM Agent daemon is displayed.
3.6 Deploying Oracle VM Agent
You can use Oracle VM Manager to configure the deployment of Oracle VM Agent. See the Oracle VM Manager User’s Guide for information on configuring Oracle VM Agent with Oracle VM Manager.
3.7 Oracle VM Agent API
An application programming interface (API) is available for Oracle VM Agent. You can use the Oracle VM Agent API to perform a number of actions on guests and on the Oracle VM Server. The Oracle VM Agent API uses the
https://hostname:8899/
The hostname refers to an Oracle VM Server. A list of methods and parameters are displayed.
See the
XML-RPC.
The following sections give examples of common Oracle VM Agent API functions. The examples are not extensive, but serve to give you an idea of how to use the API.
Oracle VM Agent