On-premise Cloud installation: Installing Oracle VM Server 2.1.2 with a CD ROM
Now that we have downloaded the ISO and burned it to a CD, it's time to install it.
Here we are going to install the Oracle VM Server operating system—a rather small Linux. We will get the Oracle VM Server up and running and ready to communicate with the VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor) on specific ports. The fun part is that we won't be allocating space as this will be used by the VMs themselves.
Do remember to assign static IP addresses to your Oracle VM Servers and not DHCP. The reason is simple, we don't want our Oracle VM Server to end up displaying undefined behavior when the DHCP lease time expires. Also, it is a good practice to just assign static IP address for servers.
1. Start the server and wait for the screen. Upon prompt, press Enter.
2. We choose the Skip option to skip the CD ROM test, although is is advisable to test the CD/DVD at least once to check if the download was clean.
3. We can choose the...