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Supported Guest Operating Systems

Table 4–1 (Cont.) 64-bit Hypervisor Supported Guest Operating Systems

			Hardware	Hardware
	Paravirtualized	Paravirtualized	Virtualized	Virtualized
Guest Operating Systems	32-bit	64-bit	32-bit	64-bit

Oracle Enterprise Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Release 4.x
RedHat Enterprise Linux
4.x

Oracle Enterprise Linux	Yes1	Yes	Yes	Yes
Release 5.x
RedHat Enterprise Linux
5.x

1The xm save and xm restore commands are not supported.

Oracle Enterprise Linux kernels are available on the Oracle VM Server CD for Release 3 Update 9, and Release 4 Update 4 onwards. The kernels are also available on the Oracle Enterprise Linux Network (ULN).

Table 4–2 32-bit Hypervisor Supported Guest Operating Systems

Guest Operating Systems	Paravirtualized 32-bit	Hardware Virtualized 32-bit

RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.x	Yes	Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 4.x	Yes	Yes
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.x

Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 5.x	Yes	Yes
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.x

The following guest operating systems have been tested and no issues have been found other than as stated in the Oracle VM documentation.

Table 4–3 Tested Guest Operating Systems

Guest Operating Systems	Hardware Virtualized 32-bit	Hardware Virtualized 64-bit

Microsoft Windows™ 2000	Yes	Yes

Microsoft Windows™ 2003	Yes	Yes

Microsoft Windows™ XP Pro	Yes	Yes

Microsoft Windows™ Vista	Yes	Yes

There are a number of ways to create virtual guests:

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Using a template

Using the virt-install command-line tool interactively

Using the virt-install command-line tool and passing all parameters at the same time from the command-line

■Manually

Before you create a guest, you should have access to a guest installation tree, or a guest template. You will also need a host IP address, and a hostname.

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E10898-02 FebruaryPage Contents Command-Line Tools Oracle VM Server Configuration File Page Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation Preface Command Syntax TTY Access to Oracle Support Services Conventions Page Introduction to Virtualization What is Virtualization?Why Virtualize? Xen Technology Xen TechnologyOracle VM Oracle VM Oracle VM Architecture shows the components of Oracle VM 4Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Server Hypervisor HypervisorDomains, Guests and Virtual Machines Hardware Virtualization Vs. Paravirtualization Management DomainDomains Creating Virtual Machines Managing Oracle VM Server Repositories Configuring Oracle VM ServerConfiguring Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Agent Oracle VM Agent Command-Line ToolConfiguring Oracle VM Agent Configuring Oracle VM Agent Xmlrpc Monitoring Oracle VM Agent Starting Oracle VM AgentStopping Oracle VM Agent Deploying Oracle VM Agent Testing the Oracle VM Agent Connection Remotely Starting a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent API Monitoring a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent Oracle VM Agent UtilitiesRemotely Stopping a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent API Deleting a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent 6Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Creating a Guest Supported Guest Operating Systems Supported Guest Operating Systems -bit Hypervisor Supported Guest Operating Systems Mounting an ISO Creating a Guest Using a TemplateCreating a Guest Using a Template 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 a Paravirtualized Guest Manually Creating a Paravirtualized Guest ManuallyCreating the Root File System Configuring the Guest Populating the Root File System 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 Domain Lifecycle Domain Monitoring and AdministrationUsing the xm Command-Line Interface Viewing Host Information Using the xm Command-Line InterfaceMonitoring Domains Using the xm Command-Line Interface 4Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Creating a Shared Virtual Disk for Live Migration Creating a Shared Virtual Disk Using OCFS2 on iSCSIDomain Live Migration Creating a Shared Virtual Disk for Live Migration Delete entries that you do not want to use, for example 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 Oracle VM Server Repositories Repository Configuration FileManaging Oracle VM Server Repositories Repository Mount Options Oracle VM Server Repositories Adding a RepositoryRemoving a Repository Command-Line Tools Stop ConfigureStart Restart RRAM --ram=RAM HelpNname --name=name UUUID --uuid=UUID Vncport=port Bvalue --bridge=valueVnc Sdl Arch=arch Os-variant=variantNoapic Vif-type=type ParavirtLlocation --location=location Xargs --extra-args=args Dmesg --clear Console domain-idDestroy domain-id Help --long option Log =file --defconfig=fileList --long --label domain-id Migrate domain-id host -l --live -r=MB --resource=MB Restore statefile Shutdown -a -w domain-id Top Unpause domain-id Oracle VM Server Configuration File Logfile location Oracle VM Server Configuration FileLoglevel Critical or Fatal Error Warn or Warning Info Debug Xend-tcp-xmlrpc-server yes no Xend-http-server yes noXend-unix-server yes no Xend-unix-xmlrpc-server yes no Xend-address IPAddress Xend-port portXend-relocation-port port Xend-relocation-address IPAddress Dom0-cpus CPUs Enable-dump yes noDom0-min-mem memory External-migration-tool tool 6Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Guest Configuration Files Configuration File Example 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 Oracle VM Server Directories TroubleshootingDebugging Tools Oracle VM Server Command-Line Tools Using DhcpGuest Console Access Using Dhcp Guest Console Access Hardware Virtualized Guest Console Not Displayed Cannot Display Graphical Installer When Creating GuestsCannot Display Graphical Installer When Creating Guests Mouse Pointer Tracking Problems Setting the Guest’s ClockWallclock Time Skew Problems Mouse Pointer Tracking Problems Hardware Virtualized Guest Devices Not Working as Expected Hardware Virtualized Guest Windows InstallationHardware Virtualized Guest Killed Hardware Virtualized Guest Killed TAP Disks with Paravirtualized Guests Firewall Blocks NFS AccessAttaching to a Console with the Grub Boot Loader CD-ROM Image Not Found 8Oracle VM Server User’s Guide Glossary Oracle VM Manager Oracle VM AgentOracle VM Server Paravirtualized machine Virtual disk Utility ServerVif Virtual Machine VM Glossary-4 Index Index-1 Index-2