ORACLE VM OVERVIEW &

IMPLEMENTATION BOOT CAMP

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Oracle VM is a free, next-generation server virtualization and

ORACLE VM DELIVERS:
Faster Software Deployment

with Oracle VM Templates

Leading Price/Performance
Secure Live VM Migration
High Availability
Automatic or Manual Server

Pool Load Balancing

Physical-to-Virtual / Virtual-to-

Virtual Machine Conversion

Virtualization and

Management: Zero License

Costs, Zero License Keys
Virtual Machine I/O Resource

Management
Linux and Windows Support
Official Certification Based On

Real-World Testing

management solution that makes enterprise applications easier to

deploy, manage, and support. Backed worldwide by affordable
enterprise-quality support for both Oracle and non-Oracle
environments, Oracle VM facilitates the deployment and operation of
your enterprise applications on a fully certified platform to reduce
operations and support costs while simultaneously increasing IT
efficiency and agility.

The Oracle VM Overview & Implementation Boot Camp is

designed to educate and make Oracle partners aware of
Oracle VM architecture and best practices in customer
implementations or upgrades.

Affordable, Full-Stack

Enterprise-Class Support
Oracle VM Manager Web

What will we cover

Services API

The workshop provides an understanding of the benefits of server virtualization in

RELATED PRODUCTS
Oracle VM Management Pack
Oracle Enterprise Linux

general and Oracle VM specifically. The attendees will get the skills required to
successfully implement Oracle VM virtualized infrastructures and get Oracle
products up and running and maintained on such environments. Partners will add the
benefits of Oracle VM technology to existing projects but may also develop new
opportunities around e.g. migration, updates, infrastructure assessment, and
consolidation projects with Oracle VM.
The course is delivered as a 2.5 day in-person training class format.
This boot camp will cover:

Overview of virtualization

Oracle VM Templates

Oracle VM Server & Oracle VM Agent

Oracle VM Manager

Installation concepts

Who should attend

The intended audience for the Oracle VM Overview & Implementation Boot Camp
is Oracle partners who are beginning to work with Oracle VM. The skill set for the
expected attendees for this class will be implementation consultants or developers
with general implementation skills on commodity hardware, Linux and networking
concepts.
Agenda
Day 1 / Session 1

What is virtualization

Para-Virtualization (PV) vs. Hardware Virtualization (HVM)

Overview of Oracle VM

Overview of Oracle VM Templates, Physical to Virtual Conversions, and

VMware/Citrix/Microsoft to OVM Conversions

Competitive Discussion

Partnering Discussion

Day 2 / Session 2

Installing Oracle VM

Demo 01: Oracle VM Installation

XEN Discussion

Lab 01: Using the XM Commands

Oracle VM Server & Oracle VM Agent

Oracle VM Manager

Demo 02: Oracle VM Manager Installation

Lab 02: Oracle VM Manager Basics

Day 3 / Session 3

Oracle VM Templates II Deploying, Building

Lab 03: Creating a Virtual Machine from Template

Lab 04: Cloning a Virtual Machine

I/O & Network Discussion Overview of Architectures

Lab 05: Adding a Virtual Network Interface

File System Discussion

Lab 06: Adding a Virtual Disk

Lab 07: Adding a Shared Virtual Disk

CLI and Web Services Interfaces

Lab 08: Using the CLI

High Availability & Oracle VM

Demo 03: Installing an HA Server Pool

Lab 09: Live Migration

Environment Workstation Requirements

The lab environment will be provided as a hosted environment. To securely connect
to the Oracle servers, you will use an Array SSL VPN following the next steps:
1.

Using IE browser, connect to https://adc-estudio-vsite3.oracle.com

2.

Authenticate with the Array SSL account provided by Oracle.

3.

Once authenticated, click the Network tab and connect

Once you log into the network, you will use VNC Viewer to access the lab
environment desktop.
You will be given the Array SSL account details, environment IP address and
instructions on how to use the VNC Viewer before the first lab session.
To prepare the environment:
1.

Download the appropriate VNC Viewer from this location www.realvnc.com - and install it.

2.

Download the Student Guide and the Lab Workbook. Once your
registration is confirmed you will be sent the location of the files.

To support this environment, student workstations must meet the following

hardware and software requirements:

CPU: 1Ghz

RAM : 1GB

Free Disk Space: N/A

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Contact Us
For more information about scheduled Oracle VM Overview & Implementation
Boot Camp, the OPN Boot Camp program, or to request a new boot camp topic,
visit:
http://competencycenter.oracle.com.

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