Supporting Software - Expert Consolidation in Oracle Database 12c - page 128

Table 12-1. ( continued )

Step Information to be provided

Boot Options Add both network and disk here. Enter a network boot path and point it to the

repository location for Oracle Linux 6. This is only possible for para-virtualized
guests. See Chapter 5 for more information on how to make the installation tree of
Oracle Linux available via the network. HVM guests will require the ISO image of the
installation available in the repository.
Click “Finish” to create the virtual machine description and begin the installation of
the virtual machine.

Oracle VM Manager will go off and create the new virtual machine metadata on one of the Oracle VM Servers.
This is exactly the same way you would create domUs in Xen from the command line, enriched with some extra
information needed by Oracle VM Manager. The configuration files for virtual machines reside in the repository,
which is mounted on all servers in the pool under /OVS/Repositories using the numeric repository ID. The
subdirectory VirtualMachines contains another ID for each domU. Finally, the vm.cfg file contains the information:

vif = ['mac=00:21:f6:00:00:12,bridge=0004fb0010609f0']
OVM_simple_name = 'ol62pvm'
disk = ['file:/OVS/Repositories/0...a/VirtualDisks/0...e.img,xvda,w']
uuid = '0004fb00-0006-0000-5506-fc6915b4897b'
on_reboot = 'restart'
boot = 'c'
cpu_weight = 27500
memory = 1024
cpu_cap = 0
maxvcpus = 1
OVM_high_availability = False
maxmem = 1024
OVM_description = ''
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_crash = 'restart'
bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
name = '0004fb00000600005506fc6915b4897b'
guest_os_type = 'linux'
vfb = ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vnclisten=127.0.0.1,keymap=en-gb']
vcpus = 1
OVM_os_type = 'Oracle Linux 6'
OVM_cpu_compat_group = ''
OVM_domain_type = 'xen_pvm'

Notice the entries beginning with OVM—they are specific to Oracle VM. With the domU definition finished,
highlight the domU definition and click “Start.” The console button will open a VNC session if you have a VNC viewer
installed on the client. From then on, install Linux as you normally would. Again, refer to Chapter 5 for guidance on
the Oracle Linux 6 installation.