Server User Manual

Supported Guest Operating Systems
4-2 Oracle VM Server User’s Guide
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).
The following guest operating systems have been tested and no issues have been
found other than as stated in the Oracle VM documentation.
There are a number of ways to create virtual guests:
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.
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Release 4.x
RedHat Enterprise Linux
4.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Release 5.x
RedHat Enterprise Linux
5.x
Yes
1
Yes Yes Yes
1
The xm save and xm restore commands are not supported.
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
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.x
Yes Yes
Oracle Enterprise Linux Release 5.x
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.x
Yes Yes
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
Table 4–1 (Cont.) 64-bit Hypervisor Supported Guest Operating Systems
Guest Operating Systems
Paravirtualized
32-bit
Paravirtualized
64-bit
Hardware
Virtualized
32-bit
Hardware
Virtualized
64-bit