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Oracle virtualization6/16/2023 ![]() There are a few advantages and compelling features of Oracle Linux and the improved KVM solution that we like: Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM), also known as KVM virtualization, is certified with 12cR1, 18c and 19c Oracle Single Instance and Oracle RAC for all supported Oracle Linux 7 distributions, Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) will be certified with Oracle Database Appliance and Exadata only. ![]() In June 2019 Oracle introduced Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, which when used as a management platform for existing Oracle Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) constitutes a very attractive virtualization solution meant to replace OVM. What is the substitute for OVM that Oracle is offering? As it turns out there is a “silver lining” to this situation. Sustaining Support for OVM 3 will be offered indefinitely for customers who for any reason will still stay on the last OVM release. There are no new releases of OVM planned either. It may sound alarming to them that Oracle will not offer Premier Support for OVM 3 beyond March 2021 and Extended Support beyond March 2024. Many Oracle customers adopted Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) as their virtualization platform taking advantage of hard partitioning capabilities of OVM. Oracle is phasing out Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) in favor of Oracle Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
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