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Oracle VM
Julian DykeIndependent Consultant
juliandyke.com
Web Version - October 2008
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Agenda
Virtualization Oracle VM
Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Agent Oracle VM Manager
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Virtualization
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VirtualizationOverview Virtualization is the process of abstracting computing resources
Multiple operating systems and application images share same physical server
Benefits include: Cost of ownership
Hardware Licensing Power Cooling Space
Functionality High Availability Resource Management Cloning Migration
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HardwarePartitions
Physical Partitions- Physically isolated- Native hardware speed- Dedicated resources
Virtual Partitions
- Online Add / Remove- Near native hardware speed- Shared I/O
Shared Partitions
AIX and HP/UX
VirtualizationTypes of Virtualization
- Shared CPU- Dynamic CPU cycle allocation
Operating SystemPartitions
Partitions- Must run same OS- May support different
levels of same OS- Limited fault isolation- De-privileged kernel- Near native speed- Some code changes
required
Solaris
VirtualMachines
Binary Translation- Run time translation- Any hardware / OS- Slower
Para-Virtualization
- Special O/S Build- Any hardware/ Linux- Faster
Hardware Virtualization
X86 / X86-64
- Early support (Intel / AMD)- Any O/S- Will be fastest
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VirtualizationSupported Platforms
Information supplied by Oracle Corporation
VENDOR
Product VirtualizationType
ProcessorPlatform
Operating System(s)
Hard Partition Licensing
Basic Support
Live Migration
DB RAC DB RAC
Oracle Oracle Virtual Machine Virtual Machine (PV, HVM) X86 Linux, Windows Pinned only Yes Yes³ Yes¹ Test
HP
nPar Physical Partition IA, PA HP-UX Yes Yes² Yes³ N/A N/A
vPar Virtual Partition IA, PA HP-UX Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A
Integrity Virtual Machines Virtual Machine IA HP-UX Capped only Yes No N/A N/A
IBM
LPAR¹ Virtual Partition Power AIX Yes Yes³ Yes³ N/A N/A
dLPAR Virtual Partition Power AIX Yes Yes Yes Test Test
Micro-partitions Shared Partition Power AIX Capped only Yes Yes Test Test
VIO4 Shared storage Power N/A N/A Yes Yes N/A N/A
WPAR OS Partition Power AIX No Test No Test No
zVM Shared Partition zSeries Linux No Yes No N/A N/A
SUN
Dynamic System Domains Physical Partition Sparc Solaris Yes Yes Yes³ N/A N/A
Logical Domains Virtual Partition Sparc Solaris No Test Test N/A N/A
Solaris Containers OS Partition Sparc Solaris Capped only Yes No N/A N/A1 Supported with Oracle Database 11.0.72 Need to disable Numa for dynamic support.3 Static support only. 4 VIO is an option for dLPAR and micro-partitions.
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VirtualizationCertified Application Server Platforms The following virtualized platforms are certified for Oracle Application Server
Operating System Virtualization / Partitioning Technology
Linux x86, x86-64 Oracle VM
Windows x86, x86-64 Oracle VM
IBM AIX POWER IBM LPAR
IBM Linux POWER IBM LPAR
Sun Solaris SPARC Sun Containers (Solaris 10)
Sun Solaris x86, x86-64
Sun Containers (Solaris 10)
HP HP/UX PA RISC nPar, vPar
HP HP/UX Itanium nPar, vPar
HP Linux Itanium nPar
HP Windows Itanium nPar
On Solaris both global and local zones/containers are supported, but LDOMs are not supported See http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/hi_av/oracleas_supported_virtualization.html
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VMwareOracle Support Status Limited support for Oracle products on VMware
Oracle has not certified any of its products on VMware
Oracle will support customers running Oracle products running on VMware for issues known to occur on the native OS for issues that can be demonstrated not to be a result of using VMware
See Metalink Note 249212.1 - Support Position for Oracle Products running on VMware virtualized environments for more details
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VirtualizationHypervisor-Based Virtualization
Hypervisor
X86 or X86/64 Bare-Metal Server
Guest VM
Applications
Guest OS
CPU Memory I/O Network
Guest VM
Applications
Guest OS
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Xen HypervisorOverview Xen hypervisor
Small, lightweight, software virtual machine monitor Supports x86 and x86-64 only Executes multiple virtual machines on one physical system Each virtual machine has its own guest operating system Originally developed at Cambridge University Now open source Included in
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0 and above Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and above SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Enhanced version included in Oracle VM Server
Beware - Oracle VM Manager overrides some Xen default properties
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Oracle VM
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Oracle VMOverview Server virtualization software
Supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications
Claimed to be three times more efficient than other server virtualization products
Backed by Oracle support
Available for free download edelivery.oracle.com/oracle/vm
Guests supported include: Linux Windows
Runs on x86 and x86-64 based systems
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Oracle VMOverview Oracle products certified with Oracle VM include:
Oracle Database Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Applications
Consists of Open Source server software integrated Web browser-based management console
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Oracle VMVirtual Machines Oracle VM allows users to create and manage Virtual Machines (VMs)
VMs exist on same physical server behave like independent physical servers
Each VM has its own virtual CPUs network interfaces storage operating system
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Oracle VMComponents Oracle VM Server
Self-contained virtualization environment Provides lightweight, secure, server-based platform forrunning VMs Based on updated version of Xen hypervisor technology Includes Oracle VM Agent
Oracle VM Agent Installed with Oracle VM Server Communicates with Oracle VM Manager for management of virtual
machines
Oracle VM Manager Provides user interface to manage Oracle VM servers and resources Standard Application Development Framework (ADF) web applications
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Oracle VMArchitecture
dom0
OracleVM Agent
domU domU domU
Hypervisor
Host Hardware CPU, Network, Memory, Disk
Java-based Management Server
Web Browser-based User Interface
Oracle VM Server
Oracle VM Manager
Oracle VMManager
Repository
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Oracle VMSupported Hardware Oracle VM requirements
32 bit or 64 bit host i686-class processor
all Intel Pentium Pro or newer models Intel Pentium 4 recommended as a minimum
all AMD Athlon/Duron processors or newer models AMD Athlon recommended as a minimum
For unmodified guest operating systems CPU must provide hardware virtualization support
Hardware virtualization optionally provided by the following processors: Intel Pentium D, Core, Core2, Xeon AMD Athlon, Opteron
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Oracle VMSupported Guest Operating Systems Oracle VM supports the following guest operating systems:
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows HP
Note that Microsoft Windows is only supported on hardware virtualization (HV) capable hardware
Currently Windows runs significantly slower on Oracle VM than on native hardware
Oracle is developing paravirtualized Windows drivers to improve performance of Windows on Oracle VM
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Oracle VMProduct Certification Oracle VM is the only x86 based server virtualization environment on which
Oracle products are supported
Oracle products currently certified with Oracle VM (September 2008) include: Oracle Database 10gR2 and11gR1 Oracle RAC 10gR2 (10.2.0.4) Oracle Application Server 10gR2 and 10gR3 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.4 Oracle Berkeley DB4.6 Oracle TimesTen 7.0.3.1 Oracle E-Business Suite11.5.10 and12 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.4.x and 9.0 PeopleTools 8.49.07and above Oracle Siebel CRM 8.0 Oracle Hyperion 9.3.1
See Metalink Note 464754.1 - Certified Software on Oracle VM
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Oracle VMProduct Certification Only the following Application Server components are currently certified:
SOA 10.1.3.1.0 with 10.1.3.3.0 patchset WebCenter 10.1.3.2.0 with 10.1.3.3.0 patchset Oralce Communication and Mobility Server 10.1.3.3.0 (Linux x86 only) Oracle Data Integrator 10.1.3.3.0 Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10.1.3.3.0 Identity Management 10.1.4.0.1 and 10.1.4.2.0 Oracle Identify Federation 10.1.4.0.1 and 10.1.4.2.0 Oracle Virtual Directory 10.1.4.2.0 Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4.2.0 Oracle Identity Manager 9.1.0.0 Oracle Universal Content Management 10.1.3.3.1 (Linux x86 only) Oracle Universal Records Management 10.1.3.3.1 (Linux x86 only)
See Metalink Note 464754.1 - Certified Software on Oracle VM
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Oracle VMOracle Single Instance Database Support As of September 2008 Oracle single instance databases are certified with
Oracle VM with the following restrictions
x86 and x86-64 platforms Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x, 5.x Oracle 10.2.0.3 or above Oracle VM 2.1 or above Para-virtualized and hardware virtualized modes
Use para-virtualized drivers in both modes Windows supported in Oracle 11.1.0.7 and above Live migration supported in Oracle 11.1.0.7 and above
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Oracle VMOracle RAC Database Support As of September 2008 RAC is certified with Oracle VM with the following
restrictions
X86 32-bit platform only Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1 or above Oracle 10.2.0.4 only Oracle VM 2.1.2 only Para-virtualized mode only Static mode support only No dynamic resource changes No live migration
Oracle Recommendations Each RAC node should be deployed on a different physical server Use physical block devices for database files Do not over-commit CPUs
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Oracle VMOracle RAC Database Support Why would you want to run RAC on Oracle VM?
Resource Management Control amount of CPU and memory used by each instance
Cloning For development, test and pre-production
Migration Move instance from one node to another Hardware must currently be identical
Live Migration Not supported with RAC
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Oracle VMOracle Support Costs Support costs (August 2008):
Price per systemUp to 2 physical CPUs (sockets)
Price per systemUnlimited physical CPUs (sockets)
Installable binaries (both server and manager)
Free Free
Oracle VM Premier Support (1 year) $599 $1,199
Oracle VM Premier Support (3 year) $1,797 $3,597
Oracle VM Premier Support includes Access to software and updates through the Unbreakable Linux Network 24x7 global support
Pricing / licensing for Oracle products used with Oracle VM is unaffected CPU licensing is still based on physical processors
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Oracle VM Server
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Oracle VM ServerInstallation Oracle VM Server installation is similar to current Enterprise Linux installation
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Oracle VM ServerInstallation Default partitioning layout for an 80GB disk:
Device Start End Size Type Mount Point
/dev/hdbhdb1 1 13 101M ext3 /boothbb2 14 485 3074M ext3 /hdb3 486 9598 72112M ocfs2 /OVShdb4 9599 9729 1027M Extendedhdb5 9599 9729 1027M swap
Defaults can be overwritten during installation
Note that all unallocated storage is assigned to /OVS
Component list cannot be updated Package installation takes around 6 minutes
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Oracle VM ServerVirtualization Types Oracle VM servers can be
Para virtualized Hardware virtualized
Para virtualization Requires virtualization aware kernel Available in Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (Oracle and Red Hat) Currently best performance
Hardware virtualization Can run unmodified kernels e.g Enterprise Linux 3, Windows etc Requires virtualization aware CPUs Virtualization must be enabled in BIOS
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Oracle VM ServerHardware Virtualization Why is para-virtualization currently faster?
Intel currently supports hardware virtualization of CPU VT-x on x86 / x86-64 VT-i on Itanium
In future processors Intel will support hardware virtualization for: Directed I/O
VT-d Memory / Page Tables
Extended Page Tables (EPT) Networking Devices
VT-c
When these are available hardware virtualization will be faster then para-virtualization
Note: AMD also provides hardware virtualization
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Oracle VM ServerHardware Virtualization
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Oracle VM ServerParavirtualization Para-virtualization requires a xen-aware kernel
Available in Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 and above
For example for paravirtualized kernel /etc/grub.conf contains:
default=0timeout=5splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gzhiddenmenutitle Enterprise Linux (2.6.18-8.el5xen) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 console=xvc0 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5xen.img
Default kernel is:
[root@server11 ~]# uname -r2.6.18-8.1.15.1.16.el5xen
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Oracle VM ServerInstallation Example of /etc/issue for para-virtualized guest
Oracle VM server release 2.1.2Hypervisor running in 64 bit mode with NO Hardware Virtualization support.
Network :Management Interface :If : eth0(Up) Mac : 00:17:3F:99:F3:7C IP address : 192.168.2.111
Configured Networks and Bridges :If : eth0 Mac : 00:17:3F:99:F3:7CIf : eth1 Mac : 00:17:3F:9A:03:B9If : xenbr0 Mac : FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FFIf : xenbr1 Mac : FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
CPU :cpu family : 6model : 15model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz
[root@server11 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-releaseOracle VM server release 2.1.2
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Oracle VM ServerInstallation Example of /etc/issue for hardware virtualized guest
Oracle VM server release 2.1.2Hypervisor running in 64 bit mode with Hardware Virtualization support.
Network :Management Interface :If : eth0(Up) Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:78 IP address :
Configured Networks and Bridges :If : eth0 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:78If : eth1 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:79If : xenbr0 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:78If : xenbr1 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:79
CPU :cpu family : 6model : 15model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Dual CPU X5355 @ 2.66GHz
[root@server11 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-releaseOracle VM server release 2.1.2
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Oracle VM ServerXen Configuration Xen is configured in /etc/sysconfig/xendomains
It should not be necessary to modify this file
Services installed for xen include: xend xendomains
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Oracle VM ServerOCFS2 Configuration OCFS2 is configured in /etc/ocfs2/cluster.conf Initially configured as single node. For example:
node: ip_port = 7777 ip_address = 192.168.2.111 number = 0 name = server11.juliandyke.com cluster = ocfs2
cluster: node_count = 1 name = ocfs2
Should be extended to contain all servers in pool
Services installed for OCFS2 include: o2cb ocfs2
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Oracle VM ServerOVS Configuration OVS release is reported in /etc/ovs-release
[root@server11 ~]# cat /etc/ovs-releaseOracle VM server release 2.1.2
Services installed for Oracle VM include: ovs-agent ovsrepositories
Oracle VM agent is configured in /etc/ovs-agent/agent.ini
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Oracle VM ServerShared Storage Multiple Oracle VM Servers must share storage
Oracle VM uses OCFS2 by default
Shared directory is created by Oracle VM Server installation Called /OVS Created as ocfs2 Must be manually extended to other VM servers in pool Contains various pools including:
iso_pool - contains ISO images running_pool - contains run-time images for guests seed_pool publish_pool
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Oracle VM ServerGuest Installation Linux guest installation uses Anaconda
Guest operating system MUST be installed from ISO images Cannot directly mount CD/ROM
Installation can use NFS - from local or remote server HTTP - from remote web server FTP - from remove FTP server
See Metalink Note 466005.1 - Mounting an ISO for Paravirtualized Guest Operating System Installation
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Oracle VM ServerGuest Installation Guest can be installed using
virt-install operating system utility
VM Manager GUI-based installation
Install utilities are not entirely compatible e.g. virt-install creates configuration file in /etc/xen
e.g. /etc/xen/guest11 VM Manager creates additional configuration file called vm.cfg
e.g. /OVS/running_pool/guest1/vm.cfg
Prior to first installation create Oracle VM standard pools in /OVS:
[root@server11]# mkdir /OVS/running_pool
[root@server11]# mkdir /OVS/iso_pool
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Oracle VM ServerGuest Installation using NFS NFS can be mounted on the local host NFS services must be started:
[root@server11]# service nfs startStarting NFS services: [ OK ]Starting NFS quotes: [ OK ]Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ]Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ]
Firewall must be disabled:
[root@server11]# service iptables stop Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ]Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ]Unloading iptables modules: [ OK ]
[root@server11]# service portmap startStarting portmap: [ OK ]
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Oracle VM ServerGuest Installation using NFS If the installation software is delivered in a single (DVD-ROM) image Create a mount point
[root@server11]# mkdir /el
If the installation is on a DVD then mount the device
[root@server11]# mount /dev/cdrom /el
Export the file system
[root@server11]# exportfs *:/el
[root@server11]# mount -o ro,loop /dev/cdrom /el
If the installation software is in an ISO file mount as a loopback device
Verify the file has been exported
[root@server11]# exportfs/el <world>
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Oracle VM ServerGuest Installation using NFS If the installation software is delivered in multiple (CD-ROM) images Create a directory
[root@server11]# mkdir /el
If the installation is on a CD-ROM then mount the device
[root@server11]# mount /dev/cdrom /media/iso
Export the file system as shown on previous slide
[root@server11]# cd /media/iso[root@server11]# cp -var * /media/iso
[root@server11]# mount -o ro,loop <filename> /media/iso
If the installation software is in an ISO file mount as a loopback device
Unmount the directory
[root@server11]# cd[root@server11]# umount /media/iso
Copy the contents to the /el directory
Repeat for remaining disks or ISO images
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Oracle VM Servervirt-install The virt-install can be executed by the root user either interactively or using
arguments For example interactively (as root)
[root@server11]# virt-installWhat is the name of your virtual machine? guest1How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes?) 512What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /OVS/running_pool/guest1How large would you like the disk (/OVS/running_pool/guest1) to be (in gigabytes)? 5 Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no) yesWhat is the install location? nfs:server11:/el
Using arguments:
[root@server11]# virt-install \--name guest1 \--ram=512 \--file=/OVS/running_pool/guest1 \--file-size=5 \--location=nfs:192.168.2.111:/el \--nographics
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Oracle VM Servervirt-install During installation of Enterprise Linux guest you will be prompted for a TCP/IP
configuration
Ensure that a Gateway IP address is specified otherwise installation will fail with the following error:
That directory could not be mounted from the server
By default guest O/S will be installed in /dev/xvda
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Oracle VM Servervirt-install During initialization virt-install always reports the following error
libvir: Xen Daemon error: GET operation failed:
This error can be ignored Folllowing restart of new operating system virt-install using text graphics reports the following error
libvir: Xen Daemon error: internal error domain information incomplete, missing kernel
Entity: line 25: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: os line 5 and domain</domain>
Entity: line 26: parser error : Premature end of data in tag domain line 1
See Metalink Note 466563.1 - Oracle VM: First Boot after Installation of Guest OS Fails with Text Console
This error can also be ignored
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Oracle VM ServerXen Configuration Default virt-install of a guest O/S creates configuration /etc/xen
e.g. /etc/xen/guest1
# Automatically generated xen config filename = "guest1"memory = "512"disk = [ 'file:/OVS/running_pool/guest1,xvda,w', ]vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:6d:c2:92, bridge=xenbr0', ]
uuid = "286c380b-4cd6-9308-5987-4ff05d4d2278"bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"vcpus=1on_reboot = 'restart'on_crash = 'restart'
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Oracle VM Serverxm utility xm is the Xen management user interface
[root@server11]# xm create -c /etc/xen/guest1
To shutdown a VM
[root@server11]# xm shutdown guest1
To start a VM
To list valid options
[root@server11]# xm help
[root@server11]# xm dmesg
To print the message buffer
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Oracle VM Serverxm utility To list running VMs
To end the console session press CTRL-]
[root@server11]# xm list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)Domain-0 0 468 2 r----- 254.1guest1 9 256 1 -b---- 19.7guest2 10 256 1 -b---- 16.0
To start a console session
[root@server11]# xm console 9
where 9 is the ID in xm list
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Oracle VM Serverxentop utility Similar to top Same as xm top Executed from dom0 Shows current state of all domains including dom0 and guests
xentop - 10:23:58 Xen 3.1.43 domains: 1 running, 2 blocked, 0 paused, 0 crashed, 0 dying, 0 shutdownMem: 1037820k total, 1034928k used, 2892k free CPUs: 2 @ 1800MHz NAME STATE CPU(sec) CPU(%) MEM(k) MEM(%) MAXMEM(k) MAXMEM(%) VCPUS NETS NETTX(k) NETRX(k) VBDS VBD_OO VBD_RD VBD_WR SSID Domain-0 -----r 256 0.3 479232 46.2 no limit n/a 2 8 1358489 9219 0 0 0 0 0 guest1 --b--- 20 0.1 262144 25.3 262144 25.3 1 1 6 9 1 0 3295 1834 0 guest2 --b--- 21 0.1 262144 25.3 262144 25.3 1 1 7 0 1 0 3240 1727 0
[root@server11 ~]# xentop
For example
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Oracle VM Agent
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Oracle VM AgentManagement By default Oracle VM Agent is configured with username admin and the
password specified during installation To check current status of Oracle VM Agent
[root@server11 ~]# service ovs-agent statusok! process OVSPolicyServer existsok! process OVSMonitorServer existsok! process OVSLogServer existsok! process OVSAgentServer existsok! OVSAgentServer is alive
To start Oracle VM Agent
[root@server11] service ovs-agent stopOVSAgentServer shutdown...OVSAgentServer stopped.
To stop Oracle VM Agent
[root@server11] service ovs-agent startOVSAgentServer is now starting...OVSAgentServer started.
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Oracle VM Manager
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Oracle VM ManagerOverview Oracle VM Manager
Provides user interface to manage Oracle VM servers Standard Application Development Framework (ADF) web applications Manages VM lifecycle Creates VMs
from installation media from VM templates
Deletes VMs Power On / Off VMs Uploads VMs High Availability Deployment Live migration Dynamic Resource Management
CPU, memory etc Static Resource Management
ISO files, VM templates etc
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Oracle VM ManagerInstallation Insert CD-ROM or mount ISO image as loopback device
[root@server12]# mount -o ro,loop /dev/cdrom /mnt
Run installer
[root@server12 ~]# /mnt/runInstaller.sh
Welcome to Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2
Please enter the choice: [1|2|3]1. Install Oracle VM Manager2. Uninstall Oracle VM Manager3. Upgrade Oracle VM Manager
Starting Oracle VM Manager 2.1.2 installation ...
Do you want to install a new database or use an existing one? [1|2]
1. Install a new Oracle XE database on localhost2. Use an existing Oracle database in my network
Installer prompts for port numbers and passwords
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Oracle VM ManagerStarting and Stopping VM Manager The Oracle VM Manager application runs within an OC4J container To check the status of Oracle Containers for J2EE:
[root@server12]# service oc4j status
To start the Oracle VM Manager:
[root@server12]# service oc4j start
To stop the Oracle VM Manager:
[root@server12]# service oc4j stop
To access Oracle VM Manager home page from a browser use:
http://<server_name>:8888/OVS
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Oracle VM ManagerAccessing VM Manager To access Oracle VM Manager home page from a browser use:
http://<server_name>:8888/OVS
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Oracle VMServer Pools Multiple Oracle VM servers can be grouped into Server Pools
Each server in a server pool has access to shared storage Can be NFS, SAN or iSCSI
VMs can be started on any server in the pool that is available and has resources free
VMs can be live Migrated between any servers in the pool Except for RAC instances
VMs can be auto-restarted across any servers in the pool
For each VM a Preferred Server List can optionally be specified
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Oracle VMServer Pools
VM
Server Pool 1
VM VM VM VM VM VM
Server Pool 2
Oracle
VM Server
SharedStorage
Oracle
VM Server
VM VM VM
Oracle
VM Server
SharedStorage
Oracle
VM Server
Oracle
VM Server
Oracle VM Manager
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Oracle VM ManagerServer Pool Roles Each Oracle VM Server can have up to three roles:
Server Pool Master Agent Utility Server Virtual Machine Server
Each Server Pool must contain One Server Pool Master Agent One or more Utility Servers One or more Virtual Machine Servers
One Oracle VM Server can perform all three roles
Alternatively each role can be performed by different servers
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Oracle VMServer Pool Master Agent Each Server Pool has one (and only one) Server Pool Master Agent
Master agents manage: Load balancing Live migration HA restarts
All Management Agents in pool communicate with Master Agent Master Agent communicates with Management Server
Server Pool Master Agent can: be dedicated server (recommended for availability) host guest VMs
If Management Server fails, Server Pool Master Agents continue to operate
If Server Pool Master Agent fails Virtual machines within Server Pool continue to operate Live migration or High Availability functionality is not available
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Oracle VM ManagerUtility Server Responsible for I/O intensive operations such as copying or moving files
Used when creating or removing virtual machines servers server pools
There can be one or more utility servers in a Server Pool If there is more than one, Server Pool Master chooses Utility Server with
maximum CPU resources to complete task
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Oracle VM ManagerServer Pool Configuration After installation Oracle VM Manager will automatically run the Server Pool
Wizard
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Oracle VM ManagerServer Pool Configuration
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Oracle VM ManagerServer Pool Configuration
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Oracle VM ManagerServer Pool Configuration
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Oracle VM ManagerTemplates Oracle supplies some templates which can be used to rapidly create VMs Operating system templates available in September 2008 included:
Template Kernel VCPUs
RAM(GB) Storage(GB)
OVM_EL4U5_X86-HVM-10GB 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp
2 2 10
OVM_EL4U5_X86_64-HVM-10GB 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp
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OVM_EL4U5_X86-HVM-4GB 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp
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OVM_EL4U5_X86_64-HVM-4GB 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp
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OVM_EL4U5_X86-PVM-10GB 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.9.1.ELxenU 2 2 10
OVM_EL4U5_X86-PVM-4GB 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.9.1.ELxenU 1 1 4
OVM_EL5_X86_64_HVM_10GB 2.6.18-8.1.15.100.1.el5 2 2 10
OVM_EL5_X86_64_HVM_4GB 2.6.18-8.1.15.100.1.el5 1 1 4
OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_HVM_10GB 2.6.18-53.0.0.100.1.el5 2 2 10
OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_HVM_4GB 2.6.18-53.0.0.100.1.el5 1 1 4
OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_PVM_10GB 2.6.18-53.1.4.9.1.el5xen 2 2 10
OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_HVM_4GB 2.6.18-53.1.4.9.1.el5xen 1 1 4
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OVM_EL4U5_X86_PVM_ORACLE_11G
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Oracle VM ManagerTemplates Oracle Database 11g disk images available in September 2008 included:
Oracle Database 11g x86 Oracle Database 11g x86-64
Disk images are also available for: Oracle Enterprise Manager Siebel
See Metalink Note 551261.1 - Oracle VM Guest Templates for Oracle Enterprise Linux
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Oracle VMConclusions Promising technology
Full hardware virtualization should be very impressive Could be really useful for High Availability
Still relatively immature technology Few customers using Oracle VM in production
Still numerous installation and operational issues Beware of conflicts between Oracle VM Manager and Xen tools
Use Oracle VM Manager if possible Documentation is relatively weak
Often several ways to achieve same goal Not obvious which is best
Start investigating now Worth considering when planning Probably not production-ready yet but not far away
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References http://www.oracle.com/technologies/virtualization/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/vm.html
http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+VM
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following for their assistance with the development of this presentation:
Steve Shaw - Intel Corporation Martin Bach - eDBA Simon Haslam - Veriton Michael Timpanaro-Perrotta - Oracle Adam Hawley - Oracle