Oracle VM Server for x86 can be freely downloaded through Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.[5] Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM 3.4.6 at 30 November 2018.
Oracle VM Server for x86 entered sustaining support on July 1, 2024,[6] and is not receiving new patches or updates.[7] It has been replaced[8] by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, which is based on KVM and OVirt.
Components
Oracle VM Manager: web based management console to manage Oracle VM Servers.
Oracle VM Server: includes a version of Xen hypervisor technology, and the Oracle VM Agent to communicate with Oracle VM Manager for management of virtual machines. It also includes a minimized Linux kernel as Dom0.
Includes an updated DOM0 kernel based on the 4.1 mainline kernel via Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 update 2.
Adds NVME support, extended SCSI support in the guest OS, numerous performance improvements in the host and guest OS, Oracle VM manager performance and scalability improvements, and security improvements.
Extended SCSI functionality available for virtual machines
Automated installation of VNC and Serial Console software
Storage live migration
User interface enhancements for virtual disk allocation
Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support
Booting from UEFI
Dom0 kernel upgraded
Increased supported limits
Improved performance
Resource limits
As of version 3.4.6, Oracle VM Server for x86 can take advantage of up to 384 CPUs (Tested) / 2048 CPUs (Designed), 6TB RAM per server and can host a maximum of 300 VM per server.
VCPUs per VM: 256 (PVM) / 128 (HVM, PVHVM) VMs per server, 1 TB RAM[18]
End of life
Oracle VM Server for x86 is now in sustaining support, and will not receive patches or security fixes. It has been replaced by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager.