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Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................ vii
Audience...................................................................................................................................................... vii
Documentation Accessibility.................................................................................................................... vii
Command Syntax...................................................................................................................................... viii
Related Documents ................................................................................................................................... viii
Conventions ................................................................................................................................................. ix
1 Introduction to Virtualization
1.1 What is Virtualization?............................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Why Virtualize?........................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Xen™ Technology....................................................................................................................... 1-2
1.4 Oracle VM .................................................................................................................................... 1-2
2 Oracle VM Server
2.1 Oracle VM Server........................................................................................................................ 2-1
2.2 Hypervisor ................................................................................................................................... 2-2
2.3 Domains, Guests and Virtual Machines .................................................................................. 2-2
2.4 Management Domain................................................................................................................. 2-3
2.5 Domains ....................................................................................................................................... 2-3
2.6 Hardware Virtualization Vs. Paravirtualization.................................................................... 2-3
2.7 Creating Virtual Machines......................................................................................................... 2-3
2.8 Managing Domains .................................................................................................................... 2-3
2.9 Configuring Oracle VM Server................................................................................................. 2-4
2.10 Managing Oracle VM Server Repositories.............................................................................. 2-4
3 Oracle VM Agent
3.1 Oracle VM Agent Command-Line Tool ................................................................................. 3-1
3.2 Configuring Oracle VM Agent.................................................................................................. 3-1
3.3 Starting Oracle VM Agent ......................................................................................................... 3-3
3.4 Stopping Oracle VM Agent ....................................................................................................... 3-3
3.5 Monitoring Oracle VM Agent................................................................................................... 3-3
3.6 Deploying Oracle VM Agent..................................................................................................... 3-3
3.7 Oracle VM Agent API ................................................................................................................ 3-3
3.7.1 Testing the Oracle VM Agent Connection....................................................................... 3-4
3.7.2 Remotely Starting a Guest with the Oracle VM Agent API .......................................... 3-4