Oracle VM Server for SPARC (Solaris 10 Logical Domains) Administration

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Logical Domains Introduction

• LDOM topics covered on this course
• LDoms positioning and uses
• LDoms supported operating systems
• LDoms example scenarios

System Firmware

• Logging in
• Serial line connection
• Erasing firmware password
• Setting a password
• Network access
• Display network settings
• Setting a static network address
• Network access via ssh
• System console (ok prompt)
• Returning to ALOM
• System poweron

Installing Solaris and the Logical Domain Manager (LDM) software

• How to install the Solaris software on the server with considerations for LDOM hosting
• Downloading the LDM software
• Preparing to install LDM software
• Locating firmware patches Installing a firmware update Installing patches

Installing LDOM software

• Logical domain types
• Creating virtual services in the control domain

Control Domain Configuration

• Listing resources
• MAUs
• VPCUs and memory
• Configuration storage
• Control Domain network configuration
• The Virtual Network Terminal Server Daemon (vntsd)
• Do I need separate Service and I/O domains?

Guest Domains

• Creating a Guest Domain
• Listing resources
• Disk space allocation for a Guest Domain
• Using ZFS disk space for a Guest Domain
• Using ZFS emulated volumes for virtual disk
• Creating the Guest Domain and assigning resources

Guest domain OS installs and storage options

• Installing a Guest Domain using an ISO image
• Installing a Guest Domain with network boot
• Building the OS in a Guest Domain
• Guest Domain Golden Image for rapid deployment

Alternatives for domain backend disk storage

• Using a UFS file as a Virtual Disk
• Using an iSCSI target as a Virtual Disk
• Using a physical disk or slice as a Virtual Disk
• Assigning extra storage to existing zones
• Exporting storage multiple times

Network Configuration Options

• Virtual device and interface naming
• MAC Addresses allocation - automatically or manually?
• Configuring IPMP
• VLAN support
• Link aggregations

Guest Domain configuration with XML filesGuest Domains running Solaris 8 and 9

• Solaris 8 zone example with installation

Listing Domain Information - more examplesReconfiguration of Guest Domain Resources

• Changing the numbers of virtual CPUs and MAUs in a domain
• Changing the amount of memory in a domain
• Immediate and delayed reconfiguration issues
• Migrating guest domains to other systems

Upgrading the Logical Domain Manager SoftwareDomain Configuration Storage and backup Issues