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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 ovs-agent start

Oracle VM Agent is started.

Alternatively, if Oracle VM Agent is already running, you can stop and restart it with the command

service ovs-agent restart

Oracle VM Agent is stopped, and restarted.

3.4 Stopping Oracle VM Agent

To stop Oracle VM Agent, enter

service ovs-agent stop

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 ovs-agent status

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 XML-RPC protocol. To see a list of the XML-RPC functions available, enter the following URL in a web browser:

https://hostname:8899/

The hostname refers to an Oracle VM Server. A list of methods and parameters are displayed.

See the XML-RPC protocol specification for more information on how to use

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.

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