Oracle VM

Julian Dyke Independent Consultant

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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Virtualization Overview

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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Virtualization Types of Virtualization

Hardware Partitions
Physical Partitions
- Physically isolated - Native hardware speed - Dedicated resources

Operating System Partitions

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

Virtual Machines
Binary Translation
- Run time translation - Any hardware / OS - Slower

Virtual Partitions
- Online Add / Remove - Near native hardware speed - Shared I/O

Para-Virtualization
- Special O/S Build - Any hardware/ Linux - Faster

Shared Partitions
- Shared CPU - Dynamic CPU cycle allocation

Hardware Virtualization
- Early support (Intel / AMD) - Any O/S - Will be fastest

AIX and HP/UX

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Solaris

X86 / X86-64

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Virtualization Supported Platforms

VENDOR Product Virtualization Type Processor Platform Operating System(s) Hard Partition Licensing
Pinned only Yes Yes Capped only Yes Yes

Basic Support

Live Migration

DB RAC
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

DB
Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A Test

RAC
Test N/A N/A N/A N/A Test

Oracle

Oracle Virtual Machine nPar

Virtual Machine (PV, HVM) Physical Partition Virtual Partition Virtual Machine Virtual Partition Virtual Partition

X86 IA, PA IA, PA IA Power Power

Linux, Windows HP-UX HP-UX HP-UX AIX AIX

HP

vPar Integrity Virtual Machines LPAR dLPAR

IBM

Micro-partitions
VIO4 WPAR zVM

Shared Partition
Shared storage OS Partition Shared Partition

Power
Power Power zSeries

AIX
N/A AIX Linux

Capped only
N/A No No

Yes
Yes Test Yes

Yes
Yes No No

Test
N/A Test N/A

Test
N/A No N/A

Dynamic System Domains Physical Partition

Sparc
Sparc Sparc

Solaris
Solaris Solaris

Yes
No Capped only

Yes
Test Yes

Yes
Test No

N/A
N/A N/A

N/A
N/A N/A

SUN

Logical Domains Solaris Containers

Virtual Partition OS Partition

1 2 3 4

Supported with Oracle Database 11.0.7 Need to disable Numa for dynamic support. Static support only. VIO is an option for dLPAR and micro-partitions.

Information supplied by Oracle Corporation

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Virtualization Certified Application Server Platforms

The following virtualized platforms are certified for Oracle Application Server
Operating System Linux x86, x86-64 Windows x86, x86-64 Virtualization / Partitioning Technology Oracle VM Oracle VM

IBM AIX POWER

IBM Linux POWER Sun Solaris SPARC Sun Solaris x86, x86-64

IBM LPAR
IBM LPAR Sun Containers (Solaris 10) Sun Containers (Solaris 10)

HP HP/UX PA RISC
HP HP/UX Itanium HP Linux Itanium HP Windows Itanium

nPar, vPar
nPar, vPar nPar 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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VMware Oracle 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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Virtualization Hypervisor-Based Virtualization

Applications

Applications

Guest OS
Guest VM Hypervisor

Guest OS
Guest VM

X86 or X86/64 Bare-Metal Server CPU Memory I/O Network

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Xen Hypervisor Overview

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 VM Overview

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 VM Overview

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 VM Virtual 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 VM Components

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 VM Architecture
Oracle VM Manager Web Browser-based User Interface Java-based Management Server Oracle VM Manager Repository

Oracle VM Server OracleVM Agent dom0 domU Hypervisor Host Hardware CPU, Network, Memory, Disk domU domU

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Oracle VM Supported 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 VM Supported 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 VM Product 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 VM Product 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 VM Oracle 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 VM Oracle 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 VM Oracle 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 VM Oracle Support Costs

Support costs (August 2008):

Price per system Up to 2 physical CPUs (sockets) Installable binaries (both server and manager) Free Price per system Unlimited physical CPUs (sockets) Free

Oracle VM Premier Support (1 year)

Oracle VM Premier Support (3 year)

$599
$1,797

$1,199
$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 Server Installation

Oracle VM Server installation is similar to current Enterprise Linux installation

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Oracle VM Server Installation

Default partitioning layout for an 80GB disk:

Device /dev/hdb hdb1 hbb2 hdb3 hdb4 hdb5 1 14 486 9599 9599 13 485 9598 9729 9729 101M 3074M 72112M 1027M 1027M ext3 ext3 ocfs2 Extended swap /boot / /OVS Start End Size Type Mount Point

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 Server Virtualization 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 Server Hardware 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 paravirtualization Note: AMD also provides hardware virtualization

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Oracle VM Server Hardware Virtualization

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Oracle VM Server Paravirtualization

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=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title 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 -r 2.6.18-8.1.15.1.16.el5xen

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Oracle VM Server Installation

Example of /etc/issue for para-virtualized guest

Oracle VM server release 2.1.2 Hypervisor 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:F3:7C If : eth1 Mac : 00:17:3F:9A:03:B9 If : xenbr0 Mac : FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF If : xenbr1 Mac : FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF CPU : cpu family model model name : 6 : 15 : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual

CPU

E2160

@ 1.80GHz

[root@server11 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Oracle VM server release 2.1.2

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Oracle VM Server Installation

Example of /etc/issue for hardware virtualized guest

Oracle VM server release 2.1.2 Hypervisor 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:78 If : eth1 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:79 If : xenbr0 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:78 If : xenbr1 Mac : 00:04:23:DC:1E:79 CPU : cpu family model model name : 6 : 15 : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Dual

CPU

X5355

@ 2.66GHz

[root@server11 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Oracle VM server release 2.1.2

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Oracle VM Server Xen 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 Server OCFS2 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 Server OVS Configuration

OVS release is reported in /etc/ovs-release

[root@server11 ~]# cat /etc/ovs-release Oracle 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 Server Shared 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 Server Guest 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 Server Guest 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 Server Guest Installation using NFS

NFS can be mounted on the local host NFS services must be started:

[root@server11]# service portmap start Starting portmap: [root@server11]# service nfs start Starting NFS services: Starting NFS quotes: Starting NFS daemon: Starting NFS mountd:

[ OK ]

[ [ [ [

OK OK OK OK

] ] ] ]

Firewall must be disabled:

[ [ [ OK OK OK ] ] ]

[root@server11]# service iptables stop Flushing firewall rules: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter Unloading iptables modules:

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Oracle VM Server Guest 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

If the installation software is in an ISO file mount as a loopback device

[root@server11]# mount -o ro,loop /dev/cdrom /el

Export the file system

[root@server11]# exportfs *:/el

Verify the file has been exported

[root@server11]# exportfs /el <world>

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Oracle VM Server Guest 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

If the installation software is in an ISO file mount as a loopback device

[root@server11]# mount -o ro,loop <filename> /media/iso

Copy the contents to the /el directory

[root@server11]# cd /media/iso [root@server11]# cp -var * /media/iso

Unmount the directory

[root@server11]# cd [root@server11]# umount /media/iso

Repeat for remaining disks or ISO images

Export the file system as shown on previous slide

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Oracle VM Server virt-install

The virt-install can be executed by the root user either interactively or using arguments For example interactively (as root)
[root@server11]# virt-install What is the name of your virtual machine? guest1 How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes?) 512 What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /OVS/running_pool/guest1 How 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) yes What 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 Server virt-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 Server virt-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

This error can also be ignored

See Metalink Note 466563.1 - Oracle VM: First Boot after Installation of Guest OS Fails with Text Console

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Oracle VM Server Xen Configuration

Default virt-install of a guest O/S creates configuration /etc/xen e.g. /etc/xen/guest1

# Automatically generated xen config file name = "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=1 on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart'

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Oracle VM Server xm utility

xm is the Xen management user interface To list valid options

[root@server11]# xm help

To print the message buffer

[root@server11]# xm dmesg

To start a VM
[root@server11]# xm create -c /etc/xen/guest1

To shutdown a VM
[root@server11]# xm shutdown guest1

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Oracle VM Server xm utility

To list running VMs

[root@server11]# xm list
Name Domain-0 guest1 guest2 ID 0 9 10 Mem VCPUs 468 2 256 1 256 1 State r-----b----b---Time(s) 254.1 19.7 16.0

To start a console session

[root@server11]# xm console 9

where 9 is the ID in xm list To end the console session press CTRL-]

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Oracle VM Server xentop utility

Similar to top Same as xm top Executed from dom0 Shows current state of all domains including dom0 and guests

[root@server11 ~]# xentop

For example

xentop - 10:23:58 Xen 3.1.4 3 domains: 1 running, 2 blocked, 0 paused, 0 crashed, 0 dying, 0 shutdown Mem: 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

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Oracle VM Agent

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Oracle VM Agent Management

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 status ok! process OVSPolicyServer exists ok! process OVSMonitorServer exists ok! process OVSLogServer exists ok! process OVSAgentServer exists ok! OVSAgentServer is alive

To start Oracle VM Agent

[root@server11] service ovs-agent start OVSAgentServer is now starting... OVSAgentServer started.

To stop Oracle VM Agent

[root@server11] service ovs-agent stop OVSAgentServer shutdown... OVSAgentServer stopped.

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Oracle VM Manager

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Oracle VM Manager Overview

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 Manager Installation

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 Manager 2. Uninstall Oracle VM Manager 3. 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 localhost 2. Use an existing Oracle database in my network

Installer prompts for port numbers and passwords

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Oracle VM Manager Starting 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 Manager Accessing VM Manager

To access Oracle VM Manager home page from a browser use:

http://<server_name>:8888/OVS

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Oracle VM Server 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 VM Server Pools

Oracle VM Manager

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

Server Pool 1 Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Server

Server Pool 2 Oracle VM Server Oracle VM Server

Shared Storage

Shared Storage

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Oracle VM Manager Server 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 VM Server 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 Manager Utility 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 Manager Server Pool Configuration

After installation Oracle VM Manager will automatically run the Server Pool Wizard

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Oracle VM Manager Server Pool Configuration

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Oracle VM Manager Server Pool Configuration

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Oracle VM Manager Server Pool Configuration

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Oracle VM Manager Templates

Oracle supplies some templates which can be used to rapidly create VMs Operating system templates available in September 2008 included:
Kernel 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.100.1.ELsmp 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.9.1.ELxenU 2.6.9-55.0.1.2.9.1.ELxenU 2.6.18-8.1.15.100.1.el5 2.6.18-8.1.15.100.1.el5 2.6.18-53.0.0.100.1.el5 2.6.18-53.0.0.100.1.el5 2.6.18-53.1.4.9.1.el5xen 2.6.18-53.1.4.9.1.el5xen 2.6.9-55.0.12.100.1.ELsmp 2.6.9-55.0.12.9.1.ELxenU VCPUs 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 RAM(GB) 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 Storage(GB) 10 10 4 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 4 4

Template OVM_EL4U5_X86-HVM-10GB OVM_EL4U5_X86_64-HVM-10GB OVM_EL4U5_X86-HVM-4GB OVM_EL4U5_X86_64-HVM-4GB OVM_EL4U5_X86-PVM-10GB OVM_EL4U5_X86-PVM-4GB OVM_EL5_X86_64_HVM_10GB OVM_EL5_X86_64_HVM_4GB OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_HVM_10GB OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_HVM_4GB OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_PVM_10GB OVM_EL5U1_X86_64_HVM_4GB OVM_EL4U5_X86_HVM_ORACLE_11G OVM_EL4U5_X86_PVM_ORACLE_11G

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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 VM Conclusions

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

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