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Oracle VM Terminology

Oracle VM(OVM) Consists of two components:         1.Oracle VM Server(OVS)         2. Oracle VM Manager(OVMM) Oracle VM Server(OVS):                                                  Oracle VM Server is a stripped version of Oracle Enterprise Linux with Xen Hypervisor, an agent to communicate withe OVMM and a small DB Oracle VM Manager(OVMM):                         Oracle VM Manager is used to manage the OVS Like Creating VM's and other administrative tasks   Why OVM?   1.   Oracle application products like Oracle Database, Weblogic and other applications of oracle are not certified for VMWARE and Oracle Support will not support any unknow issues that occur on Oracle applications (Database/Weblogic/Other apps)  running on VMWARE ...
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Oracle VM Installation 3.3.X/3.4.X

Oracle VM Components : 1. OVS Server has stripped linux with hypervisor, OVS Agent, OCFS2,Small Database      2. OVM Manager (Administer,Command line, WS-API)(Built on Weblogic/Mysql/OVMCLI )      3. External Storage and network infrastructure(SAN,NFS,ISCSI) For Production always p refer SSD Drives for OVS Booting Primary Reason for going on to the Oracle VM/OVS is because of save $$ for various Oracle Products like Oracle Database,Weblogic etc on Licensing Cost .        1. Oracle Provides OVS for Free.         2. Support for Oracle VM/OVS is based on Servers and number of Sockets each Server have For OVS/OVM  3.3.X version UEFI boot is not supported and the bios should be boot in Legacy Mode *Always check the Hardware that is being used is in Oracle HCL at  https://linux.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=117:1:::NO:RP:: Below are the steps that needs to be performed on Lenovo M5 to boot ...