Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager will be the GUI to configure, monitoring and manage the Oracle Linux KVM environment.

Easy migration path towards Oracle cloud in the future.

Software Define Storage using Gluster (create HyperConverged Infrastructure).

Included within Oracle Linux Premier support (no need for separate hypervisor support).

Backup and restore guests via snapshots.

Off course Oracle Linux KVM has the same advantages as Oracle VM (except for Solaris guest support), extended with some other advantages (non-exhaustive): And nice to know: Oracle Linux KVM is the same hypervisor used in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, which give users the same look and feel as on the Oracle Cloud. Everything is available within a single software distribution. Oracle Linux KVM is a feature delivered and fully supported as part of Oracle Linux. As Operating systems, containers and virtualization are the fundamental building blocks of modern IT infrastructure, Oracle combines them all into one integrated offering: Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux KVM will be the way to go for current Oracle VM customers. And the great news: it’s all included within Oracle Linux Premier support (so no need for separate support for the hypervisor layer anymore). This one is based on the open-source oVirt project, using the trusted Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor underneath. Oracle now focuses on new hypervisor technology: Oracle Linux KVM. However, Oracle VM 3.5 or 4.0 will never release.

Finally: Oracle VM is an Oracle-approved hard partitioning technology, helping to save the numbers of Oracle licenses needed when virtualizing.

Availability of pre-installed templates saving time in deploying Oracle software.

Support of hypervisor, OS (in case of Oracle Linux or Solaris) and Oracle software (database, middleware, …) at the same vendor: Oracle off course.

Fully optimized to run Oracle workloads.

Support for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Solaris guests.

Some advantages of Oracle VM (non-exhaustive list): At the time of writing version 3.4.6.3 is the latest one available. The technology is based on the free and open-source Xen hypervisor. It’s been many years ago when Oracle released its own hypervisor: Oracle VM.

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