Introduction
Oracle Linux Virtual Manager (OLVM) is an enterprise-grade virtualization management platform designed to centrally deploy, monitor, and manage virtualized data center environments running on Oracle Linux. It provides a comprehensive graphical administration interface for provisioning, monitoring and controlling virtual machines (VMs), hosts, storage, and networking resources across multiple environments.
It is built on the proven open-source oVirt project, OLVM integrates seamlessly with the Oracle Linux KVM hypervisor to deliver a scalable, secure, and high-performance virtualization solution. It supports advanced features such as high availability, live migration, resource scheduling, snapshot management, and role-based access control, enabling administrators to efficiently manage both small and large-scale virtual infrastructures.
OLVM offers organizations a cost‑effective virtualization alternative backed by Oracle’s enterprise support, regular updates, and tight integration across the Oracle Linux and Oracle Cloud ecosystem.
The following helps you get started.
To explore monitored metrics, see Supported Metrics and Default Monitoring Configuration.
To configure the integration, see Working with Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager.
Key Use Cases
Discovery Use Cases
- Discovers the following resource types:
- OLVM Datacenter
- OLVM Cluster
- OLVM Host
- OLVM Virtual Machine
- OLVM Network
- OLVM Network Interface
- OLVM Disk
- OLVM Storage Domain
- Publishes relationships between resources to provide a topological view.
- For detailed structure, see the Resource Hierarchy.
Monitoring Use Cases
- Provides metrics related to availability status, capacity, performanc, and usage.
- Generates alerts when metric thresholds are breached to notify administrators of potential issues.
- For a complete list of supported metrics and details on the default monitoring configurations, see Supported Metrics and Default Monitoring Configuration.
Supported Target Versions
The integration is supported with the following OLVM configuration:
- oVirt REST API version: 4
- OLVM version: 4.5.5-1.54.el8
Roles and Permissions
Recommended minimum is a read-focused service account.
| Role | Permission |
|---|---|
| Required Access Scope | Data Centers, Clusters, Hosts, VMs, Networks, Storage Domains, Disks, Network Interfaces, and Events. |
| Required Capability | Read/list access on base resources and their statistics-related sub-resources. |
| Event Access | Permission to read /events endpoint for incremental monitoring. |
| Suggested Role Approach (Preferred) | Use built-in read-only administrative role (if acceptable to security policy). |
| Suggested Role Approach (Alternative) | Custom least-privilege role with only API read permissions for listed URIs. |
Resource Hierarchy
• OLVM DataCenter
• OLVM Cluster
• OLVM Host
• OLVM Virtual Machine
• OLVM Network Interface
• OLVM Network
• OLVM Storage Domain
• OLVM Disk
Version History
| Application Version | Bug fixes / Enhancements |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Initial Discovery and monitoring support for Oracle Linux Virtual Manager(OLVM). |