In my initial work with Oracle VM, I have run into a few fringe cases, which are not well documented, but actually have rather simple solutions. This one actually cropped up over the weekend for me. Over the weekend I decided to rebuild my company-issued laptop with Ubuntu Linux (12.04…
Oracle VM 3.x: Reset Agent Password
Oracle VM, is a centrally managed hypervisor. All administrative actions must be performed from the Oracle VM Manager. In order to facilitate the initial discovery of the Hypervisor by the Management Server part of the setup requires that we not only set the password for the root user, but also…
Installing Oracle VM Manager 3.1.1
In my new role at Keste, I am tasked with staying on the bleeding edge of software release cycles, so that we can be knowledgeable and authoritative about technology when we engage with customers. One of the areas where Keste leads is on Oracle’s Virtualization Offerings. So I will be…
Installing OpenIndiana in a Xen DomU
So I am on the ground in Dallas and trying to get my head around some of the technologies that we use in my new environment. One of those being the Xen kernel. I have never actually used Xen before, though I have used xenserver a bit. Anyways so my…