In my new role I am using Oracle Linux more and more, so as an exercise I have been replicating my builds on Oracle Linux. Here we are going to use Oracle Linux 6.2 x86_64 as a KVM hypervisor. Keep in mind that KVM is not Oracle’s preferred hypervisor, however…
Installing Linux Integration Components v2.1 Beta
On March 31, 2010 Microsoft released the beta of version 2.1 of the Linux Integration Components. The Linux ICs allow Linux VMs running on Hyper-V to be “enlightened” and have access to synthetic device drivers which perform much faster than their emulated counter parts. It can be downloaded by registering for the Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V on http://connect.microsoft.com
Hyper-V Guests: Linux Integration Components (v2) on Oracle Enterprise Linux
In this article I am documenting the process for installing the Hyper-V Integration Components (v2) within a Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 VM. My environment consists of x64 VMs, I have not taken the time to test this process for x86 VMs, however it should hold true, as long as you update the package names to reflect the appropriate architecture.