Earlier
releases of OVM (2.x) documented manual configuration to enable access
to virtual machine consoles through VNC without using the OVM 2.x
manager:
E.3 Guest Console Access
However, such configuration is not possible with Oracle VM 3.
With OVM3 this is
achieved by redirecting the remote port to a local port using the ssh(1)
command.
To...
Monday, March 2, 2020
How To Regenerate The Oracle VM Manager 3.3.x/3.4.x DB
To regenerate the Oracle VM
database you'll need to have access to the /u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/.config
file. This file has the parameters of your database that will be used for
the regeneration.
For Oracle VM 3.4. x release, please consider
restoring a valid backup before regenerating the database.
Restore Oracle VM Manager...
Configure Secure TCP for Oracle VM Manager
The configuration of the
TCPS service requires a certain amount of understanding about keystores and
certificates. It is similar to the HTTPS configuration of Weblogic, so if you
are involved in setting up overall Oracle VM security, this will be
straightforward.
It's preferred to use
the bundled scripts to create keystore and enable TCPS service...
How to Create Virtual Disk without Oracle VM Manager
In some
situations, it may be necessary to know how to create a Virtual Disk on OVM 2.2
without using OVM Manager, and attach it to a Virtual Machine.
This can be done in OVM
2.2 via the following process:
1. Log into the Oracle VM server where the VM is running.
2. Change the directory at which the repository is mounted, e.g.:
# cd /to/path/to/repo
3....
To increase Virtual Machine Memory in the OVM Manager GUI ?
To increase Virtual Machine Memory in the OVM
Manager GUI, Please follow the following
steps
1. Using Oracle VM Manager GUI:
2. Login to Oracle VM Manager (GUI).
3. Select the VM and click on edit.
4. Check the assigned "Max. Memory
(MB):" and "Memory (MB):".
5. If the "Max. Memory (MB):" is the
same as "Memory...
How to Inject ESX 5.2.1 Host Drivers into VMware ESXi 5.0U1 Media
The procedure for PXE
Booting or SAN Booting an ESXi 5.0U1 host is the same as for an ESXi 4.0 host,
with the exception of creating the injecting the host drivers into the ESXi
5.0U1 bundle. The following text documents how to inject the host drivers. Use
the following text instead of the text for the remaster-iso script in the XgOS
Remote Booting...
How to Collect Diagnostic Data From VMware ESX/ESXi and VirtualCenter Server
There are a
couple of methods for collecting diagnostic data from VMware ESX/ESXi Servers /
VirtualCenter Server.
A) One method is to login as root to the ESX/ESXi Server
Service Console command line as user 'root'. In the /root directory run the
command vm-support. This will generate a tarball named something similar to:
esx-2008-month-day--hour.min.<PID>.tgz.
There...
How to Find ESXi 5.x Host Driver Version Installed
There
are multiple ways to accomplish this.
First is by logging into the
Fabric Director as user 'admin' and running the 'show
physical-servers' command:
perf01 2c9030005f7d4 cslab-rum01:ServerPort19 VMware/ESX5.2.0.EAX1C.1/x86_64 2.7.0/3.0.0 perf01-rum
Another...
