Oracle Linux KVM

Oracle Virtualization Certification

Oracle Virtualization Certification is covered by Oracle Linux Certification

Oracle Virtualization provides an open source, high performance, zero licensing cost alternative to proprietary server virtualization solutions.

The two most important Oracle Virtualization components are the Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (management) and the Oracle Linux KVM hypervisor (compute host).

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM) is a complete and fully supported open-source solution that provides a simple GUI to configure, monitor, and manage Oracle Virtualization environments—whether you are managing a few hosts having a few VMs, or many hosts and clusters having thousands of VMs.
Oracle Linux KVM, the Kernel-based Virtualization Machines (KVM) component of Oracle Linux, is a open-source hypervisor for Intel, AMD and ARM servers.

Oracle Linux KVM is supported in multi-host configurations managed by OLVM (table 1) and in standalone configurations (table 2). Please refer to these tables to determine the minimum operating system requirements for compute hosts in each environment.

All servers on the Server Systems tab that meet the minimum requirements below are also certified to support Oracle Linux KVM in Oracle Virtualization environments.

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager Environments

Refer to the requirements section of the Architecture and Planning guide, available in the Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager library.

Compute host operating system and manager minimum requirements

Table 1

Release	Platform	Compute host requirement	Minimum kernel requirement	OLVM requirement
Oracle Linux 8	x86-64	OL8 Update 8 and higher	UEK R7 Update 2 (5.15.0-200) and higher UEK R6 Update 3 (5.4.17-2136) and higher RHCK (4.18.0-477) and higher	OLVM 4.5

Note: x86_64 servers require the Intel VT or AMD-V feature.

Oracle Linux KVM Environments (stand-alone hosts)

KVM host operating system minimum requirements

Table 2

Release	Platform	KVM host requirement	Minimum kernel requirement
Oracle Linux 8	x86-64	OL8 Update 5 and higher	UEK R7 (5.15.0-0) and higher UEK R6 Update 3 (5.4.17-2136) and higher RHCK (4.18.0-348) and higher
Oracle Linux 8	aarch64	OL8 Update 5 and higher	UEK R7 (5.15.0-0) and higher UEK R6 Update 3 (5.4.17-2136) and higher
Oracle Linux 9	x86-64	OL9 and higher	UEK R8 (6.12.0-0) and higher UEK R7 (5.15.0-0) and higher RHCK (5.14.0-70) and higher
Oracle Linux 9	aarch64	OL9 and higher	UEK R8 (6.12.0-0) and higher UEK R7 (5.15.0-0) and higher

No Requirement for Storage Certification with Oracle Linux KVM

There are no certification requirements for storage hardware systems in Oracle Virtualization environments. Oracle Linux KVM uses kernel interfaces to communicate with storage hardware systems, eliminating any dependency on an application programming interface (API).

Oracle Virtualization supports storage arrays with standard protocols like iSCSI, Fibre Channel, Network File Storage and 3rd party software defined storage solutions.