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Table of Contents
Oracle Linux Installation Options with Oracle VM Manager
Oracle Linux HVM and PVM Installation Prerequisites
How to Download the Oracle Linux Installation Media
Virtual Machine Installation Prerequisite - Virtual NICs
Oracle Linux HVM Installation Prerequisite - Import the Oracle Linux DVD ISO File
Oracle Linux PVM Installation Prerequisite - Stage the Install Tree on a Web Server
...Install and congure Apache using the Oracle Public Repository
...Install and congure Apache using the Unbreakable Linux Network
...Stage the Oracle Linux Install Tree on Apache
Create a PVM Oracle Linux Virtual Machine
Oracle Linux 6 HVM Installation using Graphical (GUI) Mode
Oracle Linux 6 HVM Installation using Text Mode
Linux Patch Management with Free Updates and Errata from Oracle
Change Log
Revision
Change Description
Updated By
Date
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1.2
HVM & PVM Installation Updates
Roddy Rodstein
10/13/12
1.3
Content Refresh
Roddy Rodstein
01/19/13
Oracle Linux Installation Options with Oracle VM Manager

There are two unique installation options for Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Oracle VM
Manager. Linux can be installed using paravirtualization mode (Xen PVM) and /or hardware virtualization mode
(Xen HVM). Xen PVM and Xen HVM installations have slightly dierent prerequisites and installation options.
For example, Xen PVM installations cannot boot from a DVD or from an ISO image, the installation tree must be
available on a Web server to boot a Xen PVM installation. Xen HVM installations can boot from an ISO image, as
long as the ISO image has been imported using Oracle VM Manager. Both Xen PVM and Xen HVM can boot from
the network.
Xen PVM and Xen HVM use very dierent techniques to provide resources to virtual machines. For example,
Xen HVM uses Intel or AMD virtualization technologies for memory management and to emulate the boot
environment. Xen HVM also uses QEMU in dom0 for device emulation. Xen PVM leverages the guest operating
system's Xen kernel for the boot process using the pygrub bootloader, Xen for memory management, and dom0
for device support, without emulation. Xen PVM virtual machines are hypervisor aware and run without the
overhead of hardware emulation. Xen HVM virtual machines think they are running on native hardware, when in
fact they are running on emulated hardware. Xen PVM requires much less overhead for timers, interrupts, I/O
trac, and context switches, allowing superior scalability under heavy loads when compared to Xen HVM.
Oracle VM Servers can support both Xen PVM and Xen HVM virtual machines simultaneously on a single x86_64
server that has either Intel or AMD virtualization technologies. Intel or AMD virtualization are a requirement
only for Xen HVM virtual machines, not for Xen PVM virtual machines. Intel and AMD virtualization
technologies are enabled, managed and tuned using the system BIOS.
The only way to determine which virtualization mode will provide the best performance for your environment is
to benchmark the same workload using a Xen PVM and a Xen HVM virtual machine. If you do not have the time
or expertise to conduct the benchmarks, consider only using Xen PVM for your virtual machines. Over the years
I have seen Xen PVM outperform Xen HVM in every benchmark.
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Note: Starting with the 2.6.32 Linux kernel (Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and Red Hat compatable Kernel),
Linux can boot on bare metal, in Xen HVM mode, and in Xen PVM mode using paravirt_ops with the same Linux
kernel. In contrast to the 2.6.32 Linux kernel (OL 5U4-), the 2.6.18 Linux kernel can boot on bare metal and in
Xen HVM mode, and must use a Xen paravirtualized kernel for Xen PVM mode.
The graphical and text installation programs and the installation steps are similar for all of the Oracle
Linux releases. The Oracle Linux installation media is freely available from the Oracle eDelivery Linux portal as
a single DVD (single download) for Oracle Linux 4, 5 and 6.
Note:The GUI installation of an Oracle Linux 6 VM requires a minimum of 1gb RAM. Use the GUI installer for
the greatest set of installation options. The text-based installer will do a Minimum Install only.
List 1 reviews the Oracle Linux installation considerations.
Disk Partitioning Setup. Depending upon your comfort level with installing Linux, you can accept the
default partition layout or select a custom layout.
The default partition layout.
Selecting the default partitioning layout will create a 500MB /boot partition and a LVM with two
volume groups, a root / partition and a swap partition.
Custom layout.
100% customizable.
Network Conguration
Congure a static IP address or use DHCP.
Time Zone Selection
Select the time zone settings for your area
Congure UTC for the system clock
Package Installation
Use the default software selection and click on Next
Oracle recommends installing Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise using the default software package selection
without any customization. Using the default software packages without customization includes most of the
prerequisite packages for Oracle technology products and helps limit the number of manual prerequisite checks.
After an Oracle Linux and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation, Oracle recommends to install the Legacy
Software Development packages by typing:
# yum groupinstall @ Legacy Software Development
Installing the Legacy Software Development packages will meet most of the Oracle technology product
prerequisite packages.
Oracle Linux HVM and PVM Installation Prerequisites
Xen HVM installs require the use of ISO images that will be mounted on a virtual CDROM drive during the
install process. Oracle Linux ISOs can be downloaded from the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Cloud Portal. Access
to the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Cloud Portal requires an Oracle.com user account and password.
You may be inclined to wonder why Xen HVM installs can be done with an ISO le imported directly into Oracle
VM Manager while Xen PVM installs require the ISO le be mounted (mount -o loop) and made available via
HTTP. That's because paravirtualized guests don't have a BIOS from which a DVD device can be boot-strapped
and the installer DVD doesn't contain a Xen paravirtualized domU kernel so its not possible to boot from an ISO
image. You just have to think Xen.
The rst step for a Xen HVM or PVM installaion is to get the desired Oracle Linux ISO le and stage the le on a
Web server. For a Xen HVM installaion, Oracle VM Manager is used to import the ISO le. After which, it will be
possible to continue on with a Xen HVM install. For a Xen PVM installaion, the ISO le is used to stage the
install tree on a web server. After which, it will be possible to continue on with a Xen PVM install.
How to Download the Oracle Linux Installation Media
The Oracle Linux Installation ISO les and DVDs are freely available at the Software Delivery Cloud - Oracle
Linux and Oracle VM portal. Access to the Software Delivery Cloud - Oracle Linux and Oracle VM portal
requires an Oracle.com user account and password to authenticate into the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Cloud
Portal. If you do not already have an Oracle.com user account, visit the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Cloud
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Portal, click the Sign In / Register link or button to create an Oracle.com account.
Figure 1 shows the Software Delivery Cloud - Oracle Linux and Oracle VM portal.
From the Sign In page, enter your Oracle.com user name and password, then click the Sign In button.
Figure 2 shows the Oracle.com Sign In page.
Once authenticated, accept the registration/export regulations to access to the Oracle VM and Oracle Linux
Media.
Figure 3 shows the registration/export regulations form.
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After completing the registration/export regulation form, you will be redirected to the Media Pack Search
page. From the Media Pack Search page, select Oracle Linux from the Select a Product Pack dropdown
menu. Next, select x86 64-bit or x86 32-bit from the Platform dropdown menu, then click the Go button to be
taken to the Oracle Linux Media Pack download page.
Tip: If you do not see Oracle Linux or Oracle VM from the Select a Product Pack dropdown menu, you are
not in the Oracle Linux and Oracle VM section of the Software Delivery Cloud. Click the Software Delivery
Cloud link in the page header, then click the Oracle Linux/VM drop down menu to be redirected to the Oracle
Linux and Oracle VM section of the Software Delivery Cloud .
Figure 4 shows the Media Pack Search page.
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From the Oracle Linux Media Pack page, click the desired Oracle Linux Media Pack hyperlink, or select the
radio button and click the Continue button to go to the download page.
Tip: Do not download the source DVD for an operating system installation. Oracle Linux is distributed as Open
Source software, therefore the source DVD is also available along with the DVD ISO images. The source DVDs
are required by the GNU GPL license.
Figure 5 shows the Oracle Linux x86 64 bit Media Pack page highlighting the Oracle Linux Release 6
Update 3 for x86_64 (64 Bit) ISO le download.
From the Oracle Linux Media Pack download page, click the Download button for the ISO le or DVD.
Figure 6 shows the Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 3 Media Pack for x86_64 (64 bit) download page.
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The Oracle Linux media is delivered as ISO les for OL6 and as DVD images for OL5 and 4.
Virtual Machine Installation Prerequisite - Virtual NICs
Before you can continue on with creating a virtual machine you must rst conrm and/or create a pool of virtual
NICs to be made available to the VMs during the Virtual Machine creation phase.
From the Oracle VM Manager, click Networking => Virtual NICs to access the Virtual NICs page. If there
are no available Virtual NICs, click (Auto Fill) => Create and enter a number => Create to create Virtual
NICs.
Figure 7 shows the Virtual NICs page with 10 assigend Virtual NICs and numerious available Virtual NICs.
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Oracle Linux HVM Installation Prerequisite - Import the Oracle Linux DVD ISO File
Xen HVM installs require the use of ISO images that will be mounted on a virtual CDROM drive during the
install process. A web server is used to host the ISO le and Oracle VM Manager is used to import the ISO le.
After which, it will be possible to continue on with a Xen HVM install.
The next example assumes that an Oracle Linux ISO le has been staged on a web server.
First, click the Repositories tab => select the desired repository in the Show My or All Repositories window
=> highlight the ISOs node => click the Import icon => Enter the URL to the ISO le => Click OK to submit
the Import ISO job.
Figure 8
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Once the Import ISO job completes, a Refresh Repository job runs and the ISO le is made available for
installations in the ISOs node.
Figure 9 shows the imported ISO le in the ISO node.
After you have imported the ISO into your VM Manager you are ready to install your new Xen HVM Linux VM.
Oracle Linux PVM Installation Prerequisite - Stage the Install Tree on a Web Server
For a Xen PVM installaion, the ISO le is used to stage the install tree on a web server. After which, it will be
possible to continue on with a Xen PVM install.
Install and congure Apache using the Oracle Public Repository
Installing Apache from the Oracle public yum repository is accomplished by typing "cd /etc/yum.repos.d/", then
wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo for Oracle Linux 5.x hosts or wget http://publicyum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo for Oracle Linux 6.x hosts followed by "yum install httpd".
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Once Apache is installed, type chkcong httpd on to setup Apache to automatically start. Next, start Apache
by typing service httpd start. The next example shows how to install, congure, and start Apache.
Using yum, as root type (Public 5.x):
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
# yum install httpd
# chkcong httpd on && service httpd start
Using yum, as root type (Public 6.x):
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
# yum install httpd
Once the "yum install httpd", chkcong httpd on and service httpd start commands have ran, test Apache by
pointing a web browser to the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) or the IP address of the Apache server.
Tip: If you dont see the default Apache test page, check if iptables is blocking http trac on the Apache host.
Consider disabling iptables to test Apache by typing sudo /sbin/service iptables stop.
Install and congure Apache using the Unbreakable Linux Network
Installing Apache from an Unbreakable Linux Network registered Oracle Linux host is accomplished by typing
up2date -i httpd for 5.x hosts or "yum install httpd" for 6.x hosts while logged in as root.
Once Apache is installed, congure Apache to automatically start by typing chkcong httpd on. Next, start
Apache by typing service httpd start. The next example shows how to install, congure and start Apache.
Using up2date, as root type (ULN 5.x):
# up2date -i httpd
Using yum, as root type (ULN 6.x):
# yum install httpd
Once the up2date -i httpd, or "yum install httpd", chkcong httpd on and service httpd start commands
have completed, test Apache by pointing a web browser to the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) or the IP
address of the Apache server.
Tip: If you dont see the default Apache test page, check if iptables is blocking http trac on the Apache host.
Consider disabling iptables to test Apache by typing sudo /sbin/service iptables stop.
Stage the Oracle Linux Install Tree on Apache
Here is two methods for staging the install tree on a web server. Both examples assumes the ISO le is on the
Apache web server, iptables is not blocking http trac, the ISO le is mounted as the root user in a directory in
the web root, i.e. /var/www/html<Directory Name>.
The st example mounts the ISO le in the /media directory, creates a directory on the web server, copies the
ISO le contents to the directory on the web server, then umounts the ISo le.
# mount -o loop <Oracle Linux>.iso /media
# mkdir -p /var/www/html/repo/ol/6.3/iso/
# cp -avr /media/* /var/www/html/repo/ol/6.3/iso/
# umount /media
The contents of the ISO le are now staged on the Web server and ready to use for your Xen PVM install.
The second example creates a directory on the web server and mounts the ISO le in directory.
# mkdir -p /var/www/html/repo/ol/6.3/iso/
# mount -o loop <Oracle Linux>.iso var/www/html/repo/ol/6.3/iso/
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The contents of the ISO le are now staged on the Web server and ready to use for your Xen PVM install.
Create a PVM Oracle Linux Virtual Machine
This section of the Oracle Cloud Cookbook describes how to create a PVM Linux virtual machines. From Oracle
VM Manager, click the Servers and VMs tab, then click the Create a Virtual Machine icon to access the
Create a Virtual Machine window.
Figure 10 highlights the Servers and VMs tab and the Create a Virtual Machine icon.
From the Create Virtual Machine How do you want to create your Virtual Machine window select the
Create a new VM (Click 'Next' to continue) radio button. Click Next to proceed.
Figure 11
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From the Create Virtual Machine page select the Server Pool, the *Server that will create the VM, enter the
Name of the VM, select the Repository, select the Enable High Availability check box, select the Operating
System, accept the default Keymap, select Xen PVM in the Domain Type drop down menu, enter the desired
RAM allocation number in MB in the Max. Memory (MB) and Memory (MB) text box, enter the same CPU
allocation in the Max Processor and Processor text box. Accept the default Priority and Processor Cap %
settings. Click Next to proceed.
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Figure 12
Tip: In the Server drop down menu select an Oracle VM Server thats not running mission critical VMs to
minimize the performance impact to the running VMs of creating the virtual disks (an I/O and CPU intensive
operation).
From the Set up Networks window accept the default Unassigned VNICs selection, select the network from
the Network drop down menu, then click the Add VNIC button, Click Next to proceed.
Figure 13
From the Arrange Disks window create the disks, i.e. one 20G disk for the OS, and one 50G disk for /u01.
Select the + icon to open the Create a Virtual Disk window. From the Create Virtual Disk windows select the
desired storage Repository in the drop down menu, enter a name for the OS disk in the Virtual Disk Name
text box, enter the Size (GiB) in the text box, optionally enter a Description, and select the desired Allocation
Type for the disk. Click OK to proceed.
Figure 14
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Tip: Dene a Virtual Disk Naming convention for your environment so that you can easily recall Virtual Disk
information in the future. In this example, we have decided on the convention (vm_name-disk0) for the system
disk. If you add a second disk, you would name it (vm_name-disk1), and so on. Dene your naming convention
from the beginning and stick with it.
From the Boot Options window conrm the Network boot option is in the right side window. Enter the
Network Boot Path in the Network Boot Path text box. Click Finish to summit the Create Virtual Machine
job.
Network Boot Path to an install tree: http://webserver/path_to_install_tree/
Network Boot Path to an install tree with a kickstart le: --args ks=http://webserver/path_to.ks.cfg
http://webserver/path_to_install_tree/"
Tip: If the Network Boot Path option is not visible, go back to the Create Virtual Machine window and select
the Domain Type Xen PVM.
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The virtual machine is created and ready to Start, access the VNC console and install the Oracle Linux operating
system.
Oracle Linux 6 HVM Installation using Graphical (GUI) Mode

This section reviews how to install Oracle Linux 6 with the graphical (GUI) mode using the Oracle VM Manager
VNC console.
1- Start the VM and access its VNC console. At the boot prompt, press the Enter key to start the Oracle Linux
installation in graphical mode.
Figure 16
2- On the CD Found window, you can perform a media test to validate the integrity of the installation media.
The media test is optional and time consuming. In this example, we will not perform a media test.
Press the tab key to select the Skip key. Once the Skip key is selected, press the Enter key to proceed.
Figure 17
3- On the Welcome screen, click the Next button or Alt+N to proceed.

Figure 18
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4- On the Language Selection screen, select the preferred language that will be used during the installation
process. In this example, select the default language, English (English).
Accept the default English (English) language selection, then click the Next button or press Alt+N to
proceed.
Figure 19
5- On the Keyboard Selection screen, select the desired keyboard setting for the system. In this example,
select the default keyboard selection, US English.
Accept the default US English keyboard selection, then click the Next button or press Alt+N to proceed.
Figure 20
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6- On the Storage Device screen, you can select the Basic Storage Devices or the Specialized Storage
Devices options.
In this example, accept the default Basic Storage Devices option, click the Next button or press Alt+N to
proceed.
Figure 21
7- A disk initialization Warning dialogue box will appear after you make your Storage Device selection. Click
the Re-initialize button or press Alt+R to proceed with the installation.
Figure 22
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8- On the Networking conguration screen, you can accept the default DHCP setting or congure the
networking manually. To use DHCP, accept the defaults, and click the Next button or press Alt+N to proceed.
Click the Congure Network button to review the network congurations.
Figure 23
9- From the Network Connections screen, select the desired connection, i.e. eth0 and click the Edit button.
Figure 24
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10- On the Editing System screen select the Connect automatically checkbox to enable the interface to
automatically start at boot time. To congure the networking manually, click the desired tab to congure the
selected interface. Click the Apply button to save the networking setting and to return to
the Network Connections screen.
Figure 25
11- On the Networking Connections screen, click the Close button or press Alt+C, next click the
Next button or Alt+N to proceed.
Figure 26
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12- On the Time Zone screen, select the time zone for your area by clicking your region on the map. Accept the
default System clock uses UTC setting, and click the Next button or press Alt+N to proceed.
Figure 27
13- On the Root Password screen enter a root password for the server, then click the Next button or
press Alt+N to proceed.
Figure 28
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14- On the Installation Type screen, you can select the desired partitioning layout or create your own
partitioning layout.
In this example, accept the default Replace Existing Linux System(s), click the Next button or
press Alt+N to proceed.
Note: To edit the default partitioning layout, select Review and modify partitioning layout option and click
Next or Alt+N.
Figure 29
15- A partition table Warning dialogue box will now appear. Click the Write changes to disk or
press Alt+W to proceed.
Figure 30
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16- On the Software Selection screen, you can accept the default selections or select one or more roles for the
server and/or customize the entire software selection by selecting the Customize now.
Oracle recommends installing Linux using the default software package selection without any customization.
The default software packages have most of the prerequisite packages for Oracle technologies and helps limit
the number of manual checks.
Select the Desktop option without any customization, then click the Next button or press Alt+N to proceed.
Figure 31
17- On the Installation Progress screen, you will see a dialogue box about the installation starting. Once the
Starting Installation process screen is gone, the installation begins and you see the progress indicators. The
installation will take a few minutes.
Figure 32
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18- The Congratulations screen informs you that the installation is complete and to remove your DVD media
from the system and to reboot the system. Remove the CD/DVD media from the system
Figure 33
At this point you would be advised to shutdown the VM using the VM Manager GUI because the DVD is still
listed rst in the boot order for this VM. Go to the VM Manager and right-click on our newly created Oracle
Linux 6 VM and then left-click Stop. Wait for the VM Manager to indicate that the VM is shutdown completely
as indicated by a removal of the lock icon and the VM icon now appearing in the color red. Right-click on the
VM and then left-click Edit. Click Next until you get to the Boot Order screen and remove the DVD from the
Boot Order. Click Next, then click Finish. You can now start the VM by again right-clicking on the VM from
the VM Manager GUI and selecting Start.
19- After the system reboots, you will be presented with the Welcome screen. Click the Forward button or
press Alt+F to proceed.
Figure 34
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20- On the License Agreement screen, accept the license agreement and click the Forward button or
press Alt+F to proceed.
Figure 35
21- On the Set Up Software Updates screen, select the desired Unbrekable Linux Network registration
option, then click the Forward button or press ALT+F to proceed.
Figure 36
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22- If you selected No from the previous screen, click the No thanks, I'll connect later. button to proceed.
Figure 37
23- On the Finish Update Setup screen click the Forward button or press ALT+F to proceed.
Figure 38
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24- On the Create User screen, you can create new system users. Click the Forward button or press Alt+F to
proceed.
Figure 39
25- On the Date and Time screen you can congure the Date and Time and Network Time Protocol (NTP)
settings. Congure the Date and Time and Network Time Protocol settings, then click the Forward button
or press Alt+F to proceed.
Figure 40
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26- On the Kdump screen, accept the default setting and click the Forward button or press Alt+F to proceed.
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27- On the Login screen, click on the desired user name and enter the password to access the desktop.
Figure 42
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28- Once you have successfully authenticated, you have a fully functional GNOME desktop environment.
Figure 43
Oracle Linux 6 HVM Installation using Text Mode

After creating your Linux VM using the VM Manager GUI you are now ready to begin installation. If your VM
has less than 1024MB of RAM then the installer will default to text-mode. This section will guide you through
the text-based installer for Oracle Linux 6.1.
From the Oracle VM Manager, right-click on your newly created VM and select Start. After the VM has
started, right-click again on the VM and select Start Console.
For a text mode installation, at the boot prompt below press tab and enter text after the boot line.
Figure 44
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Press <Enter> to begin the Installation process.

We do not need to test the installation media, so select Skip and then press <Enter>.
Figure 45
This takes us to the Welcome screen. Press <Enter> to continue.
Figure 46
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Choose your language, press <Tab> to highlight the OK button then press <Enter>.
Figure 47
Select the model of your keyboard, press <Tab> to highlight the OK button, then press <Enter>.
Figure 48
Press <Tab> to highlight the Re-initialize button then press <Enter> to continue.
Figure 49
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Use the default UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) if appropriate for your environment.
Select your Time Zone then press <Tab> to highlight the OK button then press <Enter>.
Figure 50
Dene the root password for your new VM. Press <Tab> to highlight the OK button then press <Enter>.
Figure 51
Partition using the entire drive, select the appropriate drive then press <Tab> to highlight the OK button then
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press <Enter>.
Figure 52
Press <Tab> to highlight the Write changes to disk button then press <Enter>.
Figure 53
The installer now creates and formats the volume group and lesystems.
Figure 54
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At this point, installation of your new Oracle Linux 6 VM will begin.

Figure 55
This is a Minimal Install so only the base 226 packages are now installed.
Figure 56
When you get to this screen, do not reboot.

Figure 57
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Instead switch back to the VM Manager GUI and shutdown the Virtual Machine.
Figure 58
After the shutdown operation completes, you can right-click on the VM, select Edit, click next until you get to
the Storage Options. You can now uncheck the ISO image. You no longer need it.
Figure 59
Under storage options you see that our Virtual disk is in the disk order.
Figure 60
Now, remove CDROM from the boot order. In its place add Disk. Click Finish. You are now ready to start your
newly installed VM for the rst time by launching the console from the VM Manager GUI.
To register your new VM to receive patches and updates from the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network for OL5
run the up2date --register command and for OL 6 run the uln_register command.
# up2date (OL 5)
# uln_register (OL6)
If your behind a proxy server, use the --proxy option to specify an http proxy, i.e. as root type uln_register
-proxy=<HOST NAME>:<PORT NUMBER>
If your proxy server requires authentication, use the --proxyUser and --proxyPassword to add a username
and password, i.e # uln_register proxy=<HOST NAME>:<PORT NUMBER> --proxyUser=<USER NAME>
--proxyPassword=<PASSWORD>
How to Add a Virtual Disk
UNDER DEVELOPEMENT
From the VM Manager GUI, select Home, then Server Pools, then Repositories and choose the appropriate
repository.
Figure 61
Next, select Virtual Disks. Click the Create Virtual Disk icon.
Figure 62
From the Create Virtual Disk screen give the virtual disk a name using your organization's standardized
naming convention and size the virtual disk. Click OK and wait for the Job to complete.
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Now right-click on the VM for which you wish to add an additional virtual disk and select Edit. Note: you
cannot complete this action on a running VM so make sure the VM has been powered
down rst. Click Next until you get to the Storage Options and select the newly created virtual disk.
Click Next and then Finish.
Figure 64
When this Job completes you may start the VM, login via the VNC console or SSH and take the appropriate steps
to create a lesystem and mount the lesystem. Use the case below as a starting point.
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/xvda: 16.0 GB, 16000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1945 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identier: 0x000ccd59
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/xvda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/xvda2 64 1946 15111168 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/xvdb: 50.0 GB, 50000000000 bytes
Disk identier: 0x000b3029
Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root: 13.4 GB, 13358858240 bytes
Disk identier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap: 2113 MB, 2113929216 bytes
Disk identier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap doesn't contain a valid partition table
Here we see our newly created virtual disk /dev/xvdb, size 50GB.
# fdisk /dev/xvdb
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identier 0x51b17688.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid ag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
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WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to

switch o the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/xvdb: 50.0 GB, 50000000000 bytes
Disk identier: 0x51b17688
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-6078, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-6078, default 6078):
Using default value 6078
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Create a partition using the fdisk tool. In this case we choose to use all of partition 1.
# pvcreate /dev/xvdb1
Physical volume "/dev/xvdb1" successfully created
# vgcreate vg0 /dev/xvdb1
Volume group "vg0" successfully created
# lvcreate -n lvol0 -l 100%FREE vg0
Logical volume "lvol0" created
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg0/lvol0
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
3055616 inodes, 12205056 blocks
610252 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum lesystem blocks=4294967296
373 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and lesystem accounting information: done
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This lesystem will be automatically checked every 33 mounts or

180 days, whichever comes rst. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
# mkdir /u01
# echo "/dev/vg0/lvol0 /u01 ext4 defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
# mount /u01
# mount
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0")
/dev/xvda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvol0 on /u01 type ext4 (rw)
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
13G 764M 11G 7% /
tmpfs 495M 0 495M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/xvda1 485M 48M 412M 11% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg0-lvol0
46G 180M 44G 1% /u01
Create the Physical Volume, Volume Group and Logical Volume. Make an ext4 lesystem on the logical volume.
Add the lesystem to your /etc/fstab le so the newly created lesystem is mounted automatically on reboot.
Create the mount point and nally, mount your new lesystem. Congratulations.
How to Add a Virtual Network Interface
From the VM Manager GUI, right-click on your VM and select Edit. Note: you cannot make changes to a
running VM so shut it down before you begin this process.
From the Edit Virtual Machine screen, click next to access the Network Options screen. Select a free VNIC
and click the Add button to move it to the Selected Value(s) window. Click Finish.
Figure 65
Now start your VM and then Console or SSH into it.
#
#
#
#
cd /etc/syscong/network-scripts
cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth1
vi ifcfg-eth1
ifup eth1
Determining IP information for eth1... done.

# ifcong
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:F6:00:00:0F
inet addr:192.168.4.127 Bcast:192.168.4.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::221:f6:fe00:f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1906 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1017 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:138940 (135.6 KiB) TX bytes:639453 (624.4 KiB)
Interrupt:243
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:F6:00:00:0A
inet addr:192.168.4.126 Bcast:192.168.4.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::221:f6:fe00:a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
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RX bytes:3349 (3.2 KiB) TX bytes:1280 (1.2 KiB)
Interrupt:242
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
When you edit the ifcfg-eth1 le make sure to update the MAC Address to reect the new device, ie
HWADDR="00:21:F6:00:00:0A", in this example.
In March 2012, Oracle announced that Oracle Linux 4, 5 and 6 latest RPM patches, updates and erratas are
available at no cost from separate yum repositories on http://public-yum.oracle.com. To keep Oracle Linux and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux system up to date to the latest update version, subscribe hosts to their respective
"_latest" repository. The free Oracle Linux 4, 5 and 6 RPM patches, updates and erratas do not include Oracle
support or any of the benets of the Oracle Linux Support program.
The Oracle Linux Support program oers the following benets over and above the free Oracle Linux RPM
patches, updates and erratas:
Full indemnication against intellectual property claims. Remember the SCO lawsuits?
Use of the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Systems Management Plug-in for Linux for provisioning, patching,
management and monitoring. The Systems Management Plug-in for Linux has feature parity with Red Hat
Satellite Server.
Access to additional Oracle software channels on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN).
The ability to create Support Requests with Oracle' World Class support organization.
The Oracle public yum server latest RPM channels include the base OS version installation RPM packages along
with the latest software patches, updates and xes. Patch jobs using the latest RPM channel update hosts to
their respected latest version update with the latest software patches, updates and xes. A patch job executed
on a Oracle Linux 6 host would update the host from 6 to 6U2 with the latest latest software patches, updates
and xes. To keep a host at its respected update level, access to the Unbreakable Linux Network Rpm channels
is required where it is possible to remove the default el*/ol*_latest RPM channel and select the el*/ol*_base
along with the el*/ol*_patch RPM channel. When hosts are patched using the el*/ol*_base and el*/ol*_patch RPM
channels, the hosts are patched with the latest software patches, updates and xes from their respected update
channel, i.e. 6, 6U1, 6U2.
To congure an Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 host to use Oracle's public yum repository, as root,
change to the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory and type wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo to
download the public-yum-ol6.repo le. Next, type yum update to patch the host.
The next example shows how to download the public-yum-ol6.repo le from Oracle and to update an Oracle
Linux or Red hat Enterprise Linux host. Type the following commands as root:
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
# yum update
The next example shows the public-yum-ol6.repo le.
Tip: You can enable any of the repositories in the public-yum-ol6.repo le by changing enabled=0 to enabled=1.
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol6.repo
[ol6_latest]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Latest ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/$basearch/
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gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[ol6_ga_base]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever GA installation media copy ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/0/base/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
[ol6_u1_base]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Update 1 installation media copy ($basearch)
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
[ol6_u2_base]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Update 2 installation media copy ($basearch)
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
[ol6_UEK_latest]
name=Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux $releasever ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEK/latest/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
[ol6_UEK_base]
name=Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux $releasever ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEK/base/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
How to Delete a Virtual Machine
You can only delete a VM that is in Stop or Error state. If you're dead set on getting rid of a VM, simple
right-click on the VM to remove and select Delete. Choose any Virtual Disks you also wish to delete and click
OK. All les and properties associated with this VM should now be deleted.
Tip: We have seen it happen that the Virtual Machine is still seen inside the VM Manager GUI after deleting the
Virtual Machine using the above process. As a workaround, we were nally able to delete the problem VM by
right-clicking on the VM, selecting Edit and then clicking Next, removing all associated Vnic's, Boot Order
devices and Virtual Disks manually, then clicking Save. At this point we were able to successfully delete the VM.
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