Infrastructure Software

Oracle VM is an enterprise-class server virtualization solution comprised of Oracle VM Server for x86 and Oracle VM Manager. Oracle VM 3 reflects Oracle’s strategic commitment to deliver Application Driven Virtualization — Virtualization that makes the entire enterprise software and hardware stack easier to deploy, manage, and support so IT and business can be more agile.

What's New

• May 12, 2017, Tools and White Paper - Migrate Virtual Machines from VMware to Oracle VM
• May 12, 2017, Announcing Oracle VM Release 3.4.3
• May 5, 2017, Updated Oracle VM Virtual Appliance for Oracle E-Business Suite
• Apr 28, 2017, Updated Oracle VM Templates for Oracle Database
• Apr 28, 2017, Announcing Oracle VM PV Drivers Release 3.4.2 for Microsoft Windows
• Oct 5, 2016, Building Private Cloud with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 2
• Sep 21, 2016, Announcing Oracle VM 3.4.2
• May 13, 2016, Announcing Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 2.1
• May 5, 2016, Webcast: Performance Optimization for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Apr 28, 2016, Webcast: Foundation for an Open Cloud
• Mar 24, 2016, Announcing Oracle VM 3.4 - Engineered for Open Cloud Infrastructure
• Mar 14, 2016, Oracle VM 3.3.4 Released!
• March 8, 15 and April 5, 2016, Join us at Virtual Technology Summit in March and April
• Mar 8, 2016, Webcast: Why Choose Oracle for Your Private Cloud Infrastructure?
• Mar 2, 2016, Webcast: Strategies for building Open Cloud enabled Infrastructure
• Dec 18, 2015, Oracle VM Hands-on-Labs are available for download from OTN.
• Nov 06, 2015, Oracle VM 3.2.10 released.
• Oct 30, 2015, Oracle OpenWorld 2015 recap - Oracle Linux, Oracle VM and Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux.
• Oct 24, 2015, Oracle VM Templates for Oracle Database and an updated version of deploycluster tool that supports Oracle VM 3.3.
• Sep 29, 2015, Oracle Virtualization Newsletter available.
• Aug 14, 2015, Oracle VM Windows PV Drivers 3.2.3 signed by Microsoft.
• Jul 21, 2015, Oracle VM 3.3.3 released.
• March 2015, Oracle VM product management team is seeking your input - customer survey
• Mar 31, 2015, Webcast -How to Obtain Peak Performance from Your Virtual Environment
• Mar 20, 2015, March 2015 Oracle Virtualization Newsletter
• Feb 20, 2015, Oracle VM Paravirtual Drivers 3.2.3 for Microsoft Windows released!
• Feb 10, 2015, Oracle VM 3.3.2 Released
• Jan 21, 2015, Oracle VM Powers More Engineered Systems, now including Exadata
• Dec 2, 2014, Oracle VM 3.2.9 Released
• Sep 26, 2014, Announcement: Oracle VM 3.3 - Integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
• Jul 2, 2014, Announcement: Oracle VM 3.3 Delivers Enterprise-Scale Performance Enhancements
• Jun 24, 2014, Webcast: Announcing the Next-Generation of Virtual Compute Appliance
• Jun 10, 2014, Webcast: Oracle VM - Design Considerations for Enterprise Scale Deployment
• May 13, 2014, Oracle Announces OpenStack Support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM
• Apr 17, 2014, Webcast: Deploy BeyondTrust's Powerbroker in Minutes with Oracle VM Template
• Apr 16, 2014, Webcast: Simply Your Cloud Deployment with Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance
• Feb 26, 2014, Oracle VM 3.3 Beta Now Available.
• Feb 26, 2014, Webcast: Data Intensity Presents Building Private Clouds on Oracle VM
• Dec 17, 2013, Webcast - Top 5 Key Reasons Why Oracle VM is Best for Oracle Database
• Dec 10, 2013, Press Release: Oracle Sponsors OpenStack Foundation; Offers Customers Ability to Use OpenStack to Manage Oracle Cloud Products and Services
• Dec 6, 2013, Latest Oracle VM 3.2.7 Patch Update Available. See a list of bug fixes and download instructions here.
• Oct 24, 2013, Webcast - Oracle VM Templates Best Practices for Rapid Oracle Database Deployment. Register here.
• Aug 19, 2013, Open Universities Australia uses Oracle VM to Virtualize Oracle Database and PeopleSoft
• Aug 13, 2013, Oracle Introduces Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance
• Jul 3, 2013, Blog and white paper: Why Use Oracle VM for Oracle Databases
• Jan 22, 2013, Oracle Announces Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Templates for Rapid Provisioning of Oracle Applications
• Jan 22, 2013, Announcement: Oracle VM 3.2 Now Available - Delivers Unified Management and Enhanced Automation Capabilities for x86 Servers and Oracle SPARC Servers
• Jan 22, 2013, Webcast: Oracle VM Disaster Recovery Best Practices in Implementation with State University of New York, register here, and review technical white paper.
• Nov 7, 2012, IOUG Virtualization SIG Symposium - Oracle on Oracle VM, watch replay here.
• Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2012, Oracle OpenWorld 2012, access all presentations delivered here, and access executive keynotes and videos here.
• Aug 24, 2012, Press Release - Leading Analyst Firm Finds Oracle VM Beats VMware vSphere in Time to Deployment for Key Oracle Applications
• Jun 22, 2012, Download the latest Oracle VM 3.1.1 patch update, and explore Oracle VM Manager 3 CLI
• May 18, 2012, Oracle Delivers Oracle VM 3.1
• Apr 16, 2012, Webcast: Top 10 Tips to Accelerate Oracle VM Deployments, register here
• Mar 20, 2012, Webcast: Simplify Oracle RAC Deployment with Oracle VM
• Mar 6, 2012, Webcast: Top 10 Tips to Accelerate Oracle VM Deployments
• Jan 25, 2012, Oracle VM 3.0.3 Patch Update. See download instructions here.
• Dec 22, 2011, Oracle VM 3.0.3 is released at Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Documentation is available here.
• Oct 2-6, 2011, OpenWorld 2011 Content
• Aug 23, 2011, Oracle VM 3.0 Product Launch
• Jun 20, 2011, Announcing the latest update to Oracle VM Server for x86 2.2 Release

Where to Start

• Oracle VM Documentation
• Oracle VM Technical White Papers (OTN)
• Certified Hardware for Oracle VM
• Oracle Validated Configurations
• Oracle VM Storage Connect
• Oracle VM Templates

Running on x86 servers, Oracle VM includes Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Server for x86.

• Oracle VM Manager controls the virtualization environment, creating and monitoring Oracle VM servers and the virtual machines. Oracle VM Manager 3 is an Oracle Fusion Middleware application, based on the Oracle Weblogic Server application server and Oracle Database. Beginning with release 3.2, Oracle VM Manager bundles MySQL Database Enterprise Edition as the management repository.
• Oracle VM Server for x86 installs directly on server hardware with x86 Intel or AMD processors and does not require a host operating system. An Oracle VM Server is comprised of a hypervisor and privileged domain (Dom0) that allows multiple domains or virtual machines (i.e. Linux, Solaris, Windows, etc.) to run on one physical machine. The Dom0 runs a process called Oracle VM Agent. The Oracle VM Agent receives and processes management requests, provides event notifications and configuration data to the Oracle VM Manager. Oracle VM Server 3 requires 64-bit x86 hardware, but can support either 64-bit or 32-bit guest virtual machines.

Software Download

• Oracle VM software is available for free download from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. See additional software download at OTN page.
• Oracle VM Templates
• See the list of available Oracle VM Storage Connect Plugins.
• Oracle Public Yum Server: The Oracle public yum server offers a free and convenient way to install packages from the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM installation media via a yum client.

Software License, Policy and Support

• Oracle Global Pricing and Licensing
  • Purchase Oracle VM and Oracle Linux Support from Oracle Store.
  • Oracle Linux Support and Oracle VM Support Global Price List
  • Oracle software license and server/hardware partitioning
  • Licensing Oracle Software in the Cloud Computing Environment
  • Oracle Processor Core Factor Table

• Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Support Policies
• My Oracle Support Information Center
  • Patch and Maintenance for Oracle VM 3.x (Doc ID 1544035.2)
  • Oracle VM Release 3.x (Doc ID 1351538.2)
  • Oracle VM Release 2.x (Doc ID 1351134.2)
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Virtualization Plugin for Cloud Control (Doc ID 1371536.1)
• My Oracle Support Doc ID 464754.1: Certified Software on Oracle VM
• My Oracle Support Doc ID 466538.1: Oracle VM General Policy Description
• My Oracle Support Doc ID 249212.1: Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMware Virtualized Environments
• My Oracle Support Doc ID 1145275.1: Virtualization support for Oracle Solaris
• My Oracle Support Doc ID 417770.1: Unbreakable Linux Support Policies for Virtualization and Emulation

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations
• Supported Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Database and RAC Product Releases

Related Products and Technologies

• Oracle Optimized Solutions for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
• Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
• Oracle Virtualization
• Oracle VM Templates
• Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder
• Oracle Solaris
• Oracle Linux
• Sun Servers
• Sun Storage
• Sun Networking
• Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance
• Oracle Engineered Systems

Forums and Mailing Lists

• OTN Discussion Forums
  • Oracle VM Server for x86
  • Virtualization
  • Linux
  • Solaris

• oraclevm-errata@oss.oracle.com: you can sign up here to receive notification on software update delivered to ULN for Oracle VM, or you can browse the email archive.
• el-errata@oss.oracle.com: you can sign up here to receive notification on software update deliver to ULN for Oracle Linux, or you can browse the email archive.

Support and Training

  Oracle performs real-world testing on its broad portfolio of products with Oracle VM to ensure bulletproof reliability and streamlined support. Consult My Oracle Support Doc ID 464754.1 on My Oracle Support website for the latest information on exact product versions certified.

• Purchase Oracle VM support at Oracle Store
• Oracle University Courses:
  • Oracle VM Administration (3-day) (Oracle VM 3)
  • Oracle VM Seminar (1-day) (Oracle VM 3)
  • Oracle VM Essentials (Oracle VM 2.x)
• Oracle Learning Library:
  • Creating Virtual Machines with Oracle VM 3
  • Implement a Simple Network Design for Oracle VM 3
• Oracle VM Hands-on Labs

Customers and Partners

• Customers Succeed with Oracle VM
  • Oracle Magazine Cover Feature: Managing the Virtual World
• Leading Partners Support Oracle VM
• Oracle VM Knowledge Zone for Partners
• Oracle VM Storage Connect Partner Program

Product Demos

• Oracle VM Overview - flash demo
• Accelerate Application Deployment - flash demo
• Oracle VM 3.0 Demos from Oracle Learning Library
  • Creating Virtual Machines with Oracle VM
  • Implement a Simple Network Design for Oracle VM

Videos and Podcast

• Youtube
  • Oracle Virtualization Channel
  • Oracle Partner Network Channel
  • Steen Schmidt's Youtube channel on Oracle VM
  • Greg King's Youtube channel on Oracle VM
  • Oracle VM 2.2 Educational Videos
  • Adam Hawley on Virtualization and Cloud
  • Wim Coekaerts on Brocade Partnership
  • Falconstor joins Oracle Unbreakable Linux & Oracle VM
  • System Technology i Implements Oracle VM
  • Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect for Oracle VM
  • Oracle VM Installation
  • Fenton Travers' VM Tutorials
• Oracle Video
  • Aug 2011, Oracle VM 3.0 Launch
  • May 2009, OTN TechCast Linux Engineering Update with Wim Coekaerts: Part 2 - Virtualizing the Oracle Stack
  • May 2009, OTN TechCast Linux Engineering Update with Wim Coekaerts, Part 1 - Linux Kernel Development at Oracle
  • Dec 2008, Interactive One's Community Connect Saves with Oracle VM
  • Aug 2008, LinuxWorld Keynote Excerpt (29 minutes): Watch Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven Discuss Linux & Virtualization
  • Aug 2008, LinuxWorld Keynote (61 minutes): Watch Oracle CIO Mark Sunday Discuss the Next Generation Data Center
  • Jul 2008, Oracle VM, A Complete Introduction (22 minutes), featuring Wim Coekaerts and Monica Kumar

Performance and Sizing

• Oracle Benchmarks
• Performance Evaluation of Oracle VM: Tolly Group Benchmark
• Using Consolidation Planner Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
• Benchmark Report by Univa: Concrete Proof Virtualization Overhead is Low, and see white paper
• Lanamark - capacity planning for Oracle VM
• Mokum Solutions: Oracle VM Server for x86 Sizing Advisor

Competition

• Discover Why Oracle Delivers More Value Than VMware
• Lanamark: Calculator: Oracle VM vs. VMware

Blogs

• Oracle's Virtualization Blogs
• Wim Coekaerts