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Oracle VM Server for SPARC

Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains, or LDoms) is Oracle's server virtualization and partitioning technology on Oracle's SPARC servers. Oracle VM Server for SPARC leverages the SPARC hypervisor to subdivide supported platforms' resources (CPUs,memory, I/O, and storage) by creating partitions called logical or virtual machines to take advantage of the massive thread scale offered by SPARC servers and the Oracle Solaris operating system. And all this capability is available at no additional cost.
What's New
- (10 Sep 2016) Announcement: OpenStack support for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
- (24 Aug 2016) Announcement: Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4.0.1 Released
- (31 May 2016) Announcement: Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Released
- (21 Jan 2016) Announcement:Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.3.0.1 Released
- (20 Nov 2015) Virtual I/O with Performance and Flexibility
- (06 Nov 2015) SPARC T7 and M7 with Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.3
- (26 Oct 2015)Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.3 Released!
- (23 Mar 2015) Announcement: Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Released
- (2 Jul 2014) Announcement: Oracle VM Manager 3.3 now available with enhanced SPARC virtualization management
- (18 Mar 2014) Announcing Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.1.1
- (10 Dec 2013) Press Release: Oracle Sponsors OpenStack Foundation; Offers Customers Ability to Use OpenStack to Manage Oracle Cloud Products and Services
- (22 Sep 2013) Oracle Unveils Big Memory Machines with New SPARC M6 Processors for In-Memory Applications
- (20 Aug 2013) Announcing Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.1
- (26 Mar 2013) Announcement: Oracle Unveils SPARC Servers with the World’s Fastest Microprocessor
- (22 Jan 2013) Announcement: Oracle VM 3.2 Now Available - Delivers Unified Management and Enhanced Automation Capabilities for x86 Servers and Oracle SPARC Servers
- Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2012, Oracle OpenWorld 2012, access all presentations delivered here, and access executive keynotes and videos here.
- (11 Jul 2012) Webcast: Best Practices to Accelerate Oracle VM Server for SPARC Deployments, see the recording and slides.
- (28 Jun 2012) Watch the video Power Management with Oracle VM Server for SPARC
- (22 Jun 2012) Oracle Solaris 11 SRU8.5 includes Oracle VM server for SPARC 2.2. Learn more from here and consult the documentation for further details
- (13 Jun 2012) Oracle Expands Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure with SPARC and Oracle Solaris
- (6 Jun 2012) The Register published an Article on Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2
- (24 May 2012) Oracle Announced Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Release
- May 2012 Webcast: Increasing Business Agility with Oracle VM Server for SPARC
- (30 Apr 2012) Press Release: SAP® Applications Certified for Oracle SPARC SuperCluster
- (2 Oct 2011) Oracle OpenWorld 2011 Content: Get the most out of Oracle VM Server for SPARC. Download the slides pdf.
- (26 Sep 2011) Oracle Unveils the World’s Fastest General Purpose Engineered System - the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4. See SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 Press Release
- (8 June 2011) Announced Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1. See Oracle's virtualization blog, press release, and software download.
Where to Start
- Oracle VM Server for SPARC Documentation
- What's New in each release
- Oracle VM Technical White Papers (OTN)
- Oracle VM Server for SPARC Datasheet
- Software download
- For customers with Oracle support, visit the Information Center (Doc ID 1367157.1)
Oracle offers a full portfolio of virtualization solutions to address your needs. SPARC is the leading platform to have the dynamic domain capability that provides the physical isolation needed to run independent operating systems. Many customers have already used Oracle Solaris Containers for application isolation.Oracle VM Server for SPARC provides another important feature with OS isolation. This gives you the flexibility to deploy multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single SPARC T-Series server with finer granularity for computing resources. For SPARC T-Series processors, the natural level of granularity is an execution thread, not a time-sliced microsecond of execution resources. Each CPU thread can be treated as an independent virtual processor. The scheduler is built into the CPU, without the extra overhead for scheduling in hypervisor. What you get is a lower overhead and higher performance virtualization solution.
Software Download
- See the instructions to download Oracle VM Server for SPARC software at OTN page.
- Oracle Solaris 11 Support Repository Updates (SRU) Index [ID 1372094.1]
Software License and Policy
- My Oracle Support Doc ID 1309370.1: Support Policy for Oracle VM Server for SPARC (LDoms)
- My Oracle Support Doc ID 1145275.1: Virtualization support for Oracle Solaris
- 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
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
- Oracle Virtualization
- Oracle Solaris
- SPARC SuperCluster
- Sun Servers
- Sun Storage
- Sun Networking
- Oracle Engineered Systems
Forums and Mailing Lists
- OTN Discussion Forums
Support
Oracle SPARC T-Series Systems come with the right to use (RTU) for Oracle VM Server for SPARC, and the software is pre-installed. If you have the systems under warranty or with support, you can download the software and system firmware as well as their updates. Oracle Premier Support for Systems provides fully-integrated support for your server hardware, firmware, OS, and virtualization software. Visit oracle.com/support for information about Oracle's support offerings for Sun systems.
Training
- Attend training course offered by Oracle University:
Customers and Partners
- BMC Software Leverages SPARC Servers for Virtualization, Energy Efficiency
- SunGard Takes Full Advantage of the Virtualization Capabilities in Oracle VM Server for SPARC
- Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers See Expanded Deployment at Qualcomm
Videos and Podcast
- Youtube
Performance and Sizing
- Oracle Benchmarks
- Lanamark - capacity planning for Oracle VM